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2003 Adelaide University - Waite Campus TREENET PROCEEDINGS OF THE 4TH NATIONAL STREET TREE SYMPOSIUM 4 & 5 SEPTEMBER 2003 ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY - WAITE CAMPUS OPENING ADDRESS BY THE HON. MIKE RANN, PREMIER OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA ISBN 0-9775084-3-9 Treenet Inc CONTENTS Trade displays and contact details 4 Speakers’ profiles and contact details 5 Urban trees: a Local Government perspective 14 Mr Tim Johnson Chair, City of West Torrens Electricity distributors – policies and practices in vegetation management 28 Ms Judy Fakes Ryde College Palms for the streets of Adelaide 35 Mr Heinz Froehlingsdorf Transport SA Oaks for the Adelaide Plains: successful species in the Waite Arboretum 37 Dr Jennifer Gardner Treenet, Waite Arboretum Finding new trees (Abstract) 44 Dr David Symon Plant Biodiversity Centre Native trees: the value of selection 45 Dr Greg Moore Burnley College Stormwater harvesting trial – Claremont Avenue, Netherby 54 Mr Andy Wark City of Mitcham Stormwater harvesting trial for ‘irrigation’ of street trees and water quality and quantity improvement 55 Mr Steve Porch, Mr Jeffrey Zanker and Dr David Pezzaniti University SA An investigation of the potential to use street trees and designed soils to treat urban stormwater 63 Ms Liz Denman Burnley College Arboricultural innovations in urban tree establishment 74 Mr Kym Knight Arbortech Tree Services As we think – so we manage 83 Mr Phillip Hewett Newcastle City Council Social preferences for street trees 91 Dr Kathryn Williams Environmental Psychologist Arboriculture education 96 Daniel Carrocci Treenet Arboricultural courses in tertiary institutions (Abstract) 98 Sarah Prior Treenet SA Urban Forest Biodiversity Program 99 Mr Ross Oke SA Urban Forest Biodiversity Program Urban forest – Urban fauna 109 Mr Ed McAlister AO Royal Zoological Society of SA 2 ‘Tree Trunks’: an urban forest education kit for schools 117 Ms Maureen See City of Brisbane and Ms Rae Sheridan Queensland Museum A tree trial at Berwick December 2002 to June 2003 121 Mr Peter Lawton TAPS The new NATSPEC specification for trees and its relevance to TREENET Trials 125 Mr Ross Clark Trees Impact Trees for trials: a tree grower’s perspective 133 Mr John Fitzgibbon Metropolitan Tree Growers A nursery trial to compare production systems 136 Mr Ian Brown Mount William Advanced Tree Nursery Introduction to and forum for 25 Year TREENET container trial 137 Mr Derek Moore Charles Sturt University Tools to manage your street trees 143 Mr Sam Cassar City of Charles Sturt Adelaide’s street trees: past, present and future 151 Ms Lorraine Oldrey City of Adelaide Street tree trials – avenues of interest 157 Ms Maureen See City of Brisbane 3 TRADE DISPLAYS & CONTACT DETAILS TMH Safety PO Box 26 Klemzig, SA Contact: Mark Hosking Manager Tel: 0418 317 678 Email: [email protected] Agriturf Pty Ltd 37/40 Abel Street Penrith, NSW. 2750 Contact: Richard Watt Sales Representative Tel: (02) 4721 4200 Mobile: 0412 672 443 Email: [email protected] 4 SPEAKERS’ PROFILES & CONTACT DETAILS The Hon Mike Rann Premier of South Australia Dr Jennifer Gardner The Waite Arboretum The University of Adelaide – Waite Campus PMB 1, Glen Osmond, SA. 5064 Tel: (08) 8303 7405 Fax: (08) 8303 6826 Email: [email protected] Jennifer is the Curator of the Waite Arboretum and co-founder, with David Lawry, of TREENET. She is a member of the TREENET Management Committee and Advisory Board. Mr Tim Johnson Parks & Gardens City of West Torrens 165 Burbridge Road Hilton, SA. 5033 Tel: (08) 8416 6210 Fax: (08) 8234 1689 Mobile: 0419 031 622 Email: [email protected] Tim is a Technical Officer with the City of West Torrens where he had begun work as a gardener in 1989 following landscaping experience in the private sector. In his current position he supports staff and clients in Council’s urban greening, biodiversity conservation and park maintenance and customer service roles. He has a Batchelor Degree in Applied Science (Wildlife and Park Management) and post-graduate Diplomas in Outdoor Education, Applied Science (Recreation) and Business Administration. He is a member of the TREENET Management Committee and Advisory Board. Ms Judy Fakes Head Teacher of Arboriculture, Ryde College of TAFE, 250 Blaxland Road, Ryde, NSW, 2112 Email: [email protected] Judy has been teaching the practical and theoretical aspects of soils and arboriculture at Ryde TAFE for many years. She occasionally consults on tree-related matters to councils and government organisations. It has become very obvious to her that many tree problems are below ground so a good working knowledge of soils is indispensable to the arborist. She is a member of the TREENET Advisory Board. 