Edition 9
The key to successful urban tree planting is below ground – an investment which is out of sight immediately but potentially manifests above ground for many decades, or even centuries. The GreenBlue Design Guide puts together all the key items of successful urban tree planting into one resourceful document for busy specifiers and installers. Please […]
Utilities & RootSpace AirForm® Guide
To date, GreenBlue Urban systems have helped over 450,000 trees thrive in urban areas around the world. Given the nature of working in the built environment, many of these projects involved integrating utilities into the RootSpace system and the other components of the ArborSystem. GreenBlue Urban systems were designed to accommodate a wide variety of utilities and […]
Target Soil Volume Booklet – Imperial
[:na]Following extensive research with universities, colleges and academia throughout the world, GreenBlue Urban has produced the Soil Volume Calculator, available in print and online, giving a simple guide to the soil volumes required to get trees to chosen long term canopy diameters. Whilst not totally prescriptive – different tree species have differing nutrient requirements – […]
ArborSystem Specification
ArborSystem is the world’s leading complete urban tree planting package – providing an easy solution for specifiers and installers. It covers everything a tree needs to mature in an urban environment without damaging built infrastructure – including uncompacted soil volume, RootRain irrigation and aeration, ReRoot / RootStop root management, ArborGuy rootball guying, and tree grates […]
Soil Cells vs Structural Soil: Analyzing Soil Under Pavement
What is the best way to promote tree root growth in the soil under a sidewalk? It’s a question that landscape architects, civil engineers, and arborists from cities large and small have investigated over many years. Through such consideration, alternate solutions to increase rooting volume for street trees have been created with varying degrees of success. In […]
Tree Roots in Soil Cells
In July 2011, GreenBlue planted a Tilia cordata ‘Greenspire’ tree in a hard landscape paved area, as part of a training and research program. The tree was photographed during the planting process and the exercise was part of a detailed study into tree root morphology in root management products, and new root extension into uncompacted soil in structural cells.
Suspended Pavement for Urban Tree Growth
Urban areas can often be completely covered by one hardscape surface or another – which when not considered for properly can mean a nonexistent presence of trees in cityscapes. Given the enormous social and environmental benefits of trees, urban landscape professionals consider methods suitable for planting trees in urban areas. Suspended pavement over noncompacted soil […]
Accommodating Services within the StrataCell Matrix
Services are frequently encountered during construction of tree pits. There are four main methods for creative service ducts through StrataCell structural soil cell tree pits, as described in illustrated in this guide.
GreenBlue Product Overview
We help create sustainable cities through urban tree planting, green infrastructure, and sustainable stormwater management. Our program of continuous product development, conducted in conjunction with overseas partners, and our world-class manufacturing processes, ensures that specifiers and clients can rest assured that the systems we offer for urban planting.
