"Weird Eco Habits" Contest Finalist: Tree-Friendly Fence
by Sean Fisher, Cincinnati, Ohio on 12. 1.05
When Marc needed to build a fence in his backyard through where a tree already existed, he didn't cut the tree down, he built around it. Nominated by Marc's workmate, Christian Gloddy, Marc's "weird" eco habit is building tiny "portholes" in his fence in order to save a tree from being cut down. There is one potential downfall to this plan, but Marc (and Christian) seem to be ready, "Yeah, he’ll probably have to revise the fence as the tree grows over time, but the results are pretty cool looking." See more pics at Christian's site, Obvious Diversions.
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Looks like a tree pillory.
he should have made the fence out of a grid, that way "revising the design" would simply mean cutting a new notch out of the grid
I'm no botanist, but I'm not so sure he will have to revise his design. The thing about trees and plants is that they tend to grow around whatever is there. We've all seen those hedges that have grown up next to a chain link fence and grown right INTO it. Since Marc built around is tree, it might just return the favor for many years.
Very clever. I also like the way he framed each of the holes neatly. ;-)