by Mark Roberts | Nov 24, 2016 | Trees
A quick Google search will tell you that an ’act of God’ is an event outside human control, an event where no one can be held responsible. It’s an old-school term with legal status. I agree that people should not be held responsible for unforeseeable natural...
by Mark Roberts | Nov 9, 2016 | Trees
Recently I gave a presentation at the New Zealand Arboricultural Association conference, I pointed out that stress is an external force or an emotional condition, and that it is incorrect to say a tree is ‘stressed’ when not talking about external forces. Trees don’t...
by Mark Roberts | Oct 17, 2016 | Trees
There is a quote that goes something like, ‘You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed’. It comes from Antoine de Saint-Exupery children’s book Le Petit Prince. I’ve not read the book but the quote conjures up a someone wanting a creature and through...
by Mark Roberts | Sep 25, 2016 | Trees
I have a theory that trees can’t read. My theory is based in part because I’ve never seen a tree purchase a book and in part because trees don’t always do what they are supposed to do – according to the many books about trees at least. I can think of several examples...
by Mark Roberts | Sep 17, 2016 | Trees
I accept that strange things happen – because they do, I accept that trees don’t always do what they are supposed to do – because they don’t and I am comfortable with this – because I am. What I am not comfortable with and what I can’t accept is the traditional...
