{"id":2348,"date":"2021-03-25T09:24:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T08:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uantwerpen.be\/pintra-en\/?p=2348"},"modified":"2021-07-14T08:20:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T07:20:41","slug":"how-do-you-dig-up-31-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uantwerpen.be\/pintra-en\/how-do-you-dig-up-31-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you dig up 31 trees?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Campus Drie Eiken will be undergoing a major makeover over the next few years.<\/strong> This autumn, construction will start on new student facilities at what is now Car Park 3.<\/strong> That means that 31 young trees have to make way for a new sports hall and <\/strong>student accommodation.<\/strong> But instead of chopping down these 31 alders, planted there just two years ago, we decided to replant them.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two years ago, the Environmental Office planted 31 young trees in Car Park 3. With the new buildings coming here,  these trees had to go. Feeling it would be a shame to chop them down, the Environmental Office decided to replant them in different locations on and around the campus. ‘We think it’s great that the new facilities will be built in an already paved area. It’s always a shame when nature has to make way for new buildings’, said environmental coordinator  Marleen Clerinx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Two years ago, the Environmental Office planted 31 young trees in Car Park 3. These trees are now being given a new place on the campus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

But… how do you move a living tree? <\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Though it\u2019s fairly commonplace nowadays, moving trees is still a complex undertaking that involves a specialised machine, called a tree spade. This large machine literally scoops the tree out of the ground. Now you’re probably thinking: huh, scooping? That’s right, scooping!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Step 1: The machine digs deep into the ground and scoops up the entire clump of soil holding the tree and its roots.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    • Step 2: The same machine digs a hole the same size in the new location.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      • Step 3: The tree is moved from A to B.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        • Step 4: The tree is lowered into the new hole, where it should fit snugly.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          And that’s it! A piece of cake\u2026 or in this case: a scoop of soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \n