by robertsandtrees | Sep 17, 2024 | Soil and soil science, Trees, Uncategorized
Botanical Provenance; Life or death Provenance (prɒv(ə)nəns) noun: the place of origin or earliest known history of something. With provenance comes authenticity, you know what it is, where it came from and where it’s been. Provenance helps museums ensure that the...
by Mark Roberts | Jun 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
For many years now I have been teaching a tree risk assessment course. It’s a structured course with modules and sections laid out in a logical teaching order that is not my own. It’s a great course and I have fun teaching it. Each time I start, I give the class a...
by Mark Roberts | Oct 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
I have just taken on a new job, and the new job has ‘manager’ in the title. I have become the Tree Services Manager for a local utility company. It’s a great position, in a great company and I’m enjoying the role, but what I find interesting is the concept of...
by Mark Roberts | Sep 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
I’m writing this while in an airport in Sweden, not that I’m bragging – much. I am here because the world of conferences has resumed. For the 20 years or so before Covid, I had been attending and presenting at conferences, it was just something that I did and I never...
by Mark Roberts | Aug 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Looking out now the dust seems to be settling. I’m not brave enough to say that we have entered a post-COVID19 era – we are only one cough away from another dust storm. Who knows what that storm will bring and when it will end, but for now we are breathing a...
by Mark Roberts | Mar 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
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 suddenly it was everywhere. Industrial athletes started popping out of the woodwork, they were everywhere too. There...
