Talk:Tree shaping/List of potential title names

Tree shaping

No.	Quote	Souce	Page/Link	Author	Publisher	Year	It is
01	"The Iowa station advises shaping trees to be thus protected by training the trunks horizontally along the ground and allowing the upright head to form several feet to one side of the stump."	Nature Report volume 9-11 USA	Google books page 98	?	?	1898	Report for the Colorado. State Board of Horticulture.
02	"Down through generations, the caretakers of his temple, skilled in tree-shaping and pruning grew this remarkable tree-ship in his memory..."	The Popular science monthly, Volume 90	photo page: 336	?	Modern Publishing Company USA	1917	Monthly collection of articles about technology and science ref
03	"shaped trees and dinosaurs"	Article Title: Tree circus rose above topiary		Sandy Lydon	Santa Cruz County Sentinel USA	1955?	Newspaper clipping about Axel Erlandson's trees and their history.
04	"...trees shaped and grafted in the most unbelievable forms..."	Article Title: A Fascinating Sight in Scotts Valley		Denise Siebenthal	Santa Cruz County Sentinel USA	21 August 1977	Newspaper clipping about Axel Erlandson's trees and their history.
05	"The trees, shaped by Axel Erlandson..."	Article Title: World famous trees on exhibit once more			Green Sheet USA	20 Aug 1980	Newspaper clipping about Axel Erlandson trees being opened to the public for two days.
06	"...has renewed interest in tree shaping and encouraged the the contrast of loose, natural plant shapes with trained plant forms.	Book title: The garden book	page:183 Google Books	John Brookes	Dorling Kindersley	1984	Is a book guide to creating gardens [http://www.amazon.com/Garden-Book-John-Brookes/dp/0863187439/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298254404&sr=1-1 ref]
07	"Tree shaping detail" Has two drawings with trees bent and held in place. "Plant tree diagonally, form tree into 's' curve...."	Book Title: Planting Design	page:164 Drawings with text	Theodore D. Walker	John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2nd edition Canada	1991	Textbook design principles and techniques for landscaping [http://www.amazon.com/Planting-Design-Theodore-D-Walker/dp/047129022X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298255104&sr=1-1 ref]
08	"...by shaping more than 70 mature sculptures at his road side attraction named the The Tree Circus" "...how he shaped his trees..." "Tree trunk topiary, botanical architecture, arbortipia - all of these terms have attempted to describe an early 1900s approach to tree shaping that goes beyond such traditional practices of topiary, bonsai and espalier." "...began shaping trees as a hobby..." "...Erlandson carefully guarded all that he learned about tree shaping..." "...how he shaped his trees,..." "The fourlegged giant is shaped from four trees" "...creative shaping of tree trunks..." "...oddly-shaped trees..." "When I first began to experiment with tree shaping,..." "...experiment with shaping technique."	Book Title:How to grow a chair The art of Tree Trunk Topiary		Richard Reames (practitioner) and Barbara Delbol	Self published USA	1995	Book about Axel Erlandson, some history and method of shaping trees. Self published by a self-admitted non expert. ref
09	"...an amazing roadside attraction with shaped trees, Erlandson..."	Article Title:Book about Erlandson Published	google books		International Society of Arboriculture	1997	Book review of How to grow a chair, written and self published by non experts.
10	"...the shaping of the trees." Interview with Richard Reames co-author Delbol.	Magazine, Tree Care Industry- trade journal of the National Arborist Association USA	archive	Sachin Mohan		May issue, 1997	Trade journal of the National Arborist Association which book review/interviews authors of How to grow a chair, written and self published by non experts.
11	"...concept of shaping trees into living works of art." ...Axel Erlandson, who shaped more than seventy trees..."	Landscape Architecture	archive	?		May issue, 1997	interview/book review author of How to grow a chair, written and self published by non expert.
12	"...outlines techniques for tree shaping and describes projects for readers, including detailed information on growing the chair mentioned in the title."	Raw vision	Issues 29-33 [1]	?	?	2000	book review of How to grow a chair, written and self published by non expert.
13	"...the designs he had in mind for shaping trees." "The trees were shaped when very young..."	Book title: My father "Talked to Trees"	page: 7	Wilma Erlandson	? USA	2001	Book about Axel Erlandson written by his daughter a non expert in the art form.
14	"...in the gardens of this period, a regularity and geometricity of shapes were applied to plants. They give evidence of a veritable culture of tree shaping, developed by garden designers....	Book title: Tradition and innovation in French garden art: chapters of a new history	page:88	John Dixon Hunt, Michel Conan, Claire Goldstein	University of Pennsylvania Press USA	2002	Book is about innovative moments of French garden history.
15	"...as distant artists independently arrive at the apparently unique thought of shaping tree trunks." "Axel Erlandson started shaping trees on his farm around 1925..." "Chapter title "History of Shaping Trees" "...Axel planted and shaped trees..." "He's developed more confidence in his ability to shape trees, and a project started in 2001, an intricate Shield of David,..." about Aharon Naveh "While Axel...on how he went about his tree shaping techniques." "...ask Axel how he shaped his trees,..." "For the first time ever the works of accomplished tree-shapers from around the world will be assembled in one location for public display." about the 2005 world expo Growing Village. "...I had learned on the subject of shaping trees."	Book title Arborsculpture Solutions for a Small Planet		Richard Reames (practitioner)	Self published USA	copyright 2002	Book about the history, talks about the different artists and gives a brief outline of the author's method of shaping trees. Self published by practicing non expert. [2]
16	"he began to shape trees..." about Axel Erlandson	Title: the tree circus	Blog?		www.designboom.com	April 2003	A blog? article about Axel Erlandson early practitioner.
17	...the ability to shape trees to not look like trees, but instead to look like objects,...	Title: Warwick artist grows wooden 'jewels' for World Expo	page 4	Fred McKie	Newspaper:The Southern Free Times Australia	April 20, 2005	Newspaper article Interview with the two artists of tree shaping.
18	"Tree shaping for various purposes..."	Article Title: Arbor Sculpture	pdf		VICTORIAN WOODWORKERS ASSOCIATION INC. Australia	June 2006	Newsletter by woodworkers association about Richard Reames's visit to Pooktre artists and world expo 2005
19	Section heading: "Shaping Trees" "All trees can be trained to whatever shape and pattern fits best into any garden."	Book title: Organic Gardening: The Natural No-Dig Way	page:188	Charles Dowding	Green Books	2007	Book about growing fruit and veges in the home garden.
20	"Extreme tree shaping (like the granny knot page 65)" talking about Aharon Naveh's pretzel tree. "But back to tree shaping and Ivan Hicks."	Book title: Tricks with Trees	page:7	Ivan Hicks (practitioner) and Richard Rosenfeld	Pavilion Books UK	copy right 2007	Book about the interesting things that can be done with trees. Also writes about some of the artists. Author states they shaped trees and are a UK landscape design TV personally.
21	"the art of shaping living trees into whimsical shapes and functional objects,..." "Reames travels around the world planting and shaping trees for public parks and private gardens."	Book title: Oregon Curiosities	Google books	Harriet Baskas	Morris Book Publishing LLC USA	2007	Book about Oregon and mentions Axel Erlandson and non expert Richard Reames talks about Richards trees and his future plans.
22	"...he began to shape trees." "Axel Erlandson shaped his trees for over 40 years."	Newsletter of the International society of Arborist, Texas Chapter	google books	Pat Wentworth	ISA Texas chapter USA	2007	Newsletter article about history and about the book Arborsculpture.
23	"...the art of shaping living trees into furniture,..."	Dwell magazine Article title:Branching out	Branching Out page:96	James Nestor		February 2007	Online interview with non-expert Richard Reames talking about the history, his two books and future plans of growing a home
