“You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Urban Forest Species Diversity” by Nancy Buley, J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co., Matthew Stephens, NYC Parks & Recreation & Elizabeth Elbel, Friends of Trees
Nancy Buley, Director of Communications, J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co., Matthew Stephens, Director of Street Tree Planting, New York City Parks & Recreation, & Elizabeth Elbel, Neighborhood Trees Specialist, Friends of Trees, discuss fostering a relationship with nurseries to get the trees you want at the 2013 ACTrees Day.
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“You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Urban Forest Species Diversity” by Nancy Buley, J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co., Matthew Stephens, NYC Parks & Recreation & Elizabeth Elbel, Friends of Trees
1. You Can’t Always Get
What You Want:
Seeking and Achieving Urban
Forest Species Diversity
Nancy Buley
Director of Communications
J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co.
Boring, Oregon
nancyb@jfschmidt.com
Elizabeth Elbel
Neighborhood Trees Specialist
ISA Certified Arborist
Friends of Trees
Portland, Oregon
elizabethe@friendsoftrees.org
Matthew Stephens
Director of Street Tree Planting
NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
matthew.stephens@parks.nyc.gov
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3. Trees from Seed to City
• Many stakeholders
• Many variables
• Complicated supply chain
• Environmental challenges
• Risky business
4. From glut to shortage
• Unusual species more rare
• Contractors will ask for subs
• Know your suppliers
• Visit nurseries
• Be creative!
14. Street tree planting in NYC
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3 Nurseries supply all street trees
9 year tree growing contracts
All trees get tagged by NYC Parks
Be an educated consumer and know
where your trees come from
• Increased species availability for
planting
• 22 Families
• 41 Genera
• 24 species of Quercus
• 12 Cultivars of Ulmus
• 10 Cultivars of Tilia
• Increased quality and consistency of
tree selection and stock
• Contracts are a planning tool
Typical delivery and safe handling of B&B trees. It’s not just important to see a nice tree in a nursery or in the ground. The stuff that happens in between can ultimately determine if we will sign off on it. Tree mishandling is very, very evident.