 Counterfiet in Tree Care
I'm going to post a quote of something I wrote elsewhere, because the weight of what I wrote, didn't hit me until I re-read it a couple of times.
In the past, I often written about another aspect, that "counterfiet" pruning often looks even better that good pruning that is thought-through using thorough knowledge of tree care.
Often, it's from among the body of landscapers where counterfiet pruning comes from most often. Also, its true that a lot of landscapers seriously underestimate or ignore the need for proper "tree work" and arboriculture.
Now, I just recognized a different counterfiet. It's something I've disagreed with before, but never really recognized it as a counterfiet. It's statements from very skilled people, where the words seem wise, but undermine the attitude that tree care is important at all levels.
Here's what I wrote, I think it makes sense out of context as well. In context, "tree care" = "tree work", so that's how to interpret that vocabulary in the text.
"If someone thinks that climbing makes one an arborist, then that attitude is basically the same as a lot of "landscapers" I've met.
Because a lot of landscapers DON'T put much weight on small and medium size trees as being "arboriculture" and "tree work", therefore, they damage arboriculture with that attitude.
So in reality, a tree climber that does not view all sizes of trees as "tree work" and "arboriculture" has an even worse attitude than a landscaper who possesses a bad attitude about tree care.
Because arborists should be setting the example, and when their attidude sets the example that smaller stuff is not tree care, they basically encourage landscapers and homeowners to not take tree care seriously.
That attitude is both subtle, and damaging.
It's often said that the effectiveness or "value" of a counterfiet is its closeness to the original. And the attitude that only big tree care is "tree work" is a fine piece of counterfiet, where the "fake bills" (statements) are passed and given.
So a tree climber can be in a position to do expert tree work, but simultaneously undermine arboriculture." |