HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-09-27 Arborist ReportCris Danielson
From: K.D. Widin [kwidin a@mmmpcc.org]
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 3:54 PM
To: kdanielson@cltyofoakparkheights.com
Subject: S &C Bank - Landscape Plan
Kris -
I have reviewed the landscape plan for S &C Bank and have the
following comments:
1. The Planting Schedule should include the scientific names of the plants.
2. The Planting Detail should also include: cutting the twine at the base
of the trunk, cutting off the top of the burlap, or folding it down into
the hole, cutting off the top two rungs of any wire basket encasing the
root ball.
3. It is preferable to not stake trees.
4. Any added backfill or "planting" soil should constitute no more than 113
of the backfill soil put into the hole, and should be mixed with existing
soil.
5. The landscape plan itself is not acceptable and should be re -done by a
professional landscape designer or landscape architect. It is not
acceptable for the following reasons:
a. Some of the plant sizes drawn are not accurate and do not
reflect the
mature size of the plants.
b. The plan uses a very strange mixture of plant material. Eastern
red cedar and Siberian peashrub have some good attributes,
but being an attractive landscape plant is not one of them.
Redbud is not hardy in Minnesota and becomes a shrub if it
lives at all.
c. The plan as drawn is not attractive and is inconsistent. There
should be a variety of plant material but some repetition
of design around the perimeter of the lot would be more
attractive. There is no "design" to the plan. It is just
an
assemblage of plants in lines. Grouping at least some of the
plants will result in a more pleasing design.
Kathy Widin
Municipal Arborist
City of oak Park Heights