The good news is that we are now ready to go forth with our driveway and landscaping. The bad news can be summarized in that our beautiful 120 year old White Oak has a 50/50 chance of surviving due to negligence by the electrical company's sub-contractor.
Here's the short story:
When the electrical company was putting in the electrical line, they ignored the plan for installation that would have made them go in an "L" shape and dug the line around the root system of our tree. They instead made a diagonal cut through 50% of the critical root zone of our tree. So, we decided to schedule a meeting with the city of Roswell arborist to get an idea what damage had been done prior to proceeding with the rest of the yard work. She recommended an assessment by an ISA certified Arborist. So, we met with him and he gave us a very grim outlook for the tree. He was, in fact, incensed by what the electrical company had done. So he referred us to a specialist for care of the tree. This gentleman, who had trained both of the previous arborists- kind of said "what's done is done". At this point, we are looking at treatments that will help try to preserve the tree as long as we can. In retrospect, we should have had a conservation plan in place for our old trees. But, now because the trees have incurred the majority of the damage, we can go ahead with our driveway and landscaping plans because what we will be doing will not harm them any more than what is already done.
LESSON LEARNED: Get your tree conservation plan in place 1st and make sure that everyone is on the same page with it!!!
Here's the short story:
When the electrical company was putting in the electrical line, they ignored the plan for installation that would have made them go in an "L" shape and dug the line around the root system of our tree. They instead made a diagonal cut through 50% of the critical root zone of our tree. So, we decided to schedule a meeting with the city of Roswell arborist to get an idea what damage had been done prior to proceeding with the rest of the yard work. She recommended an assessment by an ISA certified Arborist. So, we met with him and he gave us a very grim outlook for the tree. He was, in fact, incensed by what the electrical company had done. So he referred us to a specialist for care of the tree. This gentleman, who had trained both of the previous arborists- kind of said "what's done is done". At this point, we are looking at treatments that will help try to preserve the tree as long as we can. In retrospect, we should have had a conservation plan in place for our old trees. But, now because the trees have incurred the majority of the damage, we can go ahead with our driveway and landscaping plans because what we will be doing will not harm them any more than what is already done.
LESSON LEARNED: Get your tree conservation plan in place 1st and make sure that everyone is on the same page with it!!!
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