This fig is Newcastle City Council’s pride and joy.
Posts Tagged ‘urban forest’
What a tree vault will get you
March 3, 2013Poor New Lambton Lillypilly 10.3.2011
March 10, 2011
The community lost this poor tree in Council last night. (more…)
Green car parking station 16.1.2011
January 16, 2011
This car park at a Club in New Lambton is a credit to someone. (more…)
A Tale of Big Winds and Full Circles 6.9.2010
September 6, 2010
The picture on the left is from King Street in Newcastle’s CBD. Over the last six months it’s been the scene of two tree removals that managed to get up residents’ noses. (How sore would that be?) (more…)
Pictures of tree failures – not
May 28, 2010
I’m grateful to Mr Doug Lithgow from the Parks and Playgrounds Movement for photos of the Laman Street figs after the Pasha Bulker storm which happened on 8th June 2007. (more…)
Random thoughts
May 5, 2010
This is the sight of a building that is neither new enough nor old enough to appreciate. The photo was taken in 1957. The building seriously needs the adornment of mature trees, as we have now, hiding it from view.It’s the Cultural Centre as none of us need to see it. At the charette held to ‘redesign’ Laman Street – oh, and Civic Park - the Sydney consultants were talking about replacing the Hill’s figs that currently hide this building with trees that are only two-thirds the height of the building. Yay. (more…)
I love tree quotes
April 27, 2010
If you go to Newcastle City Council’s website and look up veteran trees – which I did so I could see how they look after them – you get this: (more…)
Saving Our Trees website
April 26, 2010
Until about two years ago I had no idea there was such a thing as the ‘urban forest’. (more…)
We can’t see the trees for the (urban) forest
April 16, 2010
In an earlier post I mentioned a company in the US called National Tree Preservation whose great logo is ‘Saving the urban forest one tree at a time’. They use a process to improve the roots of damaged veteran trees. (If anyone knows of someone who does that here please contact me at lamanfigs@gmail.com )
Chief arborist says ‘We have moved beyond tree preservation’
March 20, 2010
This is just a quick note to ask a question. (more…)
