14 May 2010

Tree Markings

Yesterday someone tagged all the trees in Washington Park with different colored ribbons. My son spent some time trying to figure out what each color meant. It seems that this color indicates trees to be removed:
 

Most of the bigger trees are wrapped with a dark green ribbon, which we assume means "keep". Some of the smaller ones have white or pink ribbons which we think means move, but save for transplant.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Never assume anything.

catherine said...

I've emailed the park board and spoke to a couple of people there but no word back yet on the color distinctions....this is painful to watch.

VisuaLingual said...

I'm pretty antsy about that upcoming presentation about the park plan.

Anonymous said...

I think they're mourning the passing of a tree.

Dave said...

According to the Arbor Day Foundation website, Cincinnati has been listed as a "Tree City USA" for 29 years.

One of the standards to obtain this status is that there must be a Tree Care ordinance.

A tree ordinance provides an opportunity to set good policy and back it with the force of law when necessary. Ideally, it will provide clear guidance for planting, maintaining and removing trees from streets, parks and other public places.

If the park board can not provide the tree care ordinance, perhaps there is a municipal tree board or forestry department that has responsibility for writing and implementing an annual community forestry work plan.

Anonymous said...

I have heard that quite a few trees in Washington Park are slated to be removed - but never heard why. Maybe the Ash borer and/or the park re-design.

Anonymous said...

My understanding is that they are keeping as many trees as possible. In addition, the Northern end of the park, which will obviously be all new, is going to be "treed up" with more mature (and more costly) larger trees...as opposed to saplings, which is obviously a good thing and won't be such a glaring contrast. Speaking of saplings....those poor trees on the West end of Fountain Square are an unmitigated disaster. The other trees are doing pretty well, but the west side struggles mightily, which is unfortunate. I counted 6 that looked almost dead. According to 3CDC, however...they have some disease....I'm thinking they need to be sent to a hospice and replaced.

--casey