As someone who walks along QQE quite a bit I will say that the conversion of the park area from fenced off dirt to green sod will be a massive improvement! One suggestion: can we put in a temporary cricket pitch in the warm months and a few outdoor rinks during the winter until the construction of a permanent facility begins?
On December 12, 2024, they are planting trees. I haven’t read the latest updates in the thread, but I assume the park is being built, which is a nice surprise.
You absolutely can and from the point of view of the tree being in dormancy, it can lower the risk of transplantation.
It's not done all that often because:
a) Many nurseries shut down for the year in mid-November and so lack the crews to dig the trees out and deliver them.
b) Many landscape firms shut down around the same time, because of lack of suppliers and because many seasonal staff have gone back to school etc.; many also have jobs doing snow-clearing in the winter.
c) Depending on the year......the ground starts to freeze solid around now........and that makes getting trees in/out more of a challenge. (you can warm up the ground if you have to......)
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It does carry some risks to plant now, primarily, exposure of the roots to freezing temperatures; also improper planting could lead to frost-heave and the tree popping out of the ground. (if moisture gets in the newly dug hole and then freezes solid).
They're laying the sod now. This may be a tough question, but given what has already happened and where the project stands now, how long will it take to finish this park? Does anyone have a rough estimate?
This may be a tough question, but given what has already happened and where the project stands now, how long will it take to finish this park? Does anyone have a rough estimate?
Maybe by tomorrow at this pace or next Friday, before the Christmas break??? But fenced off until May? Wow.
EDIT. After further thought, then the City will probably take it over and open it July 1, 2026
@Northern Light is probably (certainly!) a better source but it is definitely possible and OK to lay sod now and most trees can still be planted as long as the ground has not yet frozen over and their root ball has not already frozen. Normally contractors have to replace trees and plantings that die within first x months so IF things do not survive the winter they can be re-planted in Spring 2025.
@Northern Light is probably (certainly!) a better source but it is definitely possible and OK to lay sod now and most trees can still be planted as long as the ground has not yet frozen over and their root ball has not already frozen. Normally contractors have to replace trees and plantings that die within first x months so IF things do not survive the winter they can be re-planted in Spring 2025.