24	"...different approach to shaping trees compared to..."	Topiarius magazine Book review	[3] page36	Caroline Foley.	European Boxwood & Topiary Society	Summer 2007	Book review of non-expert Richard Reames's two books
25	"...he started shaping trees in unusual shapes and designs." about Axel Erlandson	Official publication of THE VASA ORDER OF AMERICA A Swedish-American Fraternal Organization	pdf	Inger Lindhe	THE VASA ORDER OF AMERICA USA	July-August 2007	Cultural Newsletter for Swedish-Americans writes about Axel Erlandson.
26	"After training and grafting the young trees to shape..." Dr Chris Cattle method of shaping trees.	Book Title:Sit Up: 16 Sustainable Seats	Google books		[re]design] ISBN-13: 978-0955712906 UK	September 3, 2007	Book about Suitable seats, writes Dr Chris Cattle (expert practitioner) method of shaping trees.
27	"He will show us “Arborsculpture, The Art Of Shaping Trees”."	The Newsline – A Publication of the Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City	[4]		University of Missouri Extension/Missouri Master Garderner	FEBRUARY 2008	Promotion of a workshop of Richard Reames of how to bend a chair, for 2008 Kansas City Garden Symposium
28	"...spend their time shaping trees..."	Newsletter of the International society of Arborist, Texas Chapter	pdf		ISA Texas chapter USA	May 2008	Newsletter article about Pooktre
29	"...art form that is created by growing and shaping tree trunks..." "...the practice of shaping the growth of tree trunks..." "...would shape these trees..." "In a way this type of tree shaping..." "The park is full of wonderfully shaped trees"	Article title: Arborsculpture	pdf	Trace Link	Paper for University of California USA	June 13, 2008	Senior project for university of California. Talks about the artform history, techniques, related gardening practices and practitioners.
30	Title "Artists Shape Trees Into Furniture and Art" "...and people shaped trees..." "...of shaping trees..." "...is called Tree shaping..." "...seem to think tree shaping takes too long" "...shaping a tree is..." caption of image "...for shaping trees as they grow..." caption of image "...harvest the shaped trees..."	Magazine article title: Artists Shape Trees Into Furniture and Art	pdf	Dee Goerge	Farm Show Magazine: 9, vol.32 no.4, USA	june/august 2008	USA Magazine Farm show. About pooktre trees.
31	"He began to shape trees by planting them in patterns and then pruning, bending, and grafting them." Talking about Axel Erlandson's work	Book Title: Between earth and sky: our intimate connections to trees	google books page:154	Nalini Nadkarni	University of California Press USA	July 2008	Talks about Axel Erlandson and some history.
32	"The concept of shaping living trees into useful objects known as tree shaping, arborsculpture, living art or pooktre isn’t new."	Article Title: TAU's Eco-Architecture Could Produce "Grow Your Own" Homes	AFTAU		USA	August 21, 2008	About Plantware working with Tel Aviv University Professors to research growing a home with fig tree roots
33	Title on Magazine cover "Tangled Furniture: How two tree shapers make furniture" Article title:"A tree shaper's life" "...to shaped trees..." "Tree shaping," "...explaining how to shape trees." "John Gathright,...attempted shaping trees,..." "...tree shapers found..." "...take tree shaping far into the future." "...cities will take on tree shaping in an effort..." "Before tree shaping..." "...benefits of tree shaping."	Magazine article title: A tree shapers life	pdf	Martin Volz	Queensland smart farmer Australia	October/November 2008	Article about pooktre.
34	"...among their shaped living trees..."	Article title: Branching out			FL: Ripley Publishing	2009	About Pooktre art in Ripley's Believe it or not annual book.
35	"The art of Tree Shaping" Article title	Beijing newspaper, Culture		Hao Jinyao	China	11th May 2009	Article about the history and practitioners.
36	"... Plantware, have perfected these techniques as they have shaped trees into fruit bowls, toilet paper holders and street lamps..."	DER SPIEGEL	spiegel	Philip Bethge	Germany	July, 2009	Online article about using trees to build with houses
37	Tree shaping and shaping trees used through out	Magazine article title: Live Art	pdf	SWATI BALGI	SOCIETY INTERIORS Magna House India	SEPTEMBER 2009	Indian interiors and architecture magazine article about art-form and Pooktre.
38	"Tree shapers" "...could be trees shaped to hold signs..."Quoting Becky Northey (practitioner)	Newspaper article: Meet the maker		Susannah Snider	London financial Times Weekend Magazine UK	8th Sep 2009	Quote from one of the co-founders of Pooktre.
39	"...using their tree-shaping technique. pooktre.com"	Wired UK Magazine article title:Pooktre Furniture	page:86		The Conde Nast Publications Ltd UK	Dec 2009	Short article about the artists of pooktre
40	Caption above images "...technique of growing and shaping trunks of trees and other woody plants by grafting, bending and pruning the woody trunks..."	North Coast Chapter of the California Landscape Contractors Association newsletter	pdf		USA	2010	Mainly images from different artists.
41	Caption under image: "The cambium layer of the tree can be selectively joined to create amazing tree shapes." Image of Pooktre's ballerina tree.	Pruning for Flowers and Fruit	page:96	Jane Varkulevicius	CSIRO Publishing Australia	2010	Author has worked in the horticultural industry for 30 years. The book is about ornamental food production, pruning trees, pleaching and espalier.
42	"Pooktre tree shaping..." "... master of tree shaping, Axel N. Erlandson..."	Article title: “As the Twig is Bent, So Grows the Tree	pdf	Susan Toplitz	Garden Gazette USA	Oct 2010	Article about some history and Pooktre.
43	"...began shaping plum tree suckers..."	Article Title: Inspirational + Curious Trees	pdf		Midwest Bonsai Connection USA	May 2011	Newsletter article about Pooktre
44	"...known as tree shaping" "We've been shaping trees ever since."	Article Title:Root-and-branch transformation: Pair of green-fingered grafters create 'human' trees	daily mail	Daily Mail Reporter	Associated Newspapers Ltd UK	29th July 2011	UK daily mail newspaper wrote an article about Pooktre.
45	"...using a process known as tree shaping." countries "...allowing tree shapers to create anything..."	Acticle title:Re-Envisioning Our Environment	Business Insider	Russ Baker	Business Insider	Oct. 6, 2011	Article about different forms of tree shaping and how we can change the world.
46	"3 Methods of Tree Shaping" Tree shaping/shaping trees and tree shapers are used throughout	Book Title:3 Methods of Tree Shaping	[http://www.amazon.com/Methods-Shaping-Aspiring-Pooktre-ebook/dp/B006UWDE3W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326330186&sr=8-1 Amazon]	Peter Cook (practitioner) Becky Northey (practitioner)	SharBrin Publishing ISBN:978-1-921571-41-1	Copyright 2010 Published 2012	Book about the different methods of tree shaping
47	Tree shaping/shaping trees/shaped trees and tree shapers used throughout	Book Title:Knowledge to Grow Shaped Trees	sale page	Peter Cook (practitioner) Becky Northey (practitioner)	SharBrin Publishing ISBN:978-1-927571-54-1	Copyright 2010 Published 2012	Book about Pooktre process of shaping trees.
48	"the idea of shaping trees, these trees you are shaping into, my favorite is the chair..." "Where did the idea of shaping trees into this sort of concept come from?" (comments and questions by Clair Levander the interviewer)	4BC radio in Brisbane		Clair Levander Interviewer		8th April 2012 7.30am	Interview with Becky Northey (practitioner) talking about history and the book Knowledge to Grow.
49	"...the ‘Tree-Shape’..." "...they clever tree-shapers..." "...teach others their method of shaping trees..."	Article Title Pooktre		Brian Myers	International Dendrology Society	August 2012	Article about Pooktre.
50	"Knowledge to Grow:Shaped Trees" "...what can be done with shaping trees."	Book review heading:- Knowledge to Grow:Shaped Trees		Paul Plant	SubTropical Gardening	November Issue 29	Book review
51	"garden is filled with trees shaped..." "Pooktre technique for shaping trees is a gradual process..." "...world-renowned tree shapers, Peter Cook and Becky Northey,..."	Article Title: Artist tree			Better Homes and Gardens Magazine	December 2012	Article about Pooktre and the gradual method.

