by Mark Roberts | May 22, 2018 | Trees
Many years ago, I met a horse whisperer. I was flying first-class and it was the first time I had been up-front during a long-haul flight. It was an upgrade of an upgrade and I was thoroughly enjoying the experience – as one does when is served pre-take off...
by Mark Roberts | Apr 28, 2018 | Trees
I found myself needing to very accurately age some trees. The margin of error required for the work was plus or minus months, not give or take a few years. After trying every conceivable option, including photos, sales records, comparative plantings and saying no, I...
by Mark Roberts | Apr 22, 2018 | Trees
When I was a young arborist I did terrible things. Terrible, arboricultural things – I’ll keep this professional and not a self-indulgent personal narrative (I’ll save that until I am old and want to embarrass my children). When I was a young arborist I did terrible...
by Mark Roberts | Mar 31, 2018 | Trees
I have been commissioned by my local City Council to create some Urban Monoliths. I’m not sure the title is correct; a monolith is a large single upright block of stone serving as a pillar or monument. My monoliths will be wooden, they will be discretely hidden away...
by Mark Roberts | Feb 11, 2018 | Trees
I came home the other day and two nice men were working on my neighbour’s hedge. I don’t know for sure that were nice men, I did not talk to them – that would have been weird. I assumed that they were nice because they had set up the work site with cones and...
