I need your help today for a school project to protect urban trees. I came up with the idea of creating trapezoid-shaped planters arranged in a tripod or quadripod around the tree to protect it. However, I can’t find any good way to fill in the angles between the planters. The prototype has a budget of €1000–1500, and it is meant to be used in the city. Do you have any ideas you could share with me?
by Level-List-274
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I would avoid using a solid wall design because it will probably lead to debris getting deposited behind the walls. This is bad because it will cause moisture to be trapped against the trunk of the tree, causing rot and ultimately an early death of the tree. This can also lead to “volcano mulch” , which can cause the tree to put out a secondary layer of roots, which when they get larger, can girdle the tree, stressing it out / decreasing the lifespan of the tree
Make them benches
It’ll fill up with trash, whether intentionally put there or not. I like the idea though.
If it’s made out of wood that surface touching the ground will rot out fairly quickly too.
A big part of it is what *exactly* do they need protection from, mostly?
Vandalism? Careless walkers? Dogs? Cars? Bugs?
Without knowing details like that it’s a little tricky to come up with tailored solutions, and a broad range general barrier that works against everything might as well be an ugly ass wall, which might lead one to think “with all we need to protect this tree from, maybe trees weren’t the best choice for this location.”
I agree with the other guy that it depends on what you’re protecting them from