Just Trees Official Blog
Writer Hal Borland said in A Countryman’s Woods, “The pin oak pleases me for reasons I cannot wholly explain.” Although we understand his sentiment, we can find several reason as to why this tree is so pleasing! The Quercus palustris…
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Since we are (quite) interested in trees here at Just Trees – we can’t help but notice the interesting phenomena that occurs towards the end of every year whereby families bring a tree into their house and decorate it. The…
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Another serious Tree Hero who we admire deeply has got to be Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai, Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of the Green Belt Movement. An incredible woman with countless accolades and achievements, she was the first…
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By Jared Green, originally published here at Prolandscaper.co.za “We can’t achieve sustainability without considering the landscape. Performance happens there,” argued Barbara Deutsch, FASLA, president of the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) at GreenBuild in Los Angeles. By performance, Deutsch means just…
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The Acacia xanthophloea or Fever Tree is a popular landscaping tree, with many features that make it both a useful and beautiful addition to various urban environments. This semi-deciduous to deciduous tree can reach up to 25m in the wild…
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At Just Trees we’re constantly researching how to make such a large nursery work in a way that is a little bit kinder to earth, partly because we believe in promoting a culture of sustainability and partly because that extra…
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Written by Matt Hickman and originally posted on Mother Nature Network. — We already know that urban trees can help deter crime and prompt us to smile a bit more. We know that they mitigate stormwater runoff, sequester carbon and…
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Every day we are surrounded by information and news that can make us feel overwhelmed by the current state of the world. Our Facebook newsfeeds are full of stories about environmental destruction, political unrest and social upheaval. We don’t have…
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2016 was a pretty good year for Just Trees! One particular event that we were proud to be apart of was the Entrepreneur of the Year Competition. This competition aims to incentivize entrepreneurs in South Africa and we decided to…
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The idea of an avenue is one of the oldest landscaping concepts. Avenues are naturally comforting concepts, a passageway or pathway from point A to point B, neatly protected by a line of trees; almost like an organized forest. Your…
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