Link to checked references 42 [5]

Use of Tree shaping, tree shapers and variations in fantasy.

No.	Quote	Souce	Page/Link	Author	Publisher	Year	It is
01	"I seem to be a treeshaper..."	Comic Blood of Ten Chiefs	page 24 [[6]]	Collins,Nastos and Taillefer	Warp Graphics	July 1986	Graphic novel
02	"I am a tree-shaper"	Book Title A Gift of Her Own	page 13	Wendy Pini	Father Tree Press	1995	Graphic novel

Related to Tree shaping Quotes,

Martin felt these quotes below and others were too vague, so I created this subsection.

No.	Quote	Souce	Page/Link	Author	Publisher	Year	It is
01	Chapter heading: "Tree growth and Shaping Techniques" "...began shaping what...examples of tree trunk topiary..." "...began the shaping process..." "...a spiral table is shaped from red alder." Order form: "Some of the designs mentioned in our book How to grow a chair can by Pre-Shaped and ready to plant at your own location...."	Book Title:How to grow a chair The art of Tree Trunk Topiary		Richard Reames and Barbara Delbol	Self published	1995	Book about Axel Erlandson, some history and method of shaping trees. Self published by a self-admitted non expert. ref
02	"...trees and began the shaping process." ...thrive the shaping process best." Interview with Richard Reames co-author Delbol.	Magazine, Tree Care Industry- trade journal of the National Arborist Association	archive	Sachin Mohan		May issue, 1997	Trade journal of the National Arborist Association which book review/interviews authors of How to grow a chair, written and self published by non experts.
03	"...trees were very young and flexiable he shaped them..."	Book title: My father "Talked to Trees"	page: 4	Wilma Erlandson	?	2001	Book about Axel Erlandson written by his daughter a non expert in the art form.
04	"...(tree growing and shaping)..." description of neologism for the art form. "Axel Erlandson...who pruned, shaped and grafted over 70 trees..."	Book title: Tricks with Trees	page:123	Ivan Hicks and Richard Rosenfeld	Pavilion Books	copy right 2007	Book about the interesting things that can be done with trees. Also writes about some of the artists. Author states they shaped trees and are a UK landscape design TV personally.
05	"...Axel Erlandson to begin shaping his own trees..." "...are growing and shaping..."	Article title: Arborsculpture	[7]	Trace Link	Paper for University of California	June 13, 2008	Senior project for university of California. Talks about the art-form history, techniques, related gardening practices and practitioners.

Shaping plants through inosculation to form useful or artistic items

Shaping plants through inosculation

Shaping plants to form useful or artistic items

Insoculation sculpture

Biotecture

No.	Quote	Souce	Page/Link	Author	Publisher	Year	It is
01	"Doernach's work goes far beyond the points canvassed below of creating an oxygenated, disease-free environment, and 'bio-fitting' described here"	The RIC Good Wood Guide LIVING STRUCTURES	BIOTECTURE I: LIVING HOUSES	Rudolf Doernach	?	?	article about using trees to grow structures instead of building them.
02	PLANT­BUILDING INTERACTION	The RIC Good Wood Guide LIVING STRUCTURES	BIOTECTURE II:PLANT­BUILDING INTERACTION	by Stephen Lesiuk, Dept of Architecture, Sydney University	?	?	How trees with environment interact together.
03	Biotecture - is the design of multi-purpose plant shelters for human occupation with integral conservation and energy generation capacity.	The RIC Good Wood Guide NON TIMBER BUILDING MATERIALS	BIOTECTURE	?	?	?	About pleaching trees as structures and bamboo
04	"The branch of architecture that deals with living structures is called ‘biotecture’"	Article Title: Botanical Engineering	[8]	Thomas Fischbacher	University of Southampton United Kingdom	2007	Practical engineering with plants, construct of living structures, images from some of the different tree shapers. The physics of biological systems.
05	"back-to-nature "biotecture,"" "Doernach's "biotecture" .... He imagines "a human-made forest of planted homes and organic churches,"" "Rudolf Doernach, "Biotecture," Whole Earth Review"	Book Title:ECO-TEC: architecture of the in-between	Google Books	Amerigo Marras	Princeton Architectural Press	February 1, 1999	Book of Architecture and it proposes a fusion between ecology and technology that goes beyond accepted theories of sustainability and suggests a new role for architecture. Author is an architect and curator who has organized various cultural events since 1972 [http://www.amazon.com/ECO-TEC-Architecture--Between-Storefront-Books/dp/1568981597/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310822074&sr=1-1 ref]

Tree Circus

Grown furniture

No.	Quote	Souce	Page/Link	Author	Publisher	Year	It is
01	"...grown furniture will last far longer than conventional pieces..." "a piece of grown furniture could produce the seeds for future designs."	Article Title: Plant your own furniture. Watch it grow	[9]	David Davies	The Independent	1 June 1996	Newspaper article about Dr Chris Cattle.
02	"...a chair grown by an American man in 1908 - the only know example of of grown furniture before now,"	The Southern Free Times newspaper		Free McKie		20 April 2005	World Expo 2005 Japan, some history, artists, name of the art form and what may be happening in the future.
03	"Grown Furniture" shows an image of two of Dr Chris Cattle's stools "More Grown Furniture" shows an image of Pooktre harvested table and mirror	Title Pdf: Botanical Engineering	[10]	Thomas Fischbacher	University of Southampton United Kingdom	2007	Practical engineering with plants, construct of living structures, images from some of the different tree shapers. The physics of biological systems.
04	"071 Christopher CATTLE Grown Furniture" Shows one of Dr Chris Cattle's stools		[11]	Exhibit VIA Gallery		2008	Exhibition Catalog
05	"Grown Furniture..." "Growing furniture..." "...grown furniture..."	Article Title: Grown Furniture at the Museum of English Rural Life	[12]		University of Reading	26 March 2008	Press release from University of Reading about Dr Chris Cattle growing stools at Museum of English Rural Life.
06	"062 Christopher CATTLE Grown Furniture" Shows one of Dr Chris Cattle's stools	Exhibition HABITAT ET JARDIN Beaulieu, Lausanne [13]				2009	Exhibition Catalog

