BENEFITS OF LARGE TREES
“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
- Warren Buffett
Trees are such a popular addition to homes and yards, and it’s not hard to see why. Poplars and other popular large trees, like oak, fir, crabapple, or dogwood, are not only gorgeous, and elegant, they bring some additional benefits to your home and yard. Bigger trees are key players in your backyard look, but bring home amazing benefits that last year to year.
Family Benefits
Bigger trees deliver cleaner air. While a small tree in your yard will do a little bit of air cleaning, bigger plants are capable of doing much more cleaning heavy lifting. They’ll not only tackle carbon dioxide, but also work to reduce ozone, carbon monoxide, and sulfur dioxide. Their hard work cleaning the air by your home can be a benefit to your whole family.
In terms of filtering, a large tree also does a fantastic job of filtering noise. The sounds of the hustle and bustle beyond your yard with neighbours and traffic can be irritating, but larger trees are great at blocking that noise from your home. The layers of branches and foliage help to block and sift the soundwaves from beyond your yard, and you’ll notice a pleasant drop in noise levels.
While your tree works hard as a noise barrier, it also functions just as well as a privacy barrier. Irritating sounds and ambient noise from the outside world won’t make their way into your yard, but neither will any prying eyes. You’ll have pleasant foliage to shield you from seeing outside of your yard, while others are screened from looking in. A large tree does a great job of isolating your backyard oasis to be for the enjoyment of you and your family only.
Larger trees also shield your yard from harmful UV rays. Your large tree can reduce the harmful UV-B rays by up to 50%. Your family will stay safer, even while they spend more time outside.
Big trees finally make an amazing playmate for kids. Kids that have the chance to interact with nature have been shown to have better concentration and reduced mental fatigue. But your kids will also have the lasting benefit of a permanent fixture in the yard that is theirs to explore and play with as they grow.
Financial Benefits
While large trees do a lot of work to make your life and backyard experience better for you and your family, big trees are actually a benefit to your bank account, too.
The shade that bigger trees provide can help to cool your home and lower electricity bills in the depths of our warm Indianapolis summers. Warm temperatures can be a pain, as they are not only uncomfortable but often come with a big bill from air conditioning. The shade from big trees helps to provide some relief on both fronts to make summers more pleasant.
It seems counterintuitive, but big trees can also save on your heat bill in the winter. Trees, especially evergreens that keep their foliage in the winter, shelter your home from the wind. With less cold air around your home, you’ll lose less heat to the outdoors, saving on heating bills.
Due to all these amazing benefits and the added aesthetic appeal that it adds to your home, a large tree can boost the resale value of your home when you’re looking to sell. Large trees, like oaks, can add up to 15% of value to your home, which could mean an additional $30,000 boost in resale value on even basic homes. This money is far more than you’d invest in growing your tree and goes straight into your pocket.
Due to all these amazing benefits and the added aesthetic appeal that it adds to your home, a large tree can boost the resale value of your home when you’re looking to sell. Large trees, like oaks, can add up to 15% of value to your home, which could mean an additional $30,000 boost in resale value on even basic homes. This money is far more than you’d invest in growing your tree and goes straight into your pocket.
Environmental Benefits
Trees are hugely beneficial for you, your family, and your home, but they also pack a ton of benefits for the environment, meaning you can feel better about your investment.
The air filtering properties of trees benefit your home but are shared with the outdoor environment as a whole. Large trees are key players in fighting the greenhouse effect and emissions, working to combat global warming. Our trees are part of an important set of processes that keep our planet green, healthy, and clean.
Trees help to fight erosion and water runoff, which can slowly take our soil away from where we desperately need it in our yards. Trees have powerful root systems that help to prevent erosion. They absorb the water that would otherwise runoff, they hold the soil in place, and they shelter the soil from the elements.
Trees also offer a habitat getaway for wildlife. Your yard and family will love the addition of more little critters in your backyard, and you’ll be creating a little sanctuary in your backyard for wildlife that needs a home.
With big trees, it’s clear that they bring a lot of important benefits to improve your quality of life and contribution to the environment. Trees are a stunningly beautiful addition to your home, but will also provide lots of side benefits that will make you even happier about including one in your yard. We’d love to talk to you about how you can bring a tree home as part of your yard for years to come.