Join the online forum to help influence the designs for our urban forest precinct plans.
City of Melbourne’s first Urban Forest Strategy sets out how we will secure the future of our city’s trees over the next 20 years.
Protecting and expanding our urban forest is critical to making sure our city stays resilient to the effects of climate change and population growth.
Open Space Strategy
Adapting to climate change
Green roofs, walls and facades
Parks
Municipal Strategic Statement
Water sensitive urban design
We plan to double Melbourne’s tree canopy cover by 2040 by planting around 3,000 trees yearly.
See more Tree planting
Public trees can be removed for various reasons. For example, if they are dead, declining, structurally poor or hazardous.
See more Tree removals
The Exceptional Tree Register gives you the opportunity to recognise, celebrate and protect the exceptional trees that exist on private land in our city.
See more Exceptional trees
City of Melbourne works closely with a number of organisations to actively monitor and manage threats and attacks from pests and diseases.
See more Pests and diseases
