Urban Trees & Arboriculture Blog Posts
Plant Your Next
Footsteps
The ancient practice of horticulture still plays an exceedingly vital role in the way we shape our [...]
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Making the case for Long Term Tree Health
One of the biggest challenges the landscaping industry face today is how we effectively combat the [...]
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The GreenBlue Circular Economy
The concept of a circular economy is not new – in fact, the linear economy characterised by taking, [...]
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Reducing the Risk – Successful tree establishment, every time!
Over the past 30 years, urban tree mortality levels have fallen dramatically, and GreenBlue Urban [...]
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Maintenance – Who is Responsible?
One of the most frequently asked questions when planning Green Infrastructure in our urban areas is [...]
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Discussing Carbon Storage Potential
In June 2019, parliament passed a legislation requiring the government to reduce the UK’s net [...]
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Urban Gardens Assisting in our Canopy Growth
A report in the BBC at the weekend indicated that urban tree canopy cover is surprisingly [...]
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Who is responsible for Maintaining our Public Trees?
During times of economic crisis, budgets for local authority landscape maintenance have always been [...]
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Celebrating Southwark’s Urban Forest Assets
A recent inventory of the trees in the London Borough of Southwark as managed by the tree officers [...]
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The Role of Maintenance in Successful Urban Tree Planting
Unfortunately, the maintenance-free tree has yet to be discovered. However, the correct species [...]
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Supporting Myerscough, Arbor Day & Future Flora
Many thanks to Dr Duncan Slater for a very enjoyable Arbor Day at Myerscough College and for the [...]
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Finally…The Environment Bill
Here at GreenBlue Urban we applaud the Governments Environmental Bill; taking responsibility of our [...]
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Making Urban Trees Great Again!
In the consideration of what it actually means to be ‘great’, we should look at what it [...]
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Long Term Successful Tree Planting and the Rise of the Planter
Following some activity in the Twittersphere regarding the trees in planters in Kings Cross, a site [...]
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American Street Trees – Are We Providing Them for Future Generations?
The canopy cover of many cities across the US and around the world is made up of large, mature [...]
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Trees: “Frontline” Bulwark in Combatting Air Pollution
What single thing can you incorporate into a city which increases in value every year it exists? [...]
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Protecting our Trees for the Long Term
Below we detail the steps urban landscape professionals and residents alike should take [...]
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Enhancing Urban Tree Drought Tolerance
Through Tree Planting Pit Design The long hot summer of 2018 is still very much on our minds, and [...]
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Encouraging Increase in Retail Sales with Urban Trees
Over the years, research institutes around the world have studied the importance of having trees in [...]
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High Level Talks at Landscape Below Ground IV
GreenBlue Urban were pleased to sponsor, exhibit, and speak at the fourth Landscape Below Ground [...]
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Why Species Selection Is So Important when Planting Urban Trees
Working with associations that encourage urban designers and policy makers to create more [...]
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How GreenBlue Support the Arb Vision
Twenty-five years after our inception, GreenBlue Urban have developed solutions we are proud of but [...]
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How Urban Trees Make Cities More Livable
Former mayor of Chicago Richard Daley once delivered a keynote speech at the Great Parks/Great [...]
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Increase your Investment by Reshaping the Ecosystem
At first sight, new tree planting in hard surfaces on developments looks like an easy target for a [...]
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Celebrating Partnership with City of Trees
Over the last five years, GreenBlue Urban have been delighted to partner with the urban tree [...]
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