by Mark Roberts | Mar 12, 2023 | Nature, Trees
There is a tree that I drive past on my way to work. I call it my tree, but that’s a stretch and calling it a tree isn’t much better. A green blob would be a more accurate description – a blob maybe 4m tall, khaki in colour with a crusty beige brown trunk. Hardly a...
by Mark Roberts | Jul 17, 2022 | Trees
Tort is the area of law involving obligations by one person or entity to another. The tort of negligence is where one party owes a duty of care to another. A tort arises when the party owing the duty of care breaches that obligation and damage are experienced by a...
by Mark Roberts | Jun 19, 2022 | Trees
As I write this we are in the midst of our planting season and once again we find ourselves discussing the pros and cons of planting best practice. As always reality and best practice are often not compatible – sad, but true, especially when planting trees in...
by robertsandtrees | Jun 12, 2022 | Tree Climbing, Trees
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 impossibly long time ago but for those that I trained with, it was just yesterday. Time is indeed relative. Of those that I...
by Mark Roberts | Jun 8, 2022 | Trees
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 brick, and the colour red is… red. These things are just things and while there is variation (considerable variation) the...
by Mark Roberts | May 4, 2022 | Trees
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, Auckland has traffic problems, and old tradesmen are mad. And yes they were all men, tradeswoman didn’t go mad, because...
