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▲ 15 r/ChandlerAZ

City of Chandler trees

Is it just me or does it seem as though the City of Chandler's department in charge of landscaping is just massacreing the street trees? It seems as though the workers are just doing busy work and in the process, destroying in a a few (or many) poor cuts the years it takes to cultivate a mature tree.

Is there either a city arborist or urban forester or landscaping administrator to direct landscaping workers and ensure they are working within certain BMPs? As an aspiring arborist, it pains me to drive down the streets here and see once beautiful trees being destroyed by what seems to be untrained individuals.

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u/Gemraticus — 5 days ago
▲ 30 r/AZlandscaping

Any ideas on getting rid of rock?

We want to get rid of this gravel around the pool. Any idea on how we might go about this? (Once the weeds are pulled and the landscape plastic is removed.)

Edit to say that:
(1) I have the proper tools minus a wheelbarrow (anybody have a spare two-wheeled on they want to sell for cheap?).
(2) I understand the labor and time involved and am prepared for it, as I am able. I can physically do it.
(3) I'm not interested in throwing the gravel away as I see it as something that a LOT of resources went into creating and I would rather see it reused than tossed. I plan on rinsing it of the years of fine dust that has settled on it over the years.
(4) I'm wondering if any landscaping company or individual would want it after its been raked into piles and rinsed. It's accessible via the alley.
(5) As an aside, I'm planning on filling the space with (mostly) native flowing plants plus a few palms and maybe a yellow bells tree. I would love to install iron trellises onto the wall for vining plants. It will take a long time.
(6) I'm also very committed to getting rid of the hideous and confining iron security fence around the pool, ensuring alternative security measures are in place.
(8) Note that the weeds were largely manually removed a few months ago when it was still mostly cool out and (apart from the Bermuda grass, which is a different story entirely), have not come back. No chemicals used. Same goes with our front yard.

u/Gemraticus — 7 days ago