(Click on pic for a closer view)This majestic Live Oak may look healthy, but according to arborists, it is very sick on the inside and is in danger of dropping large branches . It is on the perimeter of the Plaza in front of the Cathedral. There is a season for all things and for this oak it is coming to an end. It is on the dock for removal soon. One of the oldest trees in the Plaza,it is perhaps 200 years old or more.
Art In The Market suggest that a seven foot stump remain and a diorama of Martin Luther King, The St. Augustine Four, and the foot soldiers in the Civil Rights movement be commemorated in bas relief carving around the remaining column (stump). Wood carvers step forward.
DONT KILL THE TREE!!!!
ReplyDeleteIve heard that the Arborist said it was fine except that when they built in the sidewalks, they cut her roots, which may be causing the instabitity.
I missed the commission meeteing, but this is what I was told by the Arborists friend, my neighbor, before the meeting....
I say, if she has to come down we make "TreeArt"...use all her peices and parts to construct sculpture for the plaza...
It will be sad to see her go and empty looking in the plaza....
THIS TREE HAS BEEN SAVED! A MASTER ARBORIST STEPPED FORWARD TO SAY THAT THE CITY'S ARBORIST WAS TOO RASH. LONG LIVE THE TREE! THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION.
ReplyDeleteWHOOT!!! LOVE 'DEM TREES!!!
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