Status and Operating Costs of Selected, Municipally-Owned Tree Nurseries in the Northeast United States    (View PDF)

Robert L. Tate

Abstract: A 1983 survey of 13 municipally-owned street and shade tree nurseries in the Northeast United States determined that the average nursery was slightly larger than 2 acres, contained 830 trees and had been in existence 20 years. Tree stock for municipal nurseries was obtained by direct purchase from commercial nurseries and is grown in the nursery for an average of 3 years before outplanting as a 1 Vi-I % inch diameter street tree. The average initial purchase price of a bare-root tree was $12.50, cost $.80 to plant it, $3.40 to maintain it each year and $4.80 to lift and prepare it for planting. The type and level of nursery maintenance varied by community.

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https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1984.061