| Trees are the most wonderful things to have in your | | | | they house us and protect us from the climate |
| garden. They add interest, shade, texture and | | | | they can produce fruit which is essential for our |
| structure to any landscape design. In other words, | | | | nutrition |
| trees make a landscape! They are so much a part of | | | | they can flower to delight us. |
| every day life - in street-scapes, parks, in the rural | | | | Using trees in your front yard or for the backyard |
| countryside and in homes and commercial properties. | | | | landscaping is not difficult if thought out and planned |
| A World Without Trees! | | | | well. They are also one element of a low |
| What is the thing you most miss when you look at | | | | maintenance garden if that is your requirement. Trees |
| photos of the moon's surface, or at desert scenes | | | | are compatible with many plants that can grow under |
| and at pictures of the Antarctic, or any bleak | | | | them - many annuals and perennials are shade loving |
| landscape - plants like conifers, oaks, birches elms, | | | | and need the protection of dappled light in the |
| eucalypts and so on - trees! | | | | summer. A large shade tree in a backyard garden can |
| They come in many shapes (especially if pruned), | | | | easily be utilised for a shady entertainment area - |
| including columnar and globular shapes. Likewise, tree | | | | moving people outdoors in the warm evening from |
| forms range structurally from having the stiffly | | | | late Spring to early Fall. |
| upright branches of Lombardy poplar trees to the | | | | A Green Planet |
| droopy quality of a weeping willow and the broad | | | | The same plants are critical to our environment - for |
| spread of an ancient oak. | | | | ridding the atmosphere of carbon dioxide and when |
| Trees Complete a Garden | | | | we see their deforestation in the Amazon and other |
| Any garden without them is incomplete - even a | | | | tropical areas in Asia it is a crime against our planet. |
| courtyard can have a small one in a container. And | | | | One tree will absorb approximately one ton of carbon |
| specimens such as silver birch and Japanese maples | | | | dioxide during its lifetime. And there are no longer |
| will fit neatly into any small home garden. | | | | enough trees to keep a balance. |
| They can make a "frame" to see a building or to | | | | Trees are Fun |
| blend into its architecture | | | | Sling a hammock between two trees and relax in the |
| With shade they keep our homes cooler | | | | breeze or soak in some sun. Finally, trees are great |
| we warm ourselves with their wood in a fire | | | | for kids to climb and build tree houses in - if that's still |
| provide the material for furniture, houses and | | | | allowed in this over protective day and age! Trees |
| fittings | | | | make a landscape! |