Hobart Urban Tree Strategy

Can you help make Hobart a greener, healthier and more beautiful city by taking part in our Urban Tree Strategy survey?

Our current Street Tree Strategy has reached the end of its life and needs to be renewed. This is the perfect time to review the successes of the current strategy and start planning for the future.

Despite the huge successes the City of Hobart has achieved in the ongoing planting, care and maintenance of trees, one of the key strategic milestones of the current strategy - 40% urban tree canopy cover by 2046 - is an outstanding goal.

Community feedback on the development of a new urban tree strategy will help the City of Hobart:

• Identify a new vision, themes and actions for the next five year Urban Tree Strategy.

• Clarify emerging issues and opportunities that have surfaced since 2017, particularly in relation to suburbs with a low urban tree canopy, and help us understand why community people are not planting trees on their own gardens.

Our Current Canopy Cover

Of particular focus in the development of a new urban tree strategy is the need to address the loss of tree canopy cover across Hobart, and to grow more trees in suburbs where the urban tree canopy is low.

For example, South Hobart and Lenah Valley have an urban tree canopy cover of 60 per cent or more.

But in North Hobart the urban tree canopy cover sits at just 9 per cent. New Town 15 per cent and Hobart 9 per cent. The City of Hobart has officially launched the development of its new Urban Tree Strategy, and wants to hear from you. With 89% of the actions in the 2017 City of Hobart Street Tree Strategy now complete or ongoing, we are reaching out to the community to help us set the direction for the new strategy.

Above: Percentage of canopy cover by suburb in Hobart, 2022

Urban Tree Strategy 2025

The City of Hobart's new Urban Tree Strategy 2025 will reflect public sentiment around how we can reach our goal of increasing the city's urban tree canopy to 40% by 2046.

This is an exciting opportunity for community members of all ages to come together, celebrate and reflect on our love of trees and how we can prioritise tree planting and care over the next decade.

There is also the opportunity for community members to receive their own tree to be planted in their own garden as part of efforts to grow Hobart's urban tree canopy.

How to Have Your Say

We want to hear from everyone in Hobart to ensure our new Urban Tree Strategy reflects the community's aspirations for our trees and growing our urban tree canopy.

Here are three easy ways to provide your feedback and share your ideas for the project:

Online Survey

November 27 2024 - February 28 2025

Have your say on the City of Hobart's Urban Tree Strategy using the Your Say link at the bottom of this page. Share your ideas and what is important to you in this survey. Your input is essential in helping us cultivate a thriving urban tree canopy for generations to come.

Your Say Summer Pop-ups (and tree giveaways!) across the city

November 27 2024 - February 28 2025

Speak directly with the Your Say Hobart engagement team at various locations across Hobart.

We are excited to invite you to a range of exciting and tree-filled pop-ups across Hobart throughout the summer. At each of these pop-ups, you will be able to tell us what you love about trees, learn more about urban tree canopy cover in Hobart, and get a free tree!

These pop-ups are designed to be very family-friendly, and very important to us we capture your thoughts for the future of trees in our city.

When you visit a pop-up, you'll have the opportunity to participate in face-to-face interviews, contribute to an "Idea Wall", share your tree story and last but not least- take a tree home with you!

2024:

• Elizabeth Street Mall, Wednesday November 27 | 11 am - 2 pm
• Elizabeth Street Mall, Thursday November 28 | 11 am - 2 pm
• Elizabeth Street Mall Tuesday December 10 | 11 am - 1pm

2025:

• Mathers House, Tuesday January 7 | 10am-1pm
• Domain Hobart Open, Friday January 10 | 11am-2pm
• Domain Legacy Park, Saturday January 12 | 11am-1pm
• North Hobart TBC, Wednesday January 15 | 11am-2pm
• Elizabeth Street Mall, Wednesday January 29 | 11am-2pm
• New Town TBC, Wednesday February 5 | 11am-2pm
• Battery Point TBC, Wednesday February 19| 11am-2pm

We look forward to meeting you in person and hearing your ideas.

Idea Wall

November 27 2024 - February 28 2025

Visitors to the Pop-ups and the Your Say page will have the opportunity to share their feedback by answering a short question between 27 November 2024 and 28 February 2025.

The question to be answered is: "What should our future tree canopy look like?"