Trees

At the City of Burnside we value our trees highly. Trees are important for a variety of environmental, social and economic reasons. They add character to our landscape, preserve biodiversity, and provide shade, shelter and habitat for fauna.

What you need to know about trees in Burnside

The City of Burnside is committed to maintaining, enhancing and developing our trees, and ensuring the life and safety of our trees is a priority. Burnside is synonymous with wide, tree-lined avenues which increase property values.

For every tonne of timber formed in trees, one and a half tonnes of carbon dioxide is absorbed and one tonne of oxygen released into the atmosphere. By removing trees we are robbing our air of oxygen. Humans can go five weeks without food, five days without water, but only five minutes without oxygen.

2025 Winter Tree Planting

The City of Burnside (the Council) will be commencing its 2025 winter tree planting activities from approximately May 2025.

A map of the Council’s area indicating the location and species of proposed tree plantings, and fact sheets regarding relevant species, can be accessed via the Council’s Urban Forest Interactive webpage, here: https://bit.ly/CoBtreeplantingseason

Note, the Council may add, remove or change proposed planting locations and/or species without further notice. This may or may not be reflected on the Council’s Urban Forest Interactive webpage. If a proposed addition or change may have a significant impact on residents, proprietors of nearby businesses or advertisers, Council’s Urban Forest Interactive webpage will be updated and submissions will be invited from potentially affected parties.

Our Urban Forest