5 Mr Heinz Froehlingsdorf Tel: (08) 8343 2772 Mobile: 0417 824 707 Email: [email protected] Heinz-Dieter Froehlingsdorf is currently employed by Transport SA as a Supervising Technical Officer in TSA’s Landscaping Unit. For the past 20 years he has been involved in the field of roadside landscaping including the management of and conducting of vegetation surveys and roadside enhancement and management. Heinz has a keen interest in anything to do with Palms, particularly their cultivation in the temperate environment of South Australia. He is a founding member of the Palm and Cycad Society of South Australia Inc., and has been its Secretary since its inception in 1989. Heinz is also the editor of the local branch quarterly newsletter and has had several palm articles published in the Palm and Cycad Society of Australia national newsletter “Palms & Cycads”. Dr David Symon State Herbarium of South Australia North Terrace Adelaide, SA. 5000 Tel: (08) 8228 2352 Email: [email protected] David was lecturer in Agronomy at the Waite Institute and Curator of the Waite Arboretum for 30 years. Since retiring in 1986, he actively pursues his varied research at the State Herbarium. He is a member of the TREENET Advisory Board. Dr Greg Moore Principal, Burnley College, The Institute of Land and Food Resources The University of Melbourne 500 Yarra Boulevard Richmond, Vic. 3121 Tel: (03) 9250 6806 or (03) 9250 6800 Fax: (03) 9250-6885 Email: [email protected] Greg Moore has been Principal and Head of Burnley College since 1988. Apart from a general interest in horticultural plant science and ecology, Greg has a specific interest in all aspects of arboriculture. He has written one book, contributed to another and has had over 50 research papers and articles relating to tree biology and management published. He is a member of the TREENET Management Committee and Advisory Board. Mr Andy Wark Senior Arborist Mitcham City Council 131 Belair Rd Mitcham, SA. Mobile: 0411861037 E-mail: [email protected] Andy is a member of the TREENET Advisory Board. 6 Dr David Pezzaniti Department: Urban Water Resource Centre Company: University SA Phone: (08) 8302 3652 E-mail: [email protected] Mr Steve Porch & Mr Jeff Zanker Urban Water Resource Centre University of South Australia Phone: (08) 8302 3652 Steve and Jeff are final year Honour students in Civil Engineering at the University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus. As part of their final year studies, they have undertaken a project investigating and monitoring options for a stormwater trial located on Claremont Avenue adjacent to the Treenet headquarters. Dr David Pezzaniti is their supervisor. Ms Liz Denman The University of Melbourne – Burnley College Telephone: (03) 9250 6887 Email: [email protected] Liz is undertaking a Master of Applied Science (Horticulture) at The University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus under the supervision of Dr Greg Moore, Dr Peter May and Dr Peter Breen (Ecological Engineering Pty Ltd). She is currently in the process of applying to convert from Masters to a PhD. Her formal qualification is Bachelor of Applied Science Horticulture Hons. 2000. She works part time as a horticulturist for Australian Landscape Management, a consultancy company based in Melbourne. Mr Kym Knight Arbortech PO Box 25 Cockatoo Valley, SA. 5351 Tel: (08) 8254 2905 Mobile: 0418 831 445 Email: [email protected] Kym is the Managing Director and Principal Arboricultural Consultant with Arbortech Tree Service Pty Ltd, a contracting and consulting firm based in South Australia. He trained a Yarrabee Horticultural College, SA and VCAH Burnley in Victoria. He has been a passionate advocate for quality and professionalism in arboriculture and remains committed to the advancement of his profession. A founding Executive Member of the Australian Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture and Founding Chairman of the SA Society of Arboriculture, he has been involved in all levels of the tree care industry. He believes his membership on the Advisory Board of TREENET will further help to provide new ideas and challenges needed to promote a better arboricultural industry. 7 Mr Philip Hewett City Arborist City Services & Presentation Landscape Architects Section Newcastle City Council King Street, Newcastle, NSW. 2230 Tel: (02) 4974 2676 Fax: (02) 4974 2603 Email: [email protected] Phil has worked as tree manager in local government positions for more than twenty years in Hobart and Sydney. He has taught full time in NSW TAFE Arboriculture courses and still teaches part-time. He operated a private tree management consultancy in Sydney for four years but returned to local government two years ago in order to change the prevailing discriminatory attitudes and reactive approach in municipal tree management. As City Arborist for the City of Newcastle, he has set a goal of informing community leaders, council management and councillors, of the full range of benefits that a well planned, adequately resourced and systematically managed urban forest can provide. Dr Kathryn Williams University of Melbourne Email: [email protected] Kathryn is a lecturer in the School of Resource Management, University of Melbourne.
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