Circus Trees

No.	Quote	Souce	Page/Link	Author	Publisher	Year	It is
01	Article Title: ".Circus trees are living adventures in horticulture."	Landscape architecture, Volume 90, Issues 10-12 magazine	[Google books]			2000	Is about Axel Erlandson history and trees.
02	"...I suggested changing the name to "Tree Circus,"..." "Tree Circus" appears two more times on this page. Chapter Title: "The Tree Circus-In Scotts Valley" "Tree Circus" appears twice more in the book	Book title: My father "Talked to Trees"	page: 14	Wilma Erlandson	?	2001	Book about Axel Erlandson written by his daughter a non expert in the art form.
03	"Circus trees an Arboricultural wonder"	Arborist news, Volumes 14-15 Article title:Circus trees an Arboricultural wonder	google books			2005

Tree training

No.	Quote	Souce	Page/Link	Author	Publisher	Year	It is
01	"The Iowa station advises shaping trees to be thus protected by training the trunks horizontally along the ground and allowing the upright head to form several feet to one side of the stump."	Nature Report volume 9-11	Google books page 98	?	? USA	1898	Report for the Colorado. State Board of Horticulture.
02	Subheading: "The training of the live wattle fence"	?	The RIC Good Wood Guide Living Structures	Kurt Herran	first published in Czechoslovakia	1933	online article about pleaching wattles into fences.
03	"...grafting trees and training trees to grow into abnormal shapes."	Article Title: Tree Circus Must Be Puzzler to Mother Nature,			Santa Cruz Sentinel-News USA	16 Jan 1955	Newspaper clipping about Axel Erlandson's trees and some history.
04	"...has renewed interest in tree shaping and encouraged the the contrast of loose, natural plant shapes with trained plant forms." "...the training of trees is popular...."	Book title: The garden book	page:183	John Brookes	Dorling Kindersley	1984	Is a book guide to creating gardens [http://www.amazon.com/Garden-Book-John-Brookes/dp/0863187439/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298254404&sr=1-1 ref]
05	"...frame that will train the sculpture to its final shape." "...used to train a two dimensional design..."	Book Title:How to grow a chair The art of Tree Trunk Topiary	page:74	Richard Reames (practitioner) and Barbara Delbol	Self published USA	1995	Book about Axel Erlandson, some history and method of shaping trees. Self published by a self-admitted non expert. ref
06	"...been obtained by training trees to the right curvature."	Article Title: Grown to measure	google books		UK	1997	Royal Horticultural Society Magazine writing about Dr Chis Cattle's stools and some history.
07	""But the grafting and training of trees themselves into shapes is new," says Reames."	House Beautiful	archive	Brian Doyle	USA?	June issue, 1997	Design magazine which book review/interviews author of How to grow a chair, written and self published by non expert.
08	"A Southern Oregon man trains trees into chairs, tables, even a house" Sub heading of article ...when people asked him how he trained trees, he said he talked to them,	"Oregonian newspaper “Home & Garden” section	archive	Kym Pokorny	USA	June 25 1998	Interview with non-expert Richard Reames talking his process of Arborsculpture and some history.
09	" Chris Cattle sought to train trees..." "Instead of stopping at training tree limbs, Cattle is now growing chairs;"	Article title: designer's ethic an industrial a study: Products for Urban Ecology	page:9 [14]	Bonnie K. Johnson	USA	December 1999	Thesis for Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Talks about Industrial Design and has a short section about Chris Cattle.
10	"...pear shoots being trained in the shape of a cube." caption "Tree trunks and branches are being trained to create unusual designs, such as circles, spheres, cubes, menorahs, and spirals"	Slosson Report- Fair Oaks Horticulture Center.	pdf	Chuck Ingels and Judy McClure	UCANR (University of California- Agriculture and Natural Resources)USA	2000-2001	Newsletter/Promotional material for workshops
11	"...and then trained them to grow together forming one large tree." " ...be accomplished along the line of training tree trunks to grow..." "...was busy training a large number of new trees."	Book title: My father "Talked to Trees"		Wilma Erlandson	? USA	2001	Book about Axel Erlandson written by his daughter a non expert in the art form.
12	About Axel Erlandson trees: "...-training trees into unique and intricate designs." "Erlandson never revealed the tree training techniques he used,..."	Tree News	page:39	John May	UK	Spring/Summer 2005	Interview with non-expert Richard Reames talking about the history.
13	"...massive willow with pliable branches for training as a balustrade..." "The chair (near right) has a couple of willow lengths planted against each leg, trained up and around..." Subheading "Tree Training a Granny knot" "...-for training the trunks..." "...trained around a swamp cypress" drawing a tree spirals and loops. "...(1516) by Jean Perreal showing real or imagined, highly intricate tree training." "...Its interwoven branches are trained and cress grafted to form the seat and back,..."	Book title: Tricks with Trees		Ivan Hicks (practitioner) and Richard Rosenfeld	Pavilion Books UK	copy right 2007	Book about the interesting things that can be done with trees. Also writes about some of the artists. Author states they shaped trees and are a UK landscape design TV personally.
14	"...fruit growers had been training and grafting trees into unnatural shapes for hundreds of years" "After training and grafting the young trees to shape..." Dr Chris Cattle method of shaping trees.	Book Title:Sit Up: 16 Sustainable Seats	Google books		[re]design] ISBN-13: 978-0955712906	September 3, 2007 UK	Book about Suitable seats, writes Dr Chris Cattle (expert practitioner) method of shaping trees.
15	"...Axel began designing and training tons of new trees." "... between the tree and the human trainer." "... potential of training tree trunks into fun and functional garden elements."	Article title: Arborsculpture	pdf	Trace Link	Paper for University of California USA	June 13, 2008	Senior project for university of California. Talks about the artform history, techniques, related gardening practices and practitioners.
16	"...training and grafting trees..." "train the saplings"	Article Title: Grown Furniture at the Museum of English Rural Life	[15]		University of Reading UK	26 March 2008	Press release from University of Reading about Dr Chris Cattle growing stools at Museum of English Rural Life.
16	"...elaborate chair constructed from three trees trained together." "Arborsculpture is the practice of training trees..."	Article Title: A Truly Living Art	page 26	Patti Cassidy	Rhode Island HOME, LIVING & DESIGN Volume 5, Issue 8 USA?	Aug 2008
17	".Learn the history and basics of arborsculpture: the craft of training trees to form artistic and useful shapes."	Hobby Farm Home Magazine Article Title:Planting Your Future	Hobby Farm Home	Patti Cassidy	BowTie Inc. USA?	January/February 2009	about the history and the shaping of trees.
18	"Training trees to grow in all manner of decorative shapes..."	DER SPIEGEL	Spiegel	Philip Bethge	Germany	July, 2009	Online article about using trees to build with houses
19	"The plants are not just left to grow as they wish, but instead are trained to follow a pattern designed by Ludwig and his colleagues."	Article Title: A very special tree house	PRO	BIOPRO Baden-Württemberg GmbH	Germany	2010	Architects at the University of Stuttgart are discussing the benfits of builting with living trees.
20	In the process of training or over time, these branches fuse or are grafted together.	Book title: Pruning for Flowers and Fruit	page:96	Jane Varkulevicius	CSIRO Publishing Australia	2010	Author has worked in the horticultural industry for 30 years. The book is about ornamental food production, pruning trees, pleaching and espalier.
21	"...is an art form in which trees are trained to..." talking about Axel Erlandson	Book title:Knack Treehouses	google books page:3	Lon Levin, Dan Wright	Morris Book Publishing LLC USA	copyright 2010	Book about treehouse construction and technical review by author who is a professional treehouse builder.
22	"As they grew, branches were pruned and trained along this grid..." "...Of the 67 trees trained by Axel..."(about Axel Erlandson's shaped trees)	Article title: Pleaching	rainforestinfo.org.au	Mark Primack (practitioner)	USA	?	Expert on Axel Erlandson's trees and their history, writing about history of building with living trees.
23	"How to master the art of training trees into different shapes" "a tree trained into an extraordinary shape" "training the trees"	Article title:Train your trees into extraordinary shapes		Bunny Guinness	Sunday Telegraph UK	18 Sept 2011	Article about Pooktre and some different methods of tree training.

