We love healthy urban trees

Maybe you have heard of the landscape architect Henry F. Arnold, who said: “Half of good urban design is about trees. And if you group trees together in clusters and avenues, unique urban spaces are created that people will naturally seek out and enjoy staying in.”

But trees do not only create beautiful urban areas:

The trees also provide shade on sidewalks and bike paths in the summer (On the hottest days, they can lower the temperature in the city by up to 7°C). In the spring, the trees bring joy with their light green leaves and beautiful flowers, in the autumn with their glowing colors. And in winter, they let the light fall between the bare branches. This is good for people and good for biodiversity.

Practically, we know they absorb large amounts of CO2 (including emissions from traffic) and thus make the air in cities cleaner for residents to inhale.
The root system absorbs large amounts of rain, which would otherwise burden the sewer system.
And speaking of traffic: Studies show that urban trees have a positive impact on traffic safety because they create calm and a more tolerant attitude among all traffic groups.

Economically, they are often good value for residential areas: There are countless examples that if two properties are identical in all other parameters, the one located on a street with trees will have a higher value than the one that does not have urban trees nearby.

These are just some of the arguments we hear when talking with passionate professionals about why many more urban trees should be planted.
There are certainly more.
At BOXofGREEN, we are in no doubt that there is great value for the cities, the inhabitants of the cities, and urban nature in including as many urban trees as possible in urban design.