Have you seen a 45-ton, 75-foot
spruce tree you want to wrap up and
bring home? Or maybe you've spotted
a cute little stand of Japanese
maples—30 tonners—that would look
great sprouting blossoms in your
backyard. We know just the guy to
call.
But hold up, because moving monster
trees is not something you dream up
over beer and ribs at Saturday's barbecue
to do for kicks Sunday morning.
For 17 years, urban-foresters Steve
Clark and Associates, of Brentwood,
Tenn., have been advising developers
on how to transplant trees or preserve
them on site. In many cases, Clark
and his company consult during the
planning stages of a project, and
architects will actually change a
building's design to feature trees