Dallas Urban Forest Advisory Committee

DeepRoot has posted a case study on the Pacific Plaza project in downtown Dallas. Their vaulted Silva Cell system provided for the project "the best compromise of cost efficiency and meeting the tree health needs." Read on.

The Pacific Plaza project in Dallas has proved that Silva Cells can be a cost effective, easier to install, and better performing alternate to structural soil. 36 new trees in the park! https://www.deeproot.com/blog/blog-entries/silva-cells-at-pacific-plaza-dallas-texas-case-study

The City of Dallas is offering trees for Dallas citizens to be placed on your home sites. Register beginning on September 1 for a tree to be picked up on November 2.

Dallas Citizen Forester classes are just around the corner. Register today to join the next class to become Citizen Foresters.

This Dallas Trees blog post from chief arborist Phil Erwin has been updated. It contains useful information for preparing a soil resource plan to be provided in conjunction with landscape plans or a tree protection plan. More information on Urban Soils is available in the online Landscape and Tree Manual at the Building Inspection website.

Soil Resource Plan (aka Drawing A Line In The Caliche} One of the new requirements in the 2018 Article X amendments placed on new developments is the provision for a soil resource plan. This pl...

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The Landscape and Tree Manual is now available online at dallascityhall.com.

You can find it under the Quick Links at the Sustainable Development and Construction web page.

In case you haven't found it, we would like to introduce you to the new Landscape and Tree Manual for the City of Dallas. This exclusively all-online text is available at our Building Inspection pages, or you can reach it through the Quick Links at the SDC main page.

https://dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/buildinginspection/Pages/landscape-and-tree-manual.aspx

https://dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/Pages/default.aspx

The manual is over 300 pages of material placed in multiple separate sections and attachments, and full of helpful information for homeowners, commercial property owners and managers, landscape professionals, and developers. You can learn about the new Neighborhood Forest Overlay in Section 10, find helpful landscape checklists for different landscape codes, and discover how to nominate a Historic tree for preservation.

The manual was drafted by professional landscape architects and foresters to provide useful regional information about local trees, soils, and other aspects of our community forest and is a supplement to support the Article X ordinances and to be informative to the people living and working in Dallas.

Watch for additional educational posts here from your friendly city arborists.

If you're looking for information about the Dallas landscape and tree ordinances, or general information about regional tree selections and tree care, look to the new City of Dallas Landscape and Tree Manual now online.

The Neighborhood Forest Overlay update is now added to the NEW Landscape and Tree Manual online at dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment.
You can also find the new Homeowner's Guide to the Landscape and Tree Manual to help find information in the manual.

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You can now access the City of Dallas Landscape and Tree Manual online.

landscape and tree manual Section 2       2.0:  Landscaping and Soil Requirements      2.2:  Landscape Plan Submission and Compliance      2.3:  Mandatory Landscape Requirements      2.4:  Landscape Design Options