Frame It Screen It – Trees In The Landscape
February 5th, 2010<<< visit new projects >>>
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There are many trees which can be used for framing purposes, and a few sketches will quickly demonstrate how small trees can be used for this purpose as effectively as large ones. As we know from everyday applications, it all depends on the relative positions and viewpoint of observer, tree, and building.
When a small tree and an observer are close together but both some disstance from a building, the trees can be small and yet be used for framing the building. On the other hand, if the observer is quite a distance away, then it takes a larger tree to do the framing job. In many instances not one tree but a group of trees of appropriate size can be used at either side of a building to frame it.
In the Southwest, where Mesquite trees grow, many homeowners have either allowed native Mesquites to remain in strategic locations or placed specimens to make a natural effect and to frame their low ranch-style homes in a most attractive manner. In sections where the gray birch (Betula populifolia) grows well it is widely used for the same purpose.
Existing Trees
If you purchase a piece of land with many existing trees like the banana plant, be sure to figure out the location of the house in relation to those trees you wish to keep. Often you are thereby much more fortunate than the person who has to start with young ones, for by juggling the position of the house you can make the mature trees do a perfect job of framing it from the beginning.
If there are specimens so large that their removal would be a serious loss, the framing can sometimes be accomplished by removing some trees and key branches of others so that at least a partial view of the home is possible from one or more particular points.
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