Get Many Benefits With Urban Forestry, From Financial To Spiritual

By Author: Alexander Bennet
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No one wants to live in the grey concrete wastelands that many of our cities have become. Urban forestry has a number of benefits, from psychological to environmental, from adding financial value to making people happy, the more trees we can grow in our cities the better. However the urban environment is not ideal for the health and vitality of trees.

Urban trees face a range of challenges brought about by the restricted and usually paved areas in which they must exist. In cities trees increasingly have to share above ground space with pedestrians and cars and below ground space with utilities of many kinds. Challenges to healthy tree growth include compacted soil, lack of water and oxygen, excessive wind forces and damage from vehicles and vandals. Tree roots have to accommodate the close proximity of underground infrastructure and related excavations as well as pavements and roadways.

Finding landscape solutions to these challenges is well justified by the innumerable benefits conferred by trees in the urban environment. They are good for real estate and business, adding tangible value to neighbourhoods and ...
... developments. They also help with individual well-being and public health, urban trees and forests can make the environment a more aesthetic, pleasant, and emotionally satisfying place in which to live, work, and spend leisure time. They also have a positive effect on wildlife and biodiversity – urban forests help create and enhance animal and plant habitats and can act as reservoirs for endangered species. They can also help with local climate and energy use as well as improving air quality.

Fortunately there are a number of clever solutions that can help trees to thrive in cities, ensuring we can all benefit from them. There are a range of tree root systems that can protect the roots and ensure that the trees get all the nutrients they need. Active root management is now an incontestable component of best practice in urban tree planting; it is no longer sufficient to plant a tree in an urban location and hope that the roots will keep out of trouble.

Trees also need protection above ground as well, tree guards ensure that they have the space to grow without being damaged by above ground activity. These guards can be sourced in a wide variety of materials and come in many styles so that you can find the right guard for your project.

Add value to our urban environment, give trees the help and protection they need to grow in the city.

Author Bio:

For the past 3 years I have been writing informative and high quality articles on topic such as urban forestry, tree root system,tree guards and many more.