Tree sculpture

Arborsculpture

No.	Quote	Souce	Page/Link	Author	Publisher	Year	It is
01	Arborsculpture originated here and is used throughout	Book Title: How To Grow a Chair, ISBN 0-9647280-0-1		Richard Reames (practitioner) and Barbra Dalbol	Self Published	1995	Book about Axel Erlandson, some history and method of shaping trees. Self published by a self-admitted non expert. ref
02	..."the book explores the intriguing field known as Arborsculpture."	Magazine, Tree Care Industry- trade journal of the National Arborist Association	archive	Sachin Mohan	Tree Care Industry Association	May 1997	Trade journal of the National Arborist Association which book review/interviews authors of How to grow a chair, written and self published by non experts.
03	" ...demonstrate arborsculpture, which is a unique method of bending and grafting..."	Slosson Report- Fair Oaks Horticulture Center.	pdf	Chuck Ingels	UCANR(University of California- Agriculture and Natural Resources)	1998-1999	Newsletter/Promotional material for workshops
04	"Erlandson began his foray into arborsculpture in the 1920s."	Landscape Architecture Magazine Article title: Circus trees are Living Adventures in Horticulture	Google Books		American Society of Landscape Architects	2000	Article with some history of the art form.
05	"Tree trunks and branches are being trained to create unusual designs, such as circles, spheres, cubes, menorahs, and spirals. Other arborsculpture designs are being created as well".	Slosson Report- Fair Oaks Horticulture Center.	pdf	Chuck Ingels and Judy McClure	UCANR (University of California- Agriculture and Natural Resources)	2000-2001	Newsletter/Promotional material for workshops
06	"history of arborsculpture"	Title: arthur wiechula (1868 - 1941)		blog?	www.designboom.com	April 2003	A blog? article about Arthur wiechula early practitioner.
07	"Arborsculpture is a method of bending and grafting shoots to create useful and eye-catching structures".	Landscape & Turf News COOPERATIVE EXTENSION • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA	pdf	?	COOPERATIVE EXTENSION • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA	2003	Newsletter for landscape professionals to keep them apprised of landscape management issues, resources, and upcoming meetings.
08	Arborscuplture, used throughout	Arborsculpture- Solutions for a Small Planet ISBN 0-9647280-8-7		Richard Reames (practitioner)	Self Published	2005	Book about the history, talks about the different artists and gives a brief outline of the author's method of shaping trees. Self published by practicing non expert. [16]
09	"Arbor Sculpture" Title "A leading arborsculptor is American Richard Reames..." "...the English arborsculptor..."	Article Title: Arbor Sculpture	pdf		VICTORIAN WOODWORKERS ASSOCIATION INC.	June 2006	Newsletter by woodworkers association about Richard Reames's visit to Pooktre artists and world expo 2005
10	"...outstanding examples of “arborsculpture.” "This form of arborsculpture has been around perhaps since 1516..."	Newsletter of the International society of Arborist, Texas Chapter	google books	Pat Wentworth	ISA Texas chapter	2007	Newsletter article about history and about the book Arborsculpture.
11	"...to an art form and has been called arborsculpture or tree trunk topiary (Reames 1995)" "More information on arborsculpture can be found on the internet at Arborsmtih Studios..." "Glossary: arborsculpture. A horticultural art form in witch the shoots and young trees are trained and grafted together to create tree structures."	Book: The Home Orchard ISBN 978-1-879906-723	[Google book search see p.192]	C. Ingels, P. Geisel, M. Norton	University of California, Agricultural and Natural Resources Communication Services	2007	comprehensive look at standard growing methods, as well as some innovative practices that enthusiasts have developed in recent years, some of which are uniquely suited to the small-scale grower. Writes about some grafting techniques for creating living structures.
12	"Richard Reames calls it arborsculpture"	Book title: Tricks with Trees		Ivan Hicks (practitioner) and Richard Rosenfeld	Pavilion Books	copy right 2007	Book about the interesting things that can be done with trees. Also writes about some of the artists. Author states they shaped trees and are a UK landscape design TV personally.
13	Arborsculpturist and Arborsculpture used through out.	Dwell magazine Article title:Branching out	Branching Out page:96	James Nestor	Dwell Media LLC	February 2007	Online interview with non-expert Richard Reames talking about the history, his two books and future plans of growing a home
14	"Arborsculpture – otherwise known as ..." "He created 70 mature arborsculptures,..." "...shaping arborsculptures..."	Topiarius magazine Book review	[17] page36	Caroline Foley.	European Boxwood & Topiary Society	Summer 2007	Book review of non-expert Richard Reames's two books
15	"Arborsculpture Class" "Arborsculpture is a natural craft that combines pruning, grafting and the bending of live tree saplings."	Monroe Master Gardener Association Newsletter	pdf		Monroe Master Gardener Association Newsletter	March 2007	Newsletter/Promotional material for workshop
16	"He will show us “Arborsculpture, The Art Of Shaping Trees”."	The Newsline – A Publication of the Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City	[18]		University of Missouri Extension/Missouri Master Garderner	FEBRUARY 2008	Promotion of a workshop of Richard Reames of how to bend a chair, for 2008 Kansas City Garden Symposium
17	Senior Project, titled Arborscuplture, used throughout	University of California, Davis Pdf titled: Arborscuplture	pdf	Tracy Link		June, 2008	Senior project for university of California. Talks about the art-form history, techniques, related gardening practices and practitioners.
18	"The grand old man of arborsculpture, Axel Erlandson (1884-1964) was inspiered by observing..."	Book Title: Between earth and sky: our intimate connections to trees	[Google book search see p.154]	Nalini Nadkarni	University of California Press	July 2008	Talks about Axel Erlandson and some history.
19	"The concept of shaping living trees into useful objects ­­­­ known as tree shaping, arborsculpture, living art or pooktre isn’t new."	Article tilte: TAU's Eco-Architecture Could Produce "Grow Your Own" Homes	[19]		American friends Tel Aviv University	published Thursday, August 21, 2008 ©2010	About Plantware working with Tel Aviv University Professors to research growing a home with fig tree roots
20	"...a process commonly called arborsculpture". Arborscuplture, used throughout	SCIENCE FRONTIERS EDU	SCIENCE FRONTIERS			2008?	About Plantware working with Tel Aviv University Professors to research growing a home with fig tree roots This one cites Tel Aviv ref (listed just above at 17)
21	"Learn the history and basics of arborsculpture: the craft of training trees to form artistic and useful shapes.	Hobby Farm Home Magazine Article Title:Planting Your Future	Hobby Farm Home	Patti Cassidy	BowTie Inc.	January/February 2009	Magazine article about the history and the shaping of trees.
22	"The arborsculpture trees were planted in February 2000."	Sacramento Master Gardeners- Fair Oaks Horticulture Center	Fair Oaks Horticulture Center		The Regents of the University of California	July, 2009	Title and caption for an image on the UNI of California cooperative extension website.
23	"companies like the Israeli firm, Plantware, have perfected these techniques as they have shaped trees into fruit bowls, toilet paper holders and street lamps; they call their work "arborsculpture.""	DER SPIEGEL	Spiegl	Philip Bethge		July, 2009	Online article about using trees to build with houses.
24	"Grafting to create unusual growth forms in a practice called arborsculpture involves intertwining and grafting together the stems of two or more plants in order to create domes, chairs, ladders, and other fanciful sculptures."	A History of Grafting- Horticultural Reviews, Volume 35 section 4. Creation of Unusual Growth Forms	large PDF (8.4 MB)or google books	K. MUDGE, J. JANICK, S. SCOFIELD, AND E. E. GOLDSCHMIDT	Purdue University	2009	Book reviews on topics in horticultural science and technology [http://www.amazon.com/Horticultural-Reviews-35-Jules-Janick/dp/0470386428 ref]
25	Arborsculpture used as title in pictorial.	North Coast Chapter of the California Landscape Contractors Association newsletter	Large PDF (6.5 MB)			2010
26	"Arborsculpture: Gardening as an art form"	Environmental Semester- Resources for the interdisciplinary study of Environmentalism and nature	links		The UNIVERSITY of TENNESSEE	current
27	"Axel Erlandson set the bar for all aspiring arbor sculptors..."	Book Title: Knack Treehouses: A Step-by-Step Guide...ISBN 9781-1-59921-783-3	Google books	Lon Levin, Dan Wright	Morris book publishing LLC	2010	Book about treehouse construction and technical review by author who is a professional treehouse builder.

Pleaching

No.	Quote	Souce	Page/Link	Author	Publisher	Year	It is
01	"Using a form of grafting called pleaching,..."	Article Title: Limbs in Limbo		Mard Naman	New West	25 Aug 1980	Newspaper clipping about Axel Erlandson's trees and their history and what is planned for them.
02	"Pleached trees at the Tree Circus in Scotts Valley from the basic structure of a a new botanic architecture."	Article Title: Art Eco		Photographer Deborah Johansen	California Living, SF Sun. Examiner and Chronicle	14 Nov 1980	Photo caption in a newspaper clipping. Photo has 4 of Axel Erlandson's trees in frame.
03	"Trees are planted and pleached..." "...example of early tree architecture and pleaching is found..." "...make him a master of tree pleaching." "examples of pleaching - or interweaving branches - to form "botanic architecture."" "...revival of architectural pleaching..." "...pleaching can be undertaken..." "...sleeping beneath pleached arbors..."	Article Title: The Tree Circus		Fredric Hobbs	San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle	23 Nov 1980	Newspaper clipping. Book extract from "Eat You House:Art Eco Guide to Self-Sufficiency" Author Fredric Hobbs
04	"Erlandson began pleaching, as this ancient technique is known,..."	Americana, Volume 9	Google Books page:96			1981
05	"This practice known "pleaching" (now a lost art) is rarely seen now." about Axel Erlandson's work	Magazine Title: Excerpta botanica	[20]		International Association for Plant Taxonomy	1983	Magazine writes about Axel Erlandson (expert practitioner)
06	"With this method, known as "pleaching," he created..." about Axel Erlandson's work	Fine woodworking, Issues 56-61 Article title: The tree Circus of Axel Erlandson	Google books			1986
07	"The word "pleaching" is used by some as a substitute for the word arborsculpture,..."	Book title Arborsculpture Solutions for a small Planet	page24	Richard Reames	Self published	2002 copyright	Book about the history, talks about the different artists and gives a brief outline of the author's method of shaping trees. Self published by practicing non expert. [21]
08	"...using pleaching..." "Pleaching can even by used to construct living builings."	Article Title: Tree Love Blossoms	google books		New Scientist	2004	New Scientist Magazine writes about some history and modern day practitioners
09	"...load-bearing structure which a weave of pleached branch..." about the Fab Tree Hab "living examples of pleached structures include the Red Alder bench by Richard Reames and the Sycamore Tower by Axel Erlandson."	Article Title: Nature's Home	google books		Princeton Architectural Press	July 2005	30 60 90 08: Autonomous Urbanism biannual journal which address architectural issues from perspectives stretching across the theoretical spectrum writes Mainly about the Fab Tree Hab with some points about other artists' trees. [http://www.amazon.com/30-60-90-08-Autonomous/dp/1568985223/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310827705&sr=1-1 ref]
10	"people have created archways and lattices by a process called pleaching,..." "In recent centuries living furniture and even whole barns have been created using the techniques. However, no one seems to have ever taken it to the level of art the the self-taught Swedish immigrant did."	Article Title:Axel Erlandson's Tree Circus		Sarah Weston	Mid-County Post	03 Oct 2006	Newspaper clipping about Axel Erlandson's trees and their history.
11	"The (old) ‘weaving’ technique used to construct these living structures is called ‘pleaching’."	Title Pdf: Botanical Engineering	page:15[22]	Thomas Fischbacher	University of Southampton United Kingdom	2007	Practical engineering with plants, construct of living structures, images from some of the different tree shapers. The physics of biological systems.
12	"The word pleaching is used by some as a substitute for arborsculpture..."	Article title: Arborsculpture	pdf	Trace Link	Paper for University of California	June 13, 2008	Senior project for university of California. Talks about the artform history, techniques, related gardening practices and practitioners.
13	"Mark discusses Rudolph Doernach's adaptation of the ancient weaving technique of pleaching in order to grow living houses using bent, grafted and pruned willow branches to create habitable shapes" "This is one of the specimens from a unique pleached forest in Scotts Valley, California." (caption of one Axel Erlandson's shaped trees)	Article title: Pleaching	rainforestinfo.org.au	Mark Primack (practitioner)	?	?	Expert on Axel Erlandson's trees and their history, writing about history of building with living trees.
14	Section heading: "Pleaching" "Pleaching is a form of living architecture." "...involuves plaiting or weaving living branches together to form a structure." "...or can form more ambitious configurations(see Figure 4.68)" Which is an image of Pooktre's ballerina tree.	Book title: Pruning for Flowers and Fruit	page:96	Jane Varkulevicius	CSIRO Publishing	2010	Author has worked in the horticultural industry for 30 years. The book is about ornamental food production, pruning trees, pleaching and espalier.
15	"Living examples of pleached structures include the red alder bench by Richard Reames and sycamore tower by Axel Erlandson"	Architecture journal Book title:306090 08: Autonomous Urbanism	Google bookspage:42	Kjersti Monson, Alex Duval	?	?
16	"The design utilizes"pleaching," a gardening technique in which tree branches are woven together to form living archways." accompanying the image of the fab tree house.	Book Title: Knack Treehouses: A Step-by-Step Guide...ISBN 9781-1-59921-783-3	Google books	Lon Levin, Dan Wright	Morris book publishing LLC	2010

Living Art

No.	Quote	Souce	Page/Link	Author	Publisher	Year	It is
01	"A Truly Living Art"	Article Title: A Truly Living Art	page 26	Patti Cassidy	Rhode Island HOME, LIVING & DESIGN Volume 5, Issue 8	Aug 2008
02	"The concept of shaping living trees into useful objects ­­­­ known as tree shaping, arborsculpture, living art or pooktre isn’t new."	Article tilte: TAU's Eco-Architecture Could Produce "Grow Your Own" Homes	[23]		American friends Tel Aviv University	Aug 21, 2008	About Plantware working with Tel Aviv University Professors to research growing a home with fig tree roots
03	"Live Art"	Magazine article title: Live Art	pdf	SWATI BALGI	SOCIETY INTERIORS Magna House	SEPTEMBER 2009	Indian interiors and architecture magazine article about art-form and Pooktre.
04	"...into living art they call “Pooktre.”"	Article Title: Inspirational + Curious Trees	pdf		Midwest Bonsai Connection	May 2011	Newsletter article about Pooktre
05	"Living Art"	Segment Title: Living Art	discovery channel go to the 6th of September Weird Planet		Discovery channel in Canada	6th of September 2011	Video about Pooktre garden.
06	"living art" Subtitle	Article Title: Artist tree			Better Homes and Gardens Magazine	December 2012	Article about Pooktre and the gradual method.

Living furniture

No.	Quote	Souce	Page/Link	Author	Publisher	Year	It is
01	"Living Furniture"	Article Title: Living Furniture	page 28	Mörður Gunnarsson	Cottage and Garden	2012	Article about different methods of shaping trees.

Tree art

No.	Quote	Souce	Page/Link	Author	Publisher	Year	It is
01	"This tree art..."	Article Title: A Truly Living Art	page 26	Patti Cassidy	Rhode Island HOME, LIVING & DESIGN Volume 5, Issue 8	Aug 2008
02	"...to the delight of tree art."	Article Title: The Tree Circus		Fredric Hobbs	San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle	23 Nov 1980	Newspaper clipping. Book extract from "Eat You House:Art Eco Guide to Self-Sufficiency" Author Fredric Hobbs

Botanic Architecture

No.	Quote	Souce	Page/Link	Author	Publisher	Year	It is
01	"...(it is sometimes called botanical architecture)..."	Article Title: Tree circus rose above topiary		Sandy Lydon	Santa Cruz County Sentinel	1955?	Newspaper clipping about Axel Erlandson's trees and their history
02	"...he calls "botanic architecture"..." (Mark Primack)	Article Title: Limbs in Limbo		Mard Naman	New West	25 Aug 1980	Newspaper clipping about Axel Erlandson's trees and their history and what is planned for them.
03	"Pleached trees at the Tree Circus in Scotts Valley from the basic structure of a a new botanic architecture."	Article Title: Art Eco		Photographer Deborah Johansen	California Living, SF Sun. Examiner and Chronicle	14 Nov 1980	Photo caption in a newspaper clipping. Photo has 4 of Axel Erlandson's trees in frame.
04	"...of this concept is botanic architecture,..." "examples of pleaching - or interweaving branches - to form "botanic architecture.""	Article Title: The Tree Circus		Fredric Hobbs	San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle	23 Nov 1980	Newspaper clipping. Book extract from "Eat You House:Art Eco Guide to Self-Sufficiency" Author Fredric Hobbs
05	"...entitled "Botanic Architecture," which envisioned a world where humans grew their own shelter."	Article Title:Axel Erlandson's Tree Circus		Sarah Weston	Mid-County Post	03 Oct 2006	Newspaper clipping about Axel Erlandson's trees and their history.
06	"...botanical architecture or tree trunk topiary ..."	Topiarius magazine Book review	[24] page36	Caroline Foley.	European Boxwood & Topiary Society	Summer 2007	Book review of non-expert Richard Reames's two books.

Comment here about the above references please

To keep the references easy to read please make your comments here.

Tree shaping No.01 Comment on photo: Looks like a topiary, as the evergreen foliage defines the shape of the boat. Slowart (talk) 09:10, 14 August 2010

In the first section, items 4,5,7,8,11,12,13,15,17,18,19,21,22,23,25,26,27,29,30,31,32,33,35,36 do not actually contain the term 'tree shaping' but simply some combination of a form of the noun 'tree' in varying degree of proximity to some form of the verb 'shape'. Martin Hogbin (talk) 20:03, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Noted, thou some of them use shaping trees, shaped tree or that type of thing and should stay. The others I'll moved to a sub section of that section so they are still accessible and other editors can decide whether they are relevant or not for themselves. I do that next week. Blackash have a chat 23:57, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Martin I moved 4,7,12,13,15,17,29,30,33,35. to a subsection. I'm changing the numbers after this edit. Blackash have a chat 22:36, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Looks like many of the "tree shaping" references are contained within articles that are titled arborsculpture or uses the word arborsculpture in paragraphs before or after. For example 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of "Tree Shaping" are simply quoting various ways of using of the verb "shaping" in the body of a book about arborsculpture. Slowart (talk) 04:35, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Tree shaping is used in books and articles about the art form that are in no way linked to arborsculpture. Though tree shaping, shaping trees or shaped tree is used alot as a descriptive phrase for Arborsculpture. Tree shaping is used for our work (Pooktre) and also by others in this field. Which was the point, broaden the title until it become neutral and doesn't lead to one artist. Thank you for pointing out that Tree shaping and variations are also linked to Arborsculpture and not just Pooktre. Blackash have a chat 04:32, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Many helpful links here. Slowart (talk) 04:56, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

