ROBERTS BLOG
All About Trees
“If the forest should disappear, civilization would become extinguished on earth. It is the duty of an enlightened community to plant trees, and to so care for them that posterity shall not suffer… ”
Joseph Decaisne (1873). French botanist
I don’t think of myself as an old arborist although the reality may indicate otherwise. I began my training in the 1980s which for some is an...
As an arborist, I have never grasped the concept of trees as a problem. A tree is a tree, in the same way that a spade is a spade, a brick is a...
Back in the day, in fact, even before the day, we all knew that old tradesmen were mad. It was just an accepted fact, fire is hot, ice is cold,...
I first came across the term industrial athlete about twenty years ago. I’m not sure who invented it or how long it was in use before I saw it, but...
I was inspired to write an article on what the customer wanted. Basically, I just wanted to vent. My current annoyance is the response, ‘it’s what...
I have a friend who is a philosopher. A real philosopher, not some try hard YouTuber or dribbling drunk. She is a professor at the local university,...
The expression, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, relates to people who become falsely overconfident about their expertise in a certain...
I secured a speaking spot at the World Urban Parks Asia-Pacific Congress last year before COVID took it away from all of us. As conferences...
As you read this you are probably sitting in a room that is hollow; a building with walls and empty internal spaces, rooms. You could be in your...
I was asked to give a presentation on tree pruning to a group of gardeners. Commercial Gardeners, so not passionate homeowners or obsessive...
Even before the internet and televised sport there were armchair experts. When it comes to plants every man with a dog and retired lady who makes...
I began my career as a horticulturist in the late 1980’s, it wasn’t intentional, it just kind of happened. In the 90’s I left the dirt and got into...
