by Mark Roberts | Feb 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
If you find yourself in Hawaii with some time to kill [April 30], pop along to the Sheraton, Waikiki and take in the Western Chapter Conference – there is a great line-up of local and international speakers, and I’ll be there as well… I get to give...
by Mark Roberts | Jan 14, 2019 | Trees
When a tree falls in a forest it makes a sound, we can be very sure about this – fibres snap and branches break, air is moved and energy released. All of this happens if we are there to hear it or not. Sound is just vibrations in air. But if a tree falls in space,...
by Mark Roberts | Nov 30, 2018 | Nature, Trees
For the past few months I have been writing pruning specifications, or more correctly I have been removing pruning specifications. I’d love to say it’s a less-is-more situation, but I’ve actually been writing more to inform the reader of less – why less is...
by Mark Roberts | Nov 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
The tallest tree in New Zealand grows quietly in the Orokonui Ecosanctuary, just north of Dunedin. It (she), doesn’t have the grandeur or the mana of Tane Mahuta and his whanau, even though she would tower 30m (100ft) or more above them. She is a slender wee thing...
by Mark Roberts | Nov 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Little by little until its gone – each bit seems like nothing, yet all the bits were something, and before you know it, it’s gone, finished, over; whatever it was – it is no longer there. Is this is the story of Auckland’s urban forest? The [Auckland] Tree Council...
