The science behind Arboriculture

A bit like CSI, sometimes identifying tree species can be a tricky business.  Some trees have really subtle differences and depending on the season, you may not always be able to identify the exact specie without calling on a higher power….science! Here at Tree Logic we have a range of technical diagnostic instruments and resources [...]

Air Spade® Air Excavation Tool

AIR-SPADE® is used by arborists and landscape professionals worldwide for:

Root Collar Excavation
Plant Aeration
Vertical Mulching
Soil Compaction Relief
Disease diagnosis and treatment
Transplanting
Bare rooting
Damage analysis
Locating Roots in New Construction
Root Pruning and Structure Analysis
Running utilities through the root zone
Radial trenching

Full Range of Spare parts & additions Available:

0.6m,0.9m, 1.2m, 1.5m barrel extensions or Custom length barrel can be ordered
Additional nozzles include; [...]

Canberra – Urban Forest Renewal

In early 2009 Treelogic was involved in a pilot study with the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government to undertake a tree inventory and make recommendations about future auditing needs so that the ACT Government can better manage their ageing tree assets through a renewal and cyclic maintenance program.

This could seem a straight forward task, but [...]

Smart-Shot™ – how did it all happen

Tree Logic had been trialing tree injectors for many years. Glenn Waters Director/Consulting Arborist & Sales explains “whatever system we tried, there always seemed to be some element we felt could be improved”. Through research Glenn located a manufacturer of animal health syringes. For several years Tree Logic and the manufacturer have [...]

Fig Tree Planting at the Grand Hyatt, Melbourne

The redevelopment of the Hyatt’s Foyer is complete and the five Ficus hilli var. ‘Flash’ installed by Tree Logic are prospering in their purpose built habitat.

The project presented many challenges none less demanding than balancing the horticultural requirements of the plants against engineering constraints, interior design requirements and construction schedules.

Tree Logic was [...]

Fire Retardant Trees

Apart from the potential human tragedy and loss, bushfires often result in a temporary loss of landscape amenity.  Following bushfires there is often apprehension by those directly affected about replanting trees adjacent to homes and other buildings.
The benefits of trees in our landscapes are significant and well documented.  The use of fire retardant trees in [...]

Smart-Shot™ Refillable Tree Injector

For over a decade Tree Logic has been involved in extensive research and testing of every commercially available tree injection system. Every device we tested had some issue that prevented it being the perfect solution for the complex requirements of accurate tree injection.
This experience has been invaluable in showing our research team the advantages and [...]

Porous Paving

Hard paved surfaces such as roads, car parks, driveways, and courtyards cover a significant proportion of urban areas. Impervious paving increases peak and total storm water discharge increasing demand on existing stormwater infrastructure and increases downstream flooding. Rapid discharge of storm water deteriorates stream habitat through bank erosion, while runoff from impervious surfaces [...]

Heat combined with water stress, Autumn comes early…

Heat stress
According to Kozlowski, Kramer & Pallardy (1991) the thermal death point of most active plant cells varies from 50 to 65C. This is dependent on species, age of tissue and duration of exposure to high temperature. However, high temperatures below the thermal death point can often damage woody plants. Symptoms of this type of [...]

Tallest Trees

On a recent Holiday to Port Stephens (which is located some 220km north of Sydney, NSW), I travelled further north to Bulahdelah and stumbled across what was signposted and what was apparently the tallest tree in NSW.  After driving down 5km of dirt track and walking only 150m ‘The Grandis’ as it is locally known [...]