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Hi Akram,
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I’ve seen it on Facebook, quite a bit. It is fairly common practice for radio shows to do this sort of thing.

Just to play devils advocate, I personally love the sight of a huge tree in a small urban space, I think it  gives the space a true- er scale – I second the vote for a Gingko, they have great bark when they get old, and if you have a teeny space don’t clutter it up with a lot of teeny plants..

Perhaps you can propose putting a Japanese Maple in a large decorative pot? That will give you a couple extra feet of overhead clearance, keep the tree artificially small, and you’ll know exactly where the roots are. I would also suggest something with an upright habit, like the ‘Sango-Kaku’.

A tree in this space is essentially containerized…[Read more]

yeah, I geuss it’s probably a fake..still funny to me, even if it is a fake..sort of like a SNL skit..

Trace, you actually buy that?

I wouldnt worry about the tree causing heaving so much as the canopy being far too low and wide for the space.  Also consider signage and visibility to the front entry.

the deer crossing signs are great!  they let you know the
best place to hunt them…..and season opens here in
Tennessee on Nov. 3.  I’ll be looking for deer signs.

Hey, ive been preparing for section 3, made a post here that didnt get much attention https://land8.com/forum/topics/the-new-lare-section-3-thoughts-and-study-topics
I did find these sample vignettes which i dont think asla had posted before (first time i saw them at least) http://www.asla.org/lareprepsamplevignettes.aspx

It is worth the time to listen. Too bad I have to share the roads with people like this. My favorite part is when she suggests combining deer and school crossings.

I agree you are really limited to a small patio style tree with the space you are showing.

Also, whether or not to include cookie monster in our renderings is a call each of us has to make on our own.

Here’s an example of something I did in school. Use breaks in mono-cultures to drop shadows and show height. Fields of grass reveal their stalks when they are blown sideways by the wind, and the wind can create eddies of swirling patterns which can be represented in plan. Within a larger monotonous expanse, you can “stipple” with simple plants…[Read more]

Looking at the plan I would think the area is really tight to bring a tree into the mix. 
Only idea is maybe check into some miniature cultivars of Ginko biloba
Design it with a tree and do something really cool without one..like maybe tall perennials that hold their structure through the winter? 

Thanks for the input everyone.  

I’m not to concerned about the “hack job” pruning of a tree for this space.  I being a Certified Arborist am going to make clear to the client to only have a high end tree care company with Certified Arborist prune this tree over the years and to have it pruned to keep it’s natural shape and form.  I have pr…[Read more]

HAHAHAHAHA!!! Don’t take it personally, Thomas!

woah double cowlick!

I did, but it was ten years ago when I was just starting out and I don’t recall all that much detail.  The project was a car dealership renovation involving both architectural expansion/redesign and some landscape/display features.  I know we met with her once, but I don’t really remember her having any real feedback or changes for our de…[Read more]

Jason, maybe you had a bad dining experience at a restaurant reviewed by Bruni. I have no idea beyond that. I will still accept his take on the vacuous and hollow slipshod suggestions for enduring economic recovery that come from both parties, because they avoid the hard reality that national sacrifice and commitment will be exactly what it takes…[Read more]

Consider the source. He’s a freakin’ restaurant critic. And for the NYT.
 
Yea. I really take seriously an opinion on something as complex as free market economics from a dude who used to rate macaroni for a living.