Rod Melotte
New Member
What would be the best forum for this! I'm an alderman in a small town in Wisconsin and we have a $25 million project for re-doing our street scape. I have been on a downtown tree crusade for years and FINALLY we can put in EIGHT trees in our downtown.
I have a list of salt tolerant trees and it has fallen on ME to pick a species GULP!! We want conical trees but I and wondering about root systems.
IS there anyone that can give me a list or advice on when trees would work in downtown settings? Our DPW is on board and we know the drawbacks - we just don't know WHAT trees would work for shade and all the other benefits.
My goal is to soften the hard brick landscape - cover some of the truck noise and make the place more pedestrian friendly.
Comments? Opinions? Where/who can I go for advice?
I have a list of salt tolerant trees and it has fallen on ME to pick a species GULP!! We want conical trees but I and wondering about root systems.
IS there anyone that can give me a list or advice on when trees would work in downtown settings? Our DPW is on board and we know the drawbacks - we just don't know WHAT trees would work for shade and all the other benefits.
My goal is to soften the hard brick landscape - cover some of the truck noise and make the place more pedestrian friendly.
Comments? Opinions? Where/who can I go for advice?