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Each of the Avenues has different trees, including Glasgow's traditional street tree, lime; along with plane, elm, hornbeam, acer and birch. This will give new character and life to our streets. There are also rain gardens helping manage rainwater runoff, further supporting biodiversity.

With over 90 parks and gardens, it's no wonder that Glasgow is known as the Dear Green Place. Our green spaces play an important role in our health and well-being as well as having a lasting positive impact on the environment. 

We're continuing to green our city; planting new trees, with root spaces large enough to thrive for future decades, supporting local wildlife by providing shade in summer, and helping the city centre cope with the effects of climate change by adding rain gardens to improve flood water management.

What is a Rain Garden?

A rain garden is sustainable way of reducing flood risk in the local area and downstream by channelling surface water run-off into areas of vegetation and soil. This slows down the flow of water and provides essential moisture for the plants. Over time, and as the raingardens establish, they will enhance flood resilience, provide a home for biodiversity, aid urban cooling and help to improve air quality. 

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Our New Trees

Glasgow is home to around 2 million trees. We are always planting more and by 2034 20% of the city will be covered by trees.  As part of this, 46 new trees will be planted in George Square. These will be a mix of Norway maple and cherry trees.  Each of Glasgow's 16 new Avenues will also be planted with different trees, including Glasgow's traditional street tree, the lime; along with plane, elm, hornbeam, acer and birch.

Gallery of images of shows various tree types below, double click on the images to see larger image: