Björn Embrén is an educated horticulturist and has been in horticulture since 1976. He is employed as a Tree Officer since 2001 at the Traffic Administration in the City of Stockholm. For the last ten years he has been in charge of trees along streets and squares in Stockholm and is responsible for maintenance and investments of the trees. He has been a driving force in the Stockholm City Development of plant beds for trees in paved areas and produced a manual for this purpose.
The construction has been further evolved to become an alternative for storm water management in cities and became a part in counteracting the negative effects of climate change in cities. Since 2009 he developed a method for tree planting beds with biochar as an important ingredient. Biochar acts as a substitute for soil and can also act as a filter to capture nutrients in storm water.
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Please cite as:
Embren B: Planting Urban Trees with Biochar,
the Biochar Journal 2016, Arbaz, Switzerland. ISSN 2297-1114
www.biochar-journal.org/en/ct/77
Version of 20 th April 2016 Accessed: 02.04.2026
