Silva Cell Installation - Sugar Beach/Jarvis Slip - Toronto, ON.wmv

DeepRoot's Silva Cell, a system for growing large, mature trees and managing stormwater on-site in the built environment, is being used on all Public Realm sites in the Central Waterfront and West Don Lands development areas. This includes Queen's Quay, East Bayfront Dockside, East Bayfront Bayside, Sugar Beach, and the West Don Lands.

Installations:

The construction of Sugar Beach began in the fall of 2009, and the site officially opened in August 2010.

Design firms Claude Cormier and The Planning Partnership specified the Silva Cells at the Sugar Beach site in order to achieve the City of Toronto's soil volume standards for street trees. In order to realize their vision of large mature trees and the associated canopy aesthetics, they needed to find a solution that would provide significant volumes of un-compacted soil for long-term tree growth.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• silva cell
• urban trees
• managing stormwater
• waterfront toronto
• tree soil
• deeproot