Trees are thirsty too!

Summer is upon us and the weather is warm and wonderful, but neighbourhood street trees are suffering and dying!  Just as we thirst for long refreshing drinks to replenish our bodies during the warms days, so too do the trees that adorn our streets in our neighbourhoods. 

Of great help to quench the thirst of your tree, is to remove the grass at the base of your tree and create a rouind "tree well", about one meter across, which you can then fill with mulch.  The "mulch tree well" will greatly assist in keeping water available for the tree, make it easy to mow around the tree and protect the tree from line trimmer and lawn mower damage.

Please help quench the thirst of your trees by following these guidelines:

1. Water trees twice a week
2. Water deeply and thoroughly each time a minimum of 15 minutes (20 litres)
3. Water when it isn't raining
4. Water during the cooler part of the day
5. Water at low volume to elimiate water runoff