<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks, Rob, that's great to hear! I would love more information. Was there any newspaper coverage of this?</div><div>I am an urban forest activist, so I'm not that knowledgeable about techniques. I'm curious whether cells or 'tree coffins' would have been used in this instance, or were they planted in bare earth?</div><div>Someone at the Friends of the Urban Forest in San Francisco told me most of their trees are planted by tearing up concrete, and I want to ask them this question too.</div><div>It is good to hear that this is happening!<br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Grace<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 7:20 AM Reny, Robert via CANUFNET <<a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net" target="_blank">canufnet@list.web.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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40 street trees on both boulevards of a section of road. Additionally, rather than installing standard metal tree grates, we installed cobblestones around the base to provide a hard surface area while maintaining a decorative theme. We prefer to use cobblestones
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Grace Golightly via CANUFNET<br>
<b>Sent:</b> November 4, 2020 12:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Canadian Urban Forest Network <<a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net" target="_blank">canufnet@list.web.net</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Grace Golightly <<a href="mailto:gragoli@gmail.com" target="_blank">gragoli@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CANUFNET] tearing up pavement or concrete to plant trees?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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