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Help make our city greener, healthier, and more beautiful.

A city and its people need trees to thrive. By planting more trees in our urban areas, we can keep our air clean, improve our health, