What is a Public Tree?

Looking up a tall, broad tree with thick branches and lush green leaves against a bright blue sky.

Public trees are all trees located on land owned or managed by the City of Parramatta Council.

This includes all trees located within parks, reserves, bushland, streets and nature strips.

The state government also manages public trees within the City of Parramatta including at Parramatta Park.

Public trees we manage

Council manages approximately 30,000 trees throughout the Local Government Area (LGA) which play a vital role as part of our Urban Forest. 

Our public trees are valuable assets and play an essential role in making the City an attractive, healthy and sustainable city. The benefits of trees includes:

  • helping to cool our city
  • improving air quality
  • creating and maintaining habitat
  • reducing stormwater runoff and
  • improving the streetscape and in turn property value. 

We understand the importance of carefully managing and enhancing our public trees and invests in a wide range of arboricultural activities including:

  • tree planting
  • tree pruning and maintenance
  • pest and disease control
  • root protection
  • soil management

These management and maintenance activities are guided by our goal to increase our urban forest canopy cover to 40% by 2050.

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