“Tree Places” is pattern 171 in A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein. “Trees are precious. Keep them. Leave them intact.”
From the book A Pattern Language: “The trees that people love create special social places: places to be in, and pass through, places you can dream about, and places you can draw. Trees have the potential to create various kinds of social places:
- an umbrella—where a single, low-sprawling tree like a live oak defines an outdoor room
- a pair—where two trees form a gateway
- a grove—where several trees cluster together
- a square—where they enclose an open space
- an avenue—where a double row of trees, their crowns touching, line a path or street
creative meander 