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Freedom Park Planting, February 23, 2019

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Another Successful Tree Planting!

Gallery March 7, 2018 Jim Abbot Leave a comment

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Photos by Richard Westrick and Jim Abbot.

Trees Atlanta Invades Inman Park! Again!

Trees Atlanta Invades Inman Park! Again!

Gallery April 30, 2017 Jim Abbot Leave a comment

Inman Park Festival Trees Atlanta

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Tree Protection Ordinance 1.0 April 6, 2020
Excited for 1-18-20! January 7, 2020
Trees to be Inspected September 29, 2019
Fear of Trees June 13, 2019
Gratitude June 12, 2019
Now That’s What I’m Talking About June 11, 2019
Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers May 16, 2019
Award for Inman Park May 11, 2019
Freedom Park Forest Restoration May 11, 2019
Bioswales on Highland Avenue! March 24, 2019

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City of Atlanta Arborist Division (Trees on Private Property)
City of Atlanta Arborists for Parks and Right-of-Way (Trees on Public Property)
Inman Park Festival & Tour of Homes
Inman Park Neighborhood Association
Trees Atlanta

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On the left, native fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus), also known by the charming name grancy graybeard. On the right, Chinese fringetree (Chionanthus retusus). Does the distinction matter? If so, why? For me, this explanation from Audubon (October 2018) is pretty darn persuasive that the answer is yes. “Narango and other researchers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute wanted to know how plants in human-managed landscapes affect the reproductive success of resident bird populations—a simple question that no one had answered before. The team’s research, published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, found only one distinction that determines if a spot is a boom or a bust for a bird population: whether it has plants native to the area... The answer comes down to the food web. Nesting birds scour for the most protein-packed, fatty foods they can find, and that superfood is plant-eating bugs like caterpillars. ‘Those are the things that fuel that rapid growth of a baby bird,’ says Karin Burghardt, an ecologist at the University of Maryland who studies biodiversity in human-managed landscapes. And those bugs need native plants. The simple connection between bird, bug, and tree means that in places tended by people, birds are at the whim of an unwitting gardener. Right now, that’s a dangerous arrangement. ‘The fact that we are starving them by the way we landscape has not been seriously considered. That’s the big breakthrough,’ Tallamy says. That also means that a small decision on the scale of a yard can foster big changes for birds. ‘It empowers every individual landowner,’ he says. ‘You want to help the birds? Then control the plants that are in your landscape.’” . . . #ecology #ecosystem #foodweb #nativeplants #birds #trees

One of the challenges we tree planters face in adhering to the #righttreerightplace model is that dirt is not transparent. It’s not even translucent! What that means is that when I select a site for a tree, I have no idea what is below ground. Is there a gas line? A huge stone? A big root? Nor can I be sure whether the soil is a good match for the tree species. Is it acidic or alkaline? Wet or dry? Silty, loamy, sandy, clay-y? Few realize this, but in Europe, for hundreds of years, ducks have been trained to identify good planting locations for trees. A recent study established that ducks are capable of this feat due to a phenomenal tactile capability. Sensitive nerve endings called Herbst corpuscles are located in a series of pits running along the tip of the bill. A properly trained duck can “feel” the right spot for the tree. Inman Park Tree Watch recently purchased two ducks to assist us in our work. Their names are Natasha and Emily. As you can see, they helped me select a perfect spot for a weeping baldcypress (Taxodium distichum ‘Falling Waters’). . . . Oh wait. Is it really April 3rd already? Never mind.

This is so fantastic. @dabearded1

Thinking of all the beauty in the world. Or, actually, in my front yard and just down the street. . . . #spring #springtime

4:00 AM, first tree falls. 5:00 AM, second tree falls. 3:30 PM, power is restored. 5:00 PM, allergy headache begins. 8:15 PM, I still love trees.

Fairy umbrellas (my proposed NEW common name for Podophyllum peltatum, the spring ephemeral formerly known as ‘mayapple,’ which these days I suppose we should be calling ‘marchapple,’ but come on, you folks gotta admit ‘fairy umbrellas’ is so much better) have returned! . . . #spring #springishere #ephemeral #mayapple

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IPNA Monthly Meeting April 15, 2020 at 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm The Trolley Barn, Edgewood Ave

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