What can be better than sitting in the shade of your favourite tree on a hot summer’s day, sleeves rolled up and sampling your favourite tipple whilst watching an epic battle of first class sport unfold before your eyes? Perhaps it’s the sense of relief you get from making that mad panic dash to take refuge under a tree’s canopy, just as a sudden downpour of rain starts? Maybe it’s having a walk amongst the golden tones of autumn or the fresh vibrant colours of spring in a tree lined avenue? Or possibly knowing that dreadful architectural eyesore on the skyline has been blotted out with a green and pleasant environmentally friendly tree?
There are many reasons for wanting to plant a tree in or around your sports turf facility and, with careful selection, the advantages will far outweigh the disadvantages.
Dr Colin Mumford gives a ten point guide to the mystery of successful tree planting.
1) Reasons for planting
Why would you want to plant a tree? (why wouldn't you?) The motivation for planting a tree varies from reducing sun or wind interfering with a sport, through to visually enhancing a facility or providing habitats for wildlife as part of an environmental stewardship scheme. Perhaps even as a long-term crop on some set-aside land. In some instances it is to provide security (with spikey shrub-like trees such as Hawthorn), or to mark an occasion, and in the case of golf courses, to create additional hazards and to define areas. The list of reasons goes on; it isn’t endless, but it is long.
2) Tree selection A TEN POINT GUIDE TO TREE PLANTING
The most important consideration is the tree species itself; matching the right kind of tree to the environmental conditions it will be growing in will generally improve its chances of survival. But also, selecting a tree that will provide the effects you require is paramount. The first thing to do is ask yourself lots of questions about the site where you want to plant a tree, and the type of tree you want to grow. Your questions should include:
• The site itself
• Is the site a low lying area or an exposed windy site?
• Is the site in permanent shade or full sunlight?
• Is the site prone to spring frosts?
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