Cuyptuin, Roof Top Blues in Amsterdam

We had quite a stormy spring here in Amsterdam. The two small trees (Acer Cappadocicum Rubrum) had grown very hard the last few years and I already start wondering if they had been ankered well enough by the gardener who created the garden. She had put tree poles around both trees, but with only 50cm depth they didn’t had a solid base. So during the storms I saw the crowns of both trees bending deeply and one morning both trees had fallen down completely. (meer…)