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Down in New Zealand these days it’s fall, and that means only one thing for female ginkgo trees and those unlucky enough to be in their vicinity: smelly nuts. Seems everyone around in Te Awamtu agrees that the female trees need to go, but so far no one’s actually made the decision.
Pastors Pam and Ariki Ashford, of the Assembly of God, said they had battled with the council to get rid of the gingko tree outside their church for the past 15 years. “When you stand in one and squash one it smells like dog spew,” Mrs Ashford said. Mr Ashford said he’d noticed many pedestrians, including school children, preferring to walk on the road rather than through the whiffy fruit.
Via Waikato Times.
Meanwhile, at Logan International Airport in Boston, MA, USA, officials are very focused:
Logan’s $10 million landscaping plan relies on thousands of trees, flowers, and bushes that don’t draw insects. It pays attention to the smallest detail to balance appearance and safety. The gingko trees had to be all male, because females drop seeded stinkbombs that attract birds and bugs. Plantings shunned certain shades of red and violet because they attract Japanese beetles. Roses, too.
Via Boston Globe.