In Arborsculpture

• 4, 6, and 10 seem have dead links.
• 7 Where Konstantin Kirsch is writing about Arborsculpture his text is mostly a copy and paste from your site site on the 15 April 2008 which is almost word for word what was on wikipeida about that time. 20:36, 8 April 2008 This is a circular reference which is a problem.
• 14 is a directory listing, do they even count?
• 15 is based upon a press release, and the writer seems a bit confused, example stating that bonsai is a form of arborsculpture. Blackash have a chat 06:14, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Can we prune this list of potential titles down ? I removed "Circus Trees" as I'm pretty sure it's copyrighted by Gilroy Gardens. Slowart (talk) 19:24, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

I think we can remove Biotecture, Grown furniture, Pleaching, Living Art, Tree art, as they are all unusable as titles. I also think we can move the page for a time to The art of training trees into useful or artistic items as that was just agreed to (mostly). Slowart (talk) 05:44, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Please don't remove any of the suggested titles, as this page is a resource for editors wanting to know what are the refs for the different names. I got more refs to add but don't have time until Tuesday. Blackash have a chat 14:43, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Hopefully we could work together to reduce the volume, saving other editors scroll time at least. let's remove the ref "How to grow a chair The art of Tree Trunk Topiary, as it is (self published by a non-expert) or at least condense 4 to 10 in the tree shaping table into one please, along with 15-20, ect. Slowart (talk) 17:29, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Slowart, a quick note, I condense 4-10 on Tuesday Australian time. Blackash have a chat 12:16, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Slowart please don't remove quotes, I have started condensing the entries and will get around to all of them. I will only do a few on my main editing day. The quotes are there so editors can easily assess in what context the wording is used and the relevancy of each entry for themselves. Blackash have a chat 09:24, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Ok I've managed to get all present entries condensed. I upload some more refs next week. Blackash have a chat 10:10, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Mr Reames- Glancing over this dispute I see a tendency towards pithy pronouncements w/o much support from facts or reasoning. Opinions count here, but they get you only so far in argument. For example- I can understand "Biotecture, Grown furniture" & "Living Art, Tree art" may be neologisms. But why have you lumped the historically precedent term Pleaching in with your "unusable" list? Pleaching is the traditional term for the art as far as I know.Hilarleo ^Hey,L.E.O. 14:24, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Mr Hilarleo- the account [[User:|Reames|Reames]] don't talk here has been closed. Can you afford me a tiny shred of privacy that you may also enjoy please? No worries... Pleaching is well defined in botanical literature. Pleaching techniques involve braiding as in pleating, the natural outcome is that the branches tend to grow together. This is where the similarity ends, do we want to describe a living tree chair (for example) as pleaching? Some folks think that when branches grow together that would be referred to as pleaching or grafting or Inosculation and in some ways it is, but it is not accurate nor is it helpful in an encyclopedia. IMHO there is a preponderance of reliable verifiable sources for arborsculpture, but then I have COI so you are welcome to ignore me IMO.The Home Orchard Purde university horticulture department *University of California Cooperative Extension*Horticultural Reviews *Grad Thesis *University of California pressThe best of the crop is see pdf page 6 text book page 442 section 4. Slowart (talk) 18:17, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Dear Mr. Slowart

I am happy to address you by one account of your choosing. otoh I happily use one unique ID across the interwebs. I seek no special 'privacy'- but only your gentleness.

re Titles, I have only seen such contention where there is financial COI. I sense this is the case here. Now, the fact that a term may be used occasionally by UC Extension et al. may be significant. The question here is if there are any better 'Title' choices.

First- I dont have OED online, but re Topiary => "1590s, from L. topiarius "of or pertaining to ornamental gardening," from topia "ornamental gardening," from Gk. topia, pl. of topion, originally "a field," dim. of topos "place." The noun is first recorded 1908, from the adj".

This describes what you do. We can visit OED as needed. Will I find your title there? If so I might more happily accept it.

Second- You have innovated, true. But you are hardly the first to innovate in the field- Just the first to seek WP validation and its fame in the first-person. This alone is a poor use of WP.

Now time only will tell if your neologism deserves WP:Notability. But speaking as partner to a lifelong fan of 'Toops'- I/we never heard of either of these competing neologisms ["arborsculpt" v. "tree-shape"] [before last week]- & I, for one, object strongly to the use of WP:neologism of any unclear notability as topic titles.

My objection is strengthened in particular wherever there are

• multiple questions of more generic & more historically-precedent examples of essentially equivalent material -

• any appearance of COI activism, careerism, or potential gain.

Does your sense of privacy afford WP users any peek at your work? You have now made a strong case for Pooktre technique [seen at her website] as Pleaching. Assuming the outcomes appear generally similar to the public mind, which case has been indicated- IMO both your techniques belong under some more general Ornamental garden article, with redirects for your neologisms a later possibility.

...Unfortunately I have seen what I believe is some intransigent, activist intent, and an effective categorical objection to any re-naming of the article(s) under contention. Thus I continue to vote For editor-banning. Hilarleo ^Hey,L.E.O.

in the OED ? Is that a requirement? 1995 was the first use. WP:neologism was debated vigorously by other editors who seamed to understand Wiki more than I. And I don't follow any of your claims about my strong case for Pooktre techniques, I think your confused. You can find my work @ arborsmith.com and peak all you want. Activism for my word is NOT why I'm here. I just can't standby an watch a editor abuse my word my work and Wikipedia all at the same time. You really don't need my help if the topic ban is in place. PeaceSlowart (talk) 04:12, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

See if the current list of authoritative sources for use of the word arborsculpture to describe this craft helps to make the picture any more clear. They are detailed in the article, restored to the place that several important ones were oddly deleted from during my wiki-hiatus, there at Tree shaping#Other names alongside the word arborsculpture. Also, please enjoy the recently posted nine new authoritative resources, that have never graced this article before and which also use the term arborsculpture to describe this craft. I'll be expanding the article using these sources, and actively seeking out and adding others. I am fairly certain these will withstand any test of their reliability, verifiability, and neutral point of view. As will I: No financial involvement, nothing to gain except a better article about a topic I find fascinating and defense of the mighty pillars that provide a comfortable digital home for me to write in. Prove otherwise and I suppose you could spend your time as Blackash did, attempting fruitlessly to somehow discredit or disqualify me, too. You'd be wasting your effort though, because Time has already told this one, HilarLeo. It's not even controversial, except for here on wiki, and only for the duration of the fantasy reign of Blackash. Do keep watching the OED though; they'll catch up sooner or later as they usually do. Good thing it's not a requirement for inclusion in the Wikipedia or we'd have a LOT of articles to delete!

What the hell on earth is Toops, anyway.....some sort of obscure regional television program? I don't watch TV and Google yields nothing of any significance, unless you meant Topps maybe? Baseball cards? I don't get that reference at all, and if it was supposed to convey some sense of being authoritative in any way...sorry, that one's flopped. I also don't see a single example of pleaching among the Pooktre works, which are publicized EVERYWHERE, though point one out to me if you do and I'll eat that hat right away and document it accordingly on the article page while I'm chewing. I should be chewing something now, come to think of it, not just looking at the stove. Meanwhile, happy tree bending, arborsculptors! Step awaaay from the wiki now, wouldja please, and get out there and go craft some more great live wood stuff! Keep the pictures coming too, and keep writing about your work and accomplishments where we can find it! Love this stuff. Cheers!duff 09:15, 11 June 2011 (UTC)