Trees may seem low-maintenance as far as living things go. They usually stay in one place, and the sun, rain, and soil pretty much fulfill their survival needs.

But if you’re in charge of caring for 6,800 of them, especially in an urban environment that’s also frequented by tens of thousands of students, staff, faculty, and visitors, it’s no small job.

That’s the task for staff from Penn’s Department of Facilities and Real Estate Services (FRES) and Penn’s Morris Arboretum, as well as landscape contractors. These experts assess and tend to campus trees regularly, respond to problems that may arise, and consider how to preserve and expand the tree collection at Penn, a campus which last year became an official arboretum, certified by the ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program.

Read the full article at Penn Today 
by Katherine Unger Baillie 
November 16, 2018