Keith Sacre

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Keith has over twenty years’ experience in local government as an Arboriculture & Urban Forest Director.

Keith has over twenty years’ experience in local government as an Arboriculture & Urban Forest Director.

Latest articles from Keith Sacre

Competing leaders, co-dominant stems and general poor crown structure.

View from the nursery Once you start noticing distortions in urban trees' crowns, you'll never stop
Too many people seem to believe a tree planted straight from the nursery can simply be left to its own devices.

How detrimental root deformation can be to a tree’s long-term health remains unclear; circle, a serious case of more advanced root circling.

A view from the nursery What are the pros and cons of containerised tree production?
essentialARB takes a closer look at the advantages and disadvantages of the practice.

Rootballs loaded for dispatch, but are they correctly prepared or not?

A View from the nursery When is a rootball not a rootball?
While they may look similar, not all trees wrapped in hessian and bound by wire mesh are rootballs.

High-quality street tree planting.

A view from the nursery The importance of understanding tree production
A greater understanding of nursery production is required across the treecare sector if the trees we plant are to have a better chance of success.

It seems tree-planting research is not reaching boots on the ground (image for illustrative purposes only)

A view from the nursery Is the planting performance gap growing, rather than the trees?
Copious amounts of research has been undertaken on tree-planting best practice, but it is plain to see this is not reaching the boots on the ground.

Keith Sacre takes a look at how we can expand our species choice

A view from the nursery Nursery view: Why are we always limiting ourselves to same 10 species?
How can we ensure ‘the right tree for the right place’ if we always limit ourselves to the same 10 species?

The importance of varied high-quality nursery production.

View from the nursery How more variety in tree species can help us achieve nature-based green cities
The success of nature-based green cities is only possible with a better knowledge of plants.

Efforts to increase tree planting are admirable, but as climatic conditions intensify, where is the post-planting care?

View from the nursery Has arboriculture forgotten horticultural principles?
Efforts to increase tree planting are admirable, but as climatic conditions intensify, where is the post-planting care?

Why we need to cast aside the limitations of UK's urban tree species range

View from the nursery Why we need to cast aside the limitations of UK's urban tree species range
Keith Sacre of Barcham Trees considers the range of tree species currently deployed throughout the urban environment across the UK – and its limitations.

A magnificent magnolia in full flower which graces the eastern shore of Torbay.

View from the nursery Can planting fewer trees actually increase canopy cover? New study reveals interesting results
It is natural, perhaps, to suggest that dramatic increases in canopy cover are to be achieved by planting by numbers.