August 28, 2004
Landscape#7
These are Australian trees:
Christopher Burkett, Coastal Eucalyptus Trunks, California, 1999
It is odd to see them growing in coastal California. But it is a globalized world now isn't it.
I read somewhere that those whose views of the sea and coast are obscured by the tall eucalyptus can reguire their owners on the lower slopes to cut them down. In the US people have rights to space and views.
What people do in Australia is to iilegally trim the tops of the native eucalyptus to get their panormic sea views. have t you come across thsoe people who move into a heavily wooded area fill of trees and biodiversity along the coast, build their house, then cut allthe trees down
You get the sense that they hate the native bush. They fancy they are living in Italy judging by the names they give their seaside houses.
One of the things that surprised me about San Francisco when I was there a few years ago, was not that they had gum trees, but that they had so many! And other natives as well, a few of the streets are lined with bottle-brushes or golden wattle.
I wonder if the trees are bordering on being weeds outside the city though. Particularly in the vicinity of the Muir Woods.
Posted by: Russell Degnan on August 29, 2004 02:35 PM