The History of Pruning
The Origin of the London Plane
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Chemin de la Mâture
Even by the sixteenth century, Britain had been forced to obtain almost all its masts from the countries adjoining the Baltic Sea. The problem was that the fleets of its northern rivals, Holland and Sweden, were always threatening to cut off this supply, and in any case tall trees were becoming scarcer and more expensive. Britain turned to its American colonies, where the old-growth forests of New England contained huge, straight-trunked eastern white pine trees in seemingly limitless numbers. From the mid-seventeenth century onward these trees, which could grow up to 230 feet tall with a diameter of over five feet, became the tree of choice for the British navy . . . .
The Tree People Book List
Who Would Pay $35,000 for a single tree!?
True Cedars
Seeking The True Cedars`
True Cedars In The City
Apples and Oaks
What’s the difference between Apples and Oaks?
ThE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF CANOPY THINNING
By Bruce W. Hagen
HOW TO GROW YOUR CANOPY
About us
Some people have inquired about our qualifications. It’s a long story . . . . .
New measuring technology and stricter standards have changed how trees are measured. Do our champions still measure up? Have we been doing enough to protect and nourish them? The recent visit to Walla Walla by Robert Van Pelt, author, artist, and researcher for Save the Redwoods League, reveals how our trees have fared.
what is the proper response to HATRACKING?
Green Mansions
The most influential environmental novel of the 20th century.
The New Four D’s
THE FIVE F’S
OUR Mission
Our trees are part of our history, and of our natural and cultural landscape. Tree People of Walla Walla seeks to secure these ecosystems through . . . .
Tree People of Walla Walla 