On my bike ride to work last week, I saw these palm trees, laying out on
big flat-bed trucks over by the parking garage at Stock Farm. I thought,
"So THIS is how Stanford gets all those big palm trees! I should take a
picture of this" (and didn't, unfortunately), and also thought, "I wonder
where they are planting these." Then suddenly a big hole appeared where the
Tresidder Bollards used to be, and the palm trees were planted.
Megan and I asked Grounds where the palm trees come from. Here's what they
said!
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Our palm trees are either purchased or they have on occasion been donated.
We buy them from nurseries or people who have palm trees that meet our
specifications. (Canary Island Palms of the correct size and height.) We
hire a contractor to go dig them out, transport them to campus and plant
them where we need them.
Large palm trees require backhoes and cranes to get them here and to stand
them up and plant. Irrigation needs to be established for each palm and we
hand water it for the first month after transplant. Then we monitor them on
a weekly to monthly basis to insure that we are giving it enough water.
After the first year the tree is put on the normal maintenance schedule
which includes automatic watering and pruning once every four years or as
may be needed.
Comments (5)
we're so ostentatious that sometimes it makes me cringe.
Posted by bradley | April 10, 2007 1:57 AM
Posted on April 10, 2007 01:57
On my bike ride to work last week, I saw these palm trees, laying out on
big flat-bed trucks over by the parking garage at Stock Farm. I thought,
"So THIS is how Stanford gets all those big palm trees! I should take a
picture of this" (and didn't, unfortunately), and also thought, "I wonder
where they are planting these." Then suddenly a big hole appeared where the
Tresidder Bollards used to be, and the palm trees were planted.
Posted by Megan Miller | April 10, 2007 1:58 AM
Posted on April 10, 2007 01:58
I USED TO BIKE THERE!! HOW DO THEY EXPECT ME TO GET TO CLASSES NOW!?
ugh!
Posted by Anonymous | April 10, 2007 1:59 AM
Posted on April 10, 2007 01:59
Megan and I asked Grounds where the palm trees come from. Here's what they
said!
----
Our palm trees are either purchased or they have on occasion been donated.
We buy them from nurseries or people who have palm trees that meet our
specifications. (Canary Island Palms of the correct size and height.) We
hire a contractor to go dig them out, transport them to campus and plant
them where we need them.
Large palm trees require backhoes and cranes to get them here and to stand
them up and plant. Irrigation needs to be established for each palm and we
hand water it for the first month after transplant. Then we monitor them on
a weekly to monthly basis to insure that we are giving it enough water.
After the first year the tree is put on the normal maintenance schedule
which includes automatic watering and pruning once every four years or as
may be needed.
Posted by Galen | April 10, 2007 2:01 AM
Posted on April 10, 2007 02:01
I have 2 big queen palms in Los Angeles that i want to replace with birtch...is it likely i could find a buyer?
Posted by Dan | September 8, 2007 9:03 AM
Posted on September 8, 2007 09:03