Trees

The City of Perth is home to over 16,000 trees, valued at over $100 million. Trees are a valuable asset and improve the livability, landscape character, biodiversity and climate resilience of the city. The City recognises and values trees as an important community asset and will actively protect, maintain and increase its tree population.

Our tree management is guided by our Tree Protection Policy, Urban Forest Plan 2016-2036 and our Street Tree Guide 2023.

Street Tree Maintenance

All street trees receive an annual sector prune to provide sufficient clearances to power lines, road, pedestrian paths and property clearance. Residents can request additional pruning to the street tree adjacent to their property and it will be assessed on a case by case basis.

Tree Planting

To help us increase our canopy coverage we have annual planting programs which run between the cooler months of April to October each year.

Urban Forest Infill Planting - Targeted program of new plantings to fill gaps in existing street tree planting within each of the City’s neighbourhoods. See our Urban Greening page for more information.

Replacement Planting - Installing replacement trees at previous sites where trees have been removed due to vandalism, disease, damage.

Tree Month - A month of planting days, sustainability information sessions and verge transformations to encourage the greening of our city.

Other project planting - Small scale greening through transformation of turfed areas and community/corporate planting days.

How can you help?

We encourage all residents to help take care of their street trees by giving them additional water during the warmer months directly to the base of the tree and reporting any concerns with their health and condition. If you would like to know more about the trees in our City you can use our mapping tool or you can get in touch with us [email protected] or on 9461 3333.