Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Decisions regarding community Trees

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On May 20, 2016, at 9:03 AM, Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com> 
> wrote:
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>> On May 20, 2016, at 8:18 AM, Igor Cerny/USA/MD/21791/LVC via Cohousing-L 
>> <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I’m seeking input from folks on the listserv as tohow/if communities make 
>> decisions regarding trees on community property thatare also adjacent to 
>> people’s homes. 
> 
> We have a very active landscaping pod that would make recommendations. The 
> homeowner and the pod have so far reached agreement on what is good for the 
> tree, what is good for the look of things, and what the owner wants. Great 
> weight is placed on blocking light since most of our units only have light on 
> two sides — north and south. One side blocked is a big deal.

Another factor that has recently been a strong movement is toward native plants 
including native trees. There is some friction over that but it doesn’t affect 
trees too much, because they are not often replaced and because of 
contributions we have a lot already.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org