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On the Stump: Fall 2019
Friends are special gifts that life bestows. All these gifts are precious, and all are packaged differently. They are unique and individual coming in varying ages, genders ethnicities and personalities. Friendships take different paths. Some friends become like family...
Passport to Trees: Charleston (again)
Charleston holds a special place in my heart not only because of its biologically rich tidal creeks and maritime forests, but because of the people I associate with this place. If you have time, please review this article from 2015. Your doing so will gift me the...
Trees, Utility Easements, or Both?
By Danny Jones, City of Rock Hill Competition for adequate space between landscape architects and utility coordinators is no new topic. However, in many cases the conflicts can be mitigated to some degree of success. To a large extent, the amount of success depends...
Passport to Trees: Charleston (2015)
Danny Burbage’s On The Stump column in this issue provides powerful insight on the development and support of Charleston’s urban forestry program. If you haven’t already, I strongly encourage you to read it. Full disclosure – in 1987, my first real job out of...
On the Stump: Summer 2019
Thirteen years ago, when Woody came to us from the animal shelter, he took the back yard as his own. A fenced half acre became his great wide open and he became a whirling dervish, racing the perimeter, weaving into shrubbery, under lawn chairs and jumping onto, off...
Passport to Trees: Clemson
The City of Clemson and Clemson University both play critical roles in the growth and stewardship of the community tree canopy at Clemson, where trees are considered essential to the quality of life and to the health of the environment. Not only is the City certified...
A Book Review: The Tree Book: Superior Selections for Landscapes, Streetscapes, and Gardens
By Dr. Bob Polomski, Clemson University The Tree Book: Superior Selections for Landscapes, Streetscapes, and Gardens. Michael A. Dirr and Keith S. Warren. 2019. Timber Press, Inc., Portland, OR. 900 pages incl. index (scientific and common names), color photographs....
The Dog in Dogwood
By Rachel d’Entremont I moved to Aiken in 1979 and we bought an old house downtown. Three of my breakfast room’s six windows are on the east side of the house where they catch the morning sun (welcome in the winter but definitely not to a Syracuse girl in the hot and...
On the Stump: Spring 2019
If you are a regular reader of this column, you know that I am guilty of the occasional rant about how trees contribute to our society; environmentally, medically, psychologically and monetarily. Shoot, in the last edition of The Acorn, I even pontificated that trees...
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