This week the workers have been out in La Herradura blitzing the trees in the Barrio del Espinar area.
Pruning Aplenty
by Hugh MacArthur •
Tag Archive for ficus
Architectural Barriers Eliminated
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Public Works Department at the Almuñécar Town Hall has been eliminating architectural barriers around town (obstacles for those with mobility problems).
Flipping Ficus Again
by Hugh MacArthur •
(HMI02) Six trees, all ficus, are wrecking the pavement along Calle Tetuán, with their roots, so they are being removed this week.
Out of the Blue
by Hugh MacArthur •
A 16-year-old girl was injured when a 10-year-old ficus tree in the Plaza de Santo Domingo in Murcia literally collapse around her. The fallen boughs and branches weighed around 12 tonnes.
Plaza de Picasso in Salobreña
by Hugh MacArthur •
The renovation work in the Plaza de Picasso in Salobreña has included the removal of two ficus trees. The roots of such trees are a nightmare as they extend rapidly and are destructive.
Imprudent Pruning?
by Martin Myall •
There is a time to prune and a time when not to, and the basic guideline is do it whilst the plant is seasonally dormant. Hence the latest political squabble in Almuñécar.
Green Women Against Tree Felling
by Martin Myall •
The Almuñécar-based women’s ecologist group, La Asociación de Mujeres Ecologistas Sexitanas, has denounced what they claim to be “extreme tree Felling” on the Paseo del Altillo gardens. They say that around a dozen emblematic trees were cut down from at base level, especially ‘ficus’ (rubber-plant trees) near the car-park entrance. They consider that these trees had formed a fundamental part of the panorama.