Architecture is often judged by the relationship between buildings and their surroundings, but even an exceptional building can feel unfinished when it sits within a landscape of young trees, exposed ground and recently planted borders. For architects and specifiers, large trees offer a way to bridge that gap, creating an established sense of place from the moment a development is completed, writes Pete Thomas, at Ruskins, the tree and soil specialists. The challenge is that trees take time to grow. A landscape designed around saplings may need years, or even decades, to achieve the scale, shade, screening and visual balance originally envisaged. Large...
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