<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">3. Consider using Gravel Beds to prepare bare root trees for much better results. Greater success and a the ability to plant bare root in a very wide seasonal window well into summer. The following link is a good reference. <a href="https://trees.umn.edu/learn-more/gravel-beds" class="">https://trees.umn.edu/learn-more/gravel-beds</a></div><div class="">Also since this resource was prepared many people have switched from gravel to arborist wood chips. Much cheaper and easier to work with. Note that most of the large trees (up to 10” CLP) at the Toronto City Hall renovation were planted bare root and prepared in Gravel Beds<br class=""><div><br class=""></div><div>4. Plant the smallest tree that fits the project requirements.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>These ideas will dramatically reduce cost and increase the projects success and sustainability factors.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Jim Urban</div><div><a href="mailto:jimtree123@gmail.com" class="">jimtree123@gmail.com</a></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 14, 2021, at 10:20 AM, Zoë Rabinovitch via CANUFNET <<a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net" class="">canufnet@list.web.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "ui web -apple-system", blinkmacsystemfont, roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Hi,</span></div></div><div style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: "ui web -apple-system", blinkmacsystemfont, roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></p></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px;" class="">I am a biology undergraduate student at McGill University, and I am working on a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">research project about the least costly ways to make cities green. The research is being conducted with a company called Eco2urb and I will add a link below if you are interested in checking it out. Currently we have access to three product catalogues of tree prices for the following three nurseries:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; display: inline !important;" class="">Dutchmaster, Environs, Cramer. I've been trying to access large catalogues so that we can average out the prices to reflect realistic pricing. I've been contacting different nurseries, but I am hoping that someone here may have access to catalogues and can share them with me. If you do, please feel free to email me. </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; display: inline !important;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><p style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; display: inline !important;" class=""></span></span></p><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a href="https://www.eco2urb.com/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;" class="">https://www.eco2urb.com/index.html</a></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-family: "ui web -apple-system", blinkmacsystemfont, roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""></p></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""></p><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; display: inline !important;" class="">Thank you and I hope you have a great day! </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; display: inline !important;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; display: inline !important;" class="">Best,</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; display: inline !important;" class="">Zoë </span></span></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>