Terrain Aeration has provided soil
decompaction services at Hyde Park
Terrain Aeration has provided services to relieve compaction
of soil at Hyde Park. The company used its Airforce Terralift
and SuperScamper machines. The latter works in conjunction
with a towed compressor is therefore a lighter machine
producing less weight on the turf surface. The primary areas
to be treated were north of the Bandstand, an area of 10,200
m2 with sycamores and elms, and the ash tree circle north of
Serpentine Road, an area of 892 m2
Before work started it was necessary to radar scan for
underground services and mark out the areas to be treated.
The Terralift hammers a hollow probe one metre into the soil,
releasing a blast of compressed air to fracture the compaction
and injecting dried seaweed which will expand and contract
with the moisture content in the ground. The probe is inserted
in spacings of two metres on a grid pattern, to ensure the
underground fracturing overlaps. The resulting holes are
top-filled with Lytag, lightweight aggregate to provide a long-
term aeration and ventilation shaft which will encourage
air and water into the root zone. The result is a healthier soil
structure, the compaction is relieved and a stronger root
growth is promoted.
This particularly applied in Hyde Park in the areas around
the trees.Terrain Aeration have also treated the area around
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east of Broadwalk and in Regents Park, the area beneath
the canopies of the first and second line of trees between
Chester Road and Ready Money Fountain. An area of two
thousand five hundred square metres beneath canopies of
Norway maples at the southern end of Marylebone Green
has also had the Terralift treatment. “We have used Terrain
Aeration’s services for a number of years now,” says Ian Roger,
Royal Parks’ Arboricultural Manager, “and their programme of
decompaction of the soil beneath some of our most stressed
trees will have long-term benefits, extending their viable
lifespan, and ensuring their continued contribution to the
amenity of the park and the environment.”
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