3 ICONIC PROJECTS The Tomball business has taken on projects to move some of the largest trees in the world.
9 11 MEMORIAL
"HARD WORK AND DILIGENCE AND DELIVERING OUR PROMISES TO OUR CUSTOMERS PAID OFF, AND NOW WE GET THE BEST PROJECTS IN THE WORLD." TOM COX, OWNER OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
Quercus bicolor: Swamp White Oak
• Location: New York City • Project length: 2007-14 • Scope: 416 trees relocated
COURTESY ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
18TH HOLE PEBBLE BEACH
Cupressus macrocarpa : Monterey Cypress • Location: California • Project length: ve days in May 2002 • Scope: moved and planted a tree 42 inches in diameter
BUSINESS FEATURE
Environmental Design is owned by Tom Cox and headquartered in Tomball. The company plants and relocates large trees.
KAYLI THOMPSON COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
Environmental Design Tomball tree business relocates, plants large trees O wner Tom Cox said Environmental Design is in the business of helping people profes- sionally plant or move large trees. BY KAYLI THOMPSON
COURTESY ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
ISRAEL HOLON FICUS
Ficus sycamorus : Sycamore Fig • Location: Israel • Project length: relocated tree nine months after initial root prune in 2006 • Scope: moved tree that is hundreds of years old
“Hard work and diligence and delivering our promises to our customers paid o , and now we get the best projects in the world,” Cox said. Since then, the company has added ve o ces in di erent states and planted and moved trees all over the world. Cox said he expects the business to add ve to 10 more branches over the next ve years. In Tomball, Cox said Environmental Design provided the oaks on Main Street. Depending on size, the time it takes to relocate a tree varies. Chief Operating O cer Mark Merit said it takes about a week to move a 30-inch-diameter, 100-year-old live oak tree. Three months before relocation, a team prepares the roots, for example. Cox said Environmental Design also brings in mature trees when companies do not want to wait for trees to grow. The company grows hundreds of trees on its tree farm in Tomball for these types of projects. “We do projects that typical landscapers don’t have the capacity to do,” Cox said.
Cox said he believes Environmental Design has moved some of the largest, heaviest and most complicated trees in the world. “We ended up realizing that there was going to be a continued demand for the largest of trees, and so [we] built a business by developing an apparatus and processes for moving the largest trees that have ever been moved,” Cox said. Environmental Design purchased the company that invented the original hydraulic tree spade—which holds trees that need to be moved—in 1993, according to Cox. The company also developed and patented machines and methods for moving these trees. Cox said he founded Environmental Design in Tomball in 1977 when he was hired to plant trees in the Champion Forest subdivision. He and his brother started out with a few employees, without capital and working seven days a week.
COURTESY ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
Environmental Design 23544 Coons Road, Tomball 281-376-4260 www.treemover.com Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Sat.-Sun.
SOLOMON RD.
249
GREGSON RD.
N
Large selection available: items from Adirondacks, tables, chaise lounges, gliders, deep seating sectionals, and much more. VISIT US IN EITHER STORE OR ONLINE. CALL WITH QUESTIONS OR TO PLACE AN ORDER.
CONROE LOCATION
3416 FM 2920, Spring, Texas 77388 817-688-4018 2 miles West of I-45, between the 2 HEB’s SPRING LOCATION 14543 Hwy 105 W Suite 104, Conroe, TX 77304 832-521-5929 Near McCaleb Rd next to Rudy’s BBQ
Open: Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm Sunday 1pm-4pm VISIT OUR WEBSITE: MAGNOLIATEXASOUTDOORLIVING.COM
• Comfortable, Beautiful Style • All Weather Durable-even against Salt Water! • Furniture is available either fully assembled and delivered or in a box shipped to any U.S. address
• Made in America by Amish people using recycled milk jugs and manufactured by Berlin Gardens! • 20 year warranty • Low maintenance - No need to ever paint, and, or replace. Just wash and enjoy!
29
TOMBALL MAGNOLIA EDITION • JUNE 2022
Powered by FlippingBook