The Department of Administration Modernization, Urban Quality and Participation, through the Parks and Gardens, next week will begin pruning more than 20,000 mulberry trees in the streets and public spaces of Murcia and districts.
A total of 60 operators will be responsible for three months of these tasks are performed in two different ways.
On the one hand the mulberry trees that are located in the road edge and alignments, with more intensive pruning and in which all the leaves of mulberry trees will be removed, using what is known as traditional pruning orchard 'head pruned of cat'.
On the other hand it held a somewhat special work for all the copies that are located in gardens and squares.
Here, the City Council will make a pruning of ornamental type, where prevail the beauty of these copies, keeping the top of the mulberry trees.
Thus said Councilman Jose Guillen, "is get people to stroll through our gardens to see the beauty of blade change this issue as land, its color changes and especially how light reflects on its leaves in the fall. "
Guillen highlights the clear commitment of the Consistory by strengthening customs and copies of the earth, like mulberry, compared to others who are not native.
The council has stressed the "intense work done by more than 200 operators of Parks and Gardens to maintain continuously over 3,000 green areas and significant investment, both in time and economically to condition these spaces. From Team Government we prioritize the environment and conservation parks to encourage the use of public roads of neighbors and families. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia