Juniper forest
This article shows the restyling process of a group of junipers (juniperus thurifera). This forest had been forgotten various years ago and its form had been lost, it was necessary to restyle.
As the trunks had slim lines, I thought about styling them as a group of trees in the high mountains, with few branches, defined masses of vegetation and straight lines. In order to obtain this type of landscape I added a couple of dry trunks which represent the harshness of the high mountain climate, in which only the strongest survive.
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Original forest before the work. It was planted on a large slab of black slate and the trunks had been gradually displaced. The distance between the trunks was too great and straight trunks had become mixed with more sinuous ones, which created confusion.
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The trees from the original forest which weren't straight weren't used in the new composition, other straight ones were added to complete the group.
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All the trees were carefully wired down to the last twig.
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Once all the materials were prepared planting began. The first tree to be planted should be the main one, the other complementary trunks are added later.
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Once they are all in place it's important to fix them in place, compacting the soil mix with sticks helps a lot.
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January 2001, after the work.
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This forest belongs to the Royal Botanical Gardens in Madrid.
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