Martijn BAARDA
In Japan if a tree is in the way of road building, they bind the roots and move the tree...
Jul 31, 2023 at 10:44amWeb
Show threadMy Florida Native GardenJul 31, 2023

@baarda
In Mérida, Mexico (not sure if in the rest of the country), if a tree is in the middle of a planned road or building, they build around it!

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Show threadMartijn BAARDAJul 31, 2023
@nathaliaassaad That's even better! Wonder if it will survive...
Show threadMy Florida Native GardenJul 31, 2023
@baarda
Yes, yes they do. Remember that trees are more about what’s under them than above ground.
Show threadsnowyfoxJul 31, 2023
Photo of, square of ground excavated around the tree, there's wooden tracks and cart at the bottom, above which is the tree rooted into a giant cylinder, its surface being a weave of string and a ring of wooden sticks around, looking like a complex wooden object. So, tree, into complex wood-like disc, on top of wooden pile cart thingy, on top of seemingly wooden rails. Standing beside the excavated area are a large number of onlookers wearing helmets.
Show threadFritz Bauer♟️⚜️  Jul 31, 2023

@snowyfox
Indeed.

Or, even better
>In Japan if a tree is in the way of road building, they bind the roots and move the tree...

Show threadsteev hiseJul 31, 2023
@baarda i wonder what the survival rate of the transplants is. It’d be better to just not build the road, imho.
Show threadGatekeeper..Jul 31, 2023

@baarda

We use chain saws because we've been taugh wrongly. They respect life , we reject life.

Show threadDebJul 31, 2023
@baarda Here that America...
Show threadablackpantherJul 31, 2023
@baarda Unfortunately the survival rate for large tree transplants is very very low. If it's a particularly valuable tree they should build around it.
Show threadtijeoortwijnJul 31, 2023
@baarda Japan is ook dol op het storten beton. Ik heb het gevoel dat dit een uitzondering is, of misschien iets van de laatste jaren.
Show threadHarvee MagicJul 31, 2023
@baarda I sincerely love this idea.
Show threadJoe WeinJul 31, 2023
@baarda No, they don't. Yes, I've been living here for 30 years. They might do this for very old trees in temples or shrines or parks for special reasons, but there are very few 165 year old trees like this one near public roads in Japan. Most trees in Japan are planted after WW2. This is just one of those "Japan is so special" myths being perpetuated on Facebook and elsewhere.
Show threadJoe WeinJul 31, 2023
@baarda Also, around Tokyo many properties with single homes surrounded by a garden with trees are being redeveloped. Almost invariably, all trees on the property are cut down when the old house is demolished. Usually the property is then split into 2-4 smaller lots, each for one tiny home with virtually no vegetation. This type of redevelopment is part of the reason why Tokyo is suffering so badly from the Urban Heat Island effect.
Show threadGeertJul 31, 2023
@baarda - on a related but more cynical topic: check out the documentary “Taming the Garden”. Filmmaker Salomé Jashi's documentary follows massive and ancient trees being transported -- at great expense and inconvenience -- from the coast of the Republic of Georgia to the private garden of an influential person.
Show threadlucas 🎺Jul 31, 2023
@baarda in my city, road trees don’t last long enough to get that big
Show threadMennoJul 31, 2023
@baarda
Even better would be to not build the road there at all, but that's probably not acceptable.
Show threadSjaak K. 🇳🇱🇪🇺🍋Jul 31, 2023

@baarda
In the Netherlands, a tree is moved in a different way

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Show threadKyozouAug 1, 2023

@baarda This is definitely NOT the norm (I think this was in Minato Ward in 2018) and there is currently a huge battle over a plan to cut down hundreds of trees near Meiji Shrine.
It's really not helpful to mythologize #Japan (or any other country).

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/03/f4f421a9fd96-composer-ryuichi-sakamoto-calls-for-stop-to-jingu-redevelopment-plan.html

Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto calls for stop to Jingu redevelopment plan

Renowned Japanese composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto has sent a letter to Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike voicing opposition to a redevelopment plan that would see two historic sports venues demolished and hundreds of trees torn out, saying, "the trees should not be sacrificed."

KYODO NEWS+
Show threadmj12albertAug 1, 2023
@baarda In Hong Kong this tree would have been casually murdered 🥲
Show threadTrudy Harpham PhDAug 1, 2023
@baarda same in Geneva Switzerland
Show threadAntonio Páez 🇲🇽🇨🇦Aug 1, 2023

@baarda @alicek

@cameronkroetsch

@Ward1wilson

Show threadAlan Rycroft 🇨🇦Aug 3, 2023

@baarda 👆🏼

Trees are sacred

Show threadJon MarnockAug 10, 2023
@baarda Sure used a lot of wood in that truss and platform… 😂