Royal City Park Plan comments

Sierra Club Canada respectfully submits the following comments on the Royal City Park Plant Management Plan:
1. Vision statement. Virtually all of the 13 public comments on the vision statement referred to the image of large trees and canopy. In our opinion, these are the elements that should be included in a vision [...]

GUFF presentation to Council on Royal City Park

I am here to present the following on behalf of Guelph Urban Forest Friends.
Regarding the Royal City Park mass tree removals:
Tree canopy is confusing for some people. Put simply, it refers to the diameter of shade on the ground under the tree leaves and branches above.

Royal City Park Trees

It is our understanding that many of silver maples in Royal City Park are potentially close to 100 years old. In Europe, England the US and Canada these trees would be known as “Veteran Trees”. The life span of a mature silver maple is 130 years and upwards years. Therefore we should [...]

The Royal City Park plan

I am asking you to take a further look at the The Royal City Park plan and to make amendments before accepting it. There are major points which need to be modified:
1. Give priority to old, large trees in the park. Healthy trees, in the plan are defined as trees with attributes such as “symmetrical [...]

Let’s Talk Trees…

The following posting appears on the Ward 5 blog:
Our urban forest is a major municipal asset. Cities spend a lot of time, money and resources maintaining “grey” infrastructure, but not enough on “green” infrastructure. Green infrastructure is linked to quality of life, recreation, air quality, urban cooling, carbon offsets, and so many other intangible benefits, [...]