Shane Gosselink:
Heads up Arbor Centre’s projects Transplanting Division
From initial liaison and project planning to quoting, and administration of all of Arbor Centre’s projects; Shane is the masters voice, from multiple transplants to the single specimen tree.
Although Shane’s foundations have been in computer technologies over many years, he has become intoxicated with Arbor Centre’s passion for trees since joining our team in 2004. From that time he has absorbed horticultural knowledge and transplant technologies at an exponential rate (he even corrects Rob on species names).
The comfort for Landscape Architects and Contractors is that Shane has an extraordinary ability to understand the variables and possibilities of providing mature trees into a landscape. His attention to detail makes organisation, coordination and administration, from start to finish, a breeze for all stake holders.
Trevor Potter and Andrew Hawes:
The practitioners that over see all Arbor Centre’s large transplants.
The mechanical understanding, knowhow and application of the techniques developed at Arbor Centre for handling large scale trees requires many years of ‘hands on’ training and experience. Having a depth of horticultural and arboricultural knowledge and practical experience is essential.
Both Trevor and Andrew lead by example in running the transplant crews and play an active role in the training of other apprentices and staff that also share in the satisfaction and fulfillment that goes hand in glove with successfully transplanting living trees and the enjoyment of its impact on the landscape.
Trevor started his apprenticeship with Arbor Centre in the late 80’s and continues to champion the array of on the job challenges that arise on a day to day basis and the largest of trees.
Andrew did his initial horticultural training in WA and honed his skills in the gardens of France before teaming up with Trevor in 2005.
The Arbor Centre Transplant Support Team of budding tree transplanters:
The dream team
After preparing the tree some 3 – 6 months ahead of them being lifted, these people take up the slack, they dig the holes, drive the trucks, tarp the loads, plant the trees; install the guy ropes and tidy up the sites. Daily satisfaction is derived from seeing the sentinel they have labored over finally take its place in the landscape and quite rightly call each tree by name invariably each one is called ‘My Tree’. You can’t help but become passionate for trees once you’ve shared in nurturing fully mature ones through a relocation and having been part of their survival in their new home.
