Community members can request a new tree for their nature strip or nearby reserve at no cost as part of the City's 2024 tree planting season that has just commenced.
We aim to plant more than 1,635 trees across Greater Geelong, including more than 1,200 new trees to be planted as part of this year's program.
The planting of 425 additional trees will be in response to trees that have been removed and requests from the community.
Rollins Road in Bell Post Hill will receive 100 new trees, 19 trees will be planted along Maryland Drive at Corio, 97 trees are bound for Ocean Grove's Alderbaran Road, Portalington Road in Newcomb will receive 28 trees and Geelong's Carr Street will get 68 new plantings.
Residents can ask for a new tree on their nature strip or to replace a dead or vandalised tree at https://geelong.link/Request-a-tree.
Details about the location, species and number of trees in our 2024 tree planting season can be found at https://geelong.link/TreePlanting.
Efforts continue to make our northern suburbs greener with the City planting more than 4,000 trees in Corio over the last few years.
We have planted 21,294 trees across the region since the Urban Forest Strategy was adopted in 2015 and accepted handover of 34,429 trees from developers during this time.
Mayor Trent Sullivan
Council's commitment to our urban forest is a driver behind Geelong being designated a Tree City of the World for a second year in a row.We are committed to plant canopy trees in our streets and parks because they cool our neighbourhoods, improve health and wellbeing, and clean the air.
There are unexpected benefits too, such as how tree shade can reduce household cooling costs, an avenue of street trees can increase property values and tree lined shopping centres have higher economic activity.
Councillor Peter Murrihy
The City is responsible for managing 112,000 street trees and more than 51,491 park trees, as well as the trees along rural roadways, waterways, bike trails and in reserves.We are committed to increasing our tree canopy across urban, coastal and rural areas of Greater Geelong.
I encourage community members to request a new tree for their nature strip at no cost soon so that it can be planted as part of the City's 2024 tree planting season.
New trees improve the look and feel of a neighbourhood and provide essential habitat for native wildlife.
You can track the tens of thousands of trees that the City manages through our Urban Forest Dashboard.
The dashboard allows you to zoom in on any city-managed tree to view its species, age, health and size.
