I wholeheartedly agree that to reduce our carbon footprint and create a more welcoming ambience both to the city center and surrounding suburbs more trees need to be planted . This topic originally surfaced at a Cork City Forum meeting several years ago pre-Covid. Regarding city center trees that have been significantly damaged due to disease or storms need to be replaced and replanted with particular attention given to areas running parallel to the river heading outwards on both banks of the river but in particular on the Blackrock and Marina sections. City center has numerous sections of wide pavement that could be given over to tree planting . Previously in talks with a representative of the Botanical Department of UCC it was suggested that Yew trees , a species native to Ireland could be planted in city center , suitable for their type of growth pattern and their climatic condition suitability. When considering what species to plant we should be considering native species as much as possible and hardwoods where possible also even if they are slower growing. With regards to city center a balance needs to be struck with finding the appropriate variety of tree and the potential spread of roots given the concentration of technical services , communication cables and drainage and water infrastructure. Consultation at all stages of the project should in my opinion be sought from the Botanical Department of UCC , the Tree Council Of Ireland and Crann in determining the optimum selection of choice of variety of trees to be planted given the criteria for different urban and suburban areas and given the various soil type conditions.
Tuairimí
I wholeheartedly agree that to reduce our carbon footprint and create a more welcoming ambience both to the city center and surrounding suburbs more trees need to be planted . This topic originally surfaced at a Cork City Forum meeting several years ago pre-Covid. Regarding city center trees that have been significantly damaged due to disease or storms need to be replaced and replanted with particular attention given to areas running parallel to the river heading outwards on both banks of the river but in particular on the Blackrock and Marina sections. City center has numerous sections of wide pavement that could be given over to tree planting . Previously in talks with a representative of the Botanical Department of UCC it was suggested that Yew trees , a species native to Ireland could be planted in city center , suitable for their type of growth pattern and their climatic condition suitability. When considering what species to plant we should be considering native species as much as possible and hardwoods where possible also even if they are slower growing. With regards to city center a balance needs to be struck with finding the appropriate variety of tree and the potential spread of roots given the concentration of technical services , communication cables and drainage and water infrastructure. Consultation at all stages of the project should in my opinion be sought from the Botanical Department of UCC , the Tree Council Of Ireland and Crann in determining the optimum selection of choice of variety of trees to be planted given the criteria for different urban and suburban areas and given the various soil type conditions.