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--- identity_of_trees_walks [2014-08-28 19:06] – [*Wild chestnut] rasa
+++ identity_of_trees_walks [2014-08-28 19:25] – [*Imaginary tree Dansart] rasa
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-==== *Imaginary tree Dansart ====
+==== *Imaginary tree rue Dansaertstraat ====
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+For those who witnessed the leak in the water pipe under this street some years ago, it is not a surprise you don't find any trees at this side of the rue Dansaert. Therefore we invite you to imagine your own tree, one that can be of help for future genrations of this city.
+What tree did you think of? And why?
+And would you consider it to resist to the criteria of today's choices for planting trees in the cities?
+It is no coincidence that the actual trees in the city are very different species to the ones we find in the forest. There are only a few types of trees that can survive in the city. This depends on several factors: their resistance to salt (in winter), vandalism, pollution, pressure on their root systems, and also the conditions of various pipelines under the roads (gas, water, electricity, metro…).
+The beech, the poplar, the willow and many types of fruit trees have crawling roots, that can be visible at the surface. These trees are highly sensitive. It is important that their roots are not damaged, because these wounds serve as large entrance gates for all kind of illness agents. Parking cars, cutting the grass, playing at their roots will asphyxiate them. Water and a lot of air in the soil are needed to guarantee their metabolism. This said, a lot of citizens don't like this type of trees for a very different reason: the leaves and the fruits that fall of in autumn.
+// Take a picture of your tree, write down its specificities, turn it into story that you can tell to yourself or your friend while walking back to Vieux Marché aux Grains for the last series of trees. //
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