Saving History
It took less than four hours, a 50 ton crane, the crew of ProGrass and Gregg and Ellis Landscape Design and a bit of luck to move our trees from one location to another. The REX Project, Reuse Everything eXperiment once again proves that you can make a difference. We saved 50 year old trees, preserved the history of the Westmoreland neighborhood in Portland Oregon and $15,000.00 dollars! That's right! According to Steve Varga of ProGrass landscaping we had $25,000.00 worth of original landscaping materials. To save everything, hire the crane company and move it all cost us $10,000.00. To me, that's a major duh! All win-win.
Come by and see our progress, 2030 SE REX ST. Portland Oregon
Labels: green, landscaping, moving trees, reusing and recycling a whole house, saving the planet
posted by Shannon @ 11:22 PM
2 Comments:
I think a lot of people want to / expect to save old trees when they start building, but a lot of times, for one reason or another, the trees end up being chopped down. Do you have advice as to how to talk to contractors that are less than responsive to requests to move trees?
I highly recommend doing a full background check on any contractor that you are considering to hire. Communicate your desire to save the old trees and if they resist, they are not the right match for you. Trust me, I've been in that situation. There are so many great contractors that practice green building techniques. In Portland Oregon, I recommend Green Hammer Inc. I also recommend American Crane Services to relocate your trees. Originally we wanted to use them but a family emergency prevented them from doing the job. Too bad for us because at $145.00 they were the best price in town. We ended up using Ross Crane. they too were top nothch and did an excellent job, but $225.00/hr obviously wasn't the best price. Also, ProGrass did an amazing job digging, balling and burlapping the trees.
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