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Taking care of trees

Montpellier Tree Charter

The City of Montpellier has drawn up a tree charter, to indicate best practices for restoring nature to its rightful place in the city. This guide is intended for decision-makers, project owners, project managers, landscape architects, urban planners and architects. It recalls the virtues of vegetation: natural air conditioning, air purification, and even tools for social bonding.

This charter is divided into two volumes, with an educational section. It's the perfect way to share a common culture of trees in the city.

Conservation

Integrating existing trees into development projects

PDF - 712 KB

Maintenance

Young plantation maintenance

PDF - 251 KB

Cutting methods

PDF - 343 KB

Pruning period

PDF - 362 KB

Size types

PDF - 490 KB

Recycling green waste

PDF - 492 KB

Pests and biological control

PDF - 315 KB

Ivy

PDF - 523 KB

Conservation of dead wood

PDF - 516 KB

Protecting cavity trees

PDF - 303 KB

Tree foot planting

PDF - 722 KB

Planting - design

Planting distances according to airspace

PDF - 18340 KB

Planting distances according to underground space

PDF - 293 KB

Choice of species

PDF - 774 KB

Trees and shrubs to limit or avoid

PDF - 419 KB

Planting in natural wooded areas

PDF - 447 KB

Tree size and shape at planting

PDF - 190 KB

Plantation-work

Nursery stock selection

PDF - 283 KB

Planting pit in open space

PDF - 482 KB

Continuous planting pit

PDF - 841 KB

Individual planting pit

PDF - 726 KB

Distribution slabs

PDF - 612 KB

Topsoil

PDF - 277 KB

Earth-stone mix

PDF - 730 KB

Planting the tree

PDF - 253 KB

Staking

PDF - 320 KB

Root ball anchoring and guying

PDF - 379 KB

Watering the young plantation

PDF - 329 KB

Mulching the young plantation

PDF - 238 KB

Tree grid

PDF - 301 KB

Work

Building site near trees

PDF - 728 KB

General tree protection

PDF - 986 KB

Tree crown protection

PDF - 312 KB

Root protection - circulation

PDF - 314 KB

Root protection - earthworks

PDF - 745 KB

Prophylactic measures

PDF - 473 KB

Developing new techniques

PDF - 1378 KB

The special case of plane trees

PDF - 596 KB

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