Purpose
The Barnes Arboretum was recently acquired by St Joseph’s University and an integrated plan to better connect the two campuses was created to improve accessibility. This included the construction of a new sidewalk pattern that could adversely impact the critical root zones of several specimen quality heritage trees on the arboretum’s campus. We were hired to design and implement a tree protection system that involved tree protection trenching, root pruning, tree protection fencing and post construction rehabilitation.