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6 Mar 2025
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Right Tree for Right Place and Function

Dr Henrik Sjöman, Arit Anderson CMLI, and Carl Reeders discuss tree selection, placing and maintenance in urban environments.

You will gain:

Expertise in selecting trees for specific urban locations and conditions.
Increased understanding of tree selection to optimize ecosystem service delivery.
Enhanced ability to select trees that support long-term sustainability and urban functionality.
Awareness of the challenges and solutions for tree planting in diverse urban scenarios, such as rooftops, playgrounds, and streets.
and more…

By deepening your knowledge of what factors should be included in the selection work, the chance of long-term sustainable plantings increases along with a high capacity to deliver important ecosystem services.

This masterclass recording will highlight typical urban situations where tree plantings are essential for the function and use of a space, offering key insights and arguments for selecting the right tree.

Speakers

Dr Henrik Sjöman

Henrik’s work is mainly focusing on developing knowledge of site-adapted plant use for urban environments including private gardens as well as public parks. How the capacity of different trees will vary in context to its environment and in delivering important ecosystem services has become the prime driver in Henrik’s work and as such how to extend the knowledge of diversifying our treescapes in parks and gardens. His approach in teaching and research is to develop a language we can use for sustainable plant use with clear guidance on what makes some plants better than others.

Arit Anderson CMLI

Arit Anderson is a garden and landscaper designer, writer, podcaster and TV presenter. In her designs for both private and commercial clients her ethos includes simplicity and environmental sensitivity. This was more recently demonstrated in the 2024 Peat Free Show Garden she was commissioned to do for the Royal Horticultural Society.

Arit is a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute, Trustee for the National Garden Scheme, RHS Ambassador for the Environment and Community, and co-founder of the Sustainable Landscape Foundation.

Working as a presenter for Gardeners World and writing for national publications has enabled Arit to publicise issues about the future of gardening in an ever-changing climate, and promote solutions to the wider public.

Carl Reeders

Originally from South Africa, Carl started his career in agricultural equipment sales, working with industry leaders like John Deere and Case, before moving into the landscape sector. He has always enjoyed manufacturing, focusing on high-quality products made for professionals in specialised industries. His time at Platipus has taken him around the world, where he has gathered unprecedented knowledge and experience in the anchoring of newly planted semi to fully mature trees in conventional and challenging situations. This has allowed him to perfect a set of best practices for tree anchoring that he shares with his ever-growing network of global landscape professionals.