While the trees in the community bring a green feast, they also bring great troubles to the residents. Previously, the trees in the Dongyuan Jiaheyuan Community under the jurisdiction of the first residential area of Yongping South Road, Jiangchuan Road Street, were too tall and the trunks were messy, and there were problems of lighting and safety hazards. After careful pruning and retraction, before the Spring Festival, the Dongyuan Jiaheyuan community has a new look, attracting residents to give it a thumbs up.
Which trees can be pruned? And how should it be pruned? In this regard, the Dongyuan Jiaheyuan community has formed a precise pruning plan of one tree and one plan, let's see how they do it.
Q: How long has the phenomenon of large trees not being pruned in Dongyuan Jiawo Garden that has plagued residents' lives last?
Yongnan **General Branch Secretary**Fang: Dongyuan Jiaheyuan Community is a pure high-rise residential building built in 2010, and there are nearly 200 big trees in the whole community. The taller and taller the trees in the community, the greater the impact of the trees in front of the buildings on the low-rise residents. Many residents generally report that there is no sunlight in winter and ventilation is not conducive to summer in summer. The branches of the large trees on the main road are even more lush, and every typhoon season, there are always some high tree trunks that are blown off and falling, which poses a safety hazard to residents.
Aunt Shen, resident: For our low-rise residents, the most important thing that has an impact on daily life is that the trees in front of the building are too big and too tall, which affects the drying of clothes, and in summer, it is particularly easy to breed mosquitoes.
Before pruning. Q: What was done before this thorough pruning?
Yongnan **General Branch Secretary**Fang**: In recent years, although the property committee has also urged the property to strengthen the maintenance and pruning of trees, due to the consideration of pruning costs, only routine pruning cannot solve the problem of large trees disturbing the people.
Question: In recent years, tree pruning in residential areas has attracted more and more attention from the public, low-rise residents do not have sunlight and ask for pruning, high-rise residents open their windows to see the green and do not want to prune, what measures have the neighborhood committee taken in such a situation?
Yongnan **General Branch Secretary**Fang: Although the Dongyuan Jiaheyuan Community has been built for a little years, the green coverage rate of the community is more than 40%, even higher than some commercial housing communities, and the residents have feelings for these trees, so we don't want to "one size fits all". Each tree has its own pruning method, and we want to learn from the experience of other communities to preserve the original appearance of the community as much as possible.
He Xueping, head of the Dongyuan Jiaheyuan Community Committee: Tree pruning may seem like a minor problem to outsiders, but it is a big issue for the residents who live here. Residents living in high-rise buildings may not feel that the trees are too tall to affect their lives, and that it is unnecessary for the Owners Committee to spend such money. This requires the Owners' Committee to gain the understanding and support of the vast majority of residents through the platform of "council", and at the same time encourage them to participate in the self-governance of the community.
On-site investigation by all parties.
Q: What do you do to prepare for the official pruning of trees?
Yongnan General Branch Secretary Fang: Through the "four-in-one" meeting, resident representatives, building team leaders, volunteer backbones and the person in charge of the greening and maintenance unit were invited to participate together. Not only went to other communities with excellent greening and maintenance to ask for experience, but also went to each area to check one by one, feel the variety and number of trees that disturb the people, and clearly mark the specific location, and finally put it in the list to be pruned.
He Xueping, director of the Dongyuan Jiaheyuan Community Business Committee: After the preliminary plan for pruning was determined, the general party branch reported to the higher-level greening department at the same time, and we also officially launched the owners' meeting for consultation, and the consultation agreement rate reached 95%. After the announcement, we started the green pruning operation in mid-December.
Q: How to ensure the professionalism of tree pruning?
He Xueping, Director of the Dongyuan Jiaheyuan Community Committee: According to the "Guidelines for Common Tree Pruning in Residential Areas in Shanghai", for some trees that seriously affect the ventilation and lighting of residents, appropriate retraction pruning can be carried out on the basis of layered rotation. Retraction pruning is generally carried out from December to March of the following year, when the tree is generally in the dormant period, and the tree skeleton branches can be trimmed, the tree posture can be organized, and the tree posture can be adjusted.
During the pruning process, there is not only a professional third party to guide them, but also members of the property committee to observe and supervise them. The camphor on the side of the residential building seriously affects the lighting, ventilation and living safety of the house, we will retract and prune the trees, and absolutely do not "cut off" the matter roughly. In addition, for other species of trees, such as magnolia and nuzhen, the pruning method is adjusted according to the growth of the tree. After the preliminary survey and participated in the community greening pruning training organized by the street, many members of the industry committee are about to become "half experts".
After trimming. Q: What kind of help did the street departments give during the tree pruning process?
Wang Jiafeng, a staff member of the Jiangchuan Road Sub-district Autonomous Office: As early as before consulting residents, the general party branch of the residential area started the grass-roots appointment procedure on the matter of "community greening and pruning", and issued an invitation letter to the relevant departments of the street. "Should it be repaired" and "how to repair" were the two biggest controversies at that time, the needs of residents were different, after receiving the invitation of Dongyuan Jiaheyuan, we also participated with other functional departments in a timely manner: the greening line of the urban construction center gave guidance to the technical specifications of greening pruning, and the urban construction center (housing management office) gave guidance to the follow-up meeting of owners to vote and consult; The Integrated Administrative Law Enforcement Team also gave corresponding suggestions on the degree of tree retraction; All departments expressed their opinions at the special meeting at the grassroots level to ensure the orderly progress of the entire work.
Aunt Shen: I've been living here for more than 10 years, and I've been bothered by these big trees outside the windowsill, but now the sun finally shines into my house, and I can also bask in the sun in my room, which is really good, and I really appreciate the efforts of the street and neighborhood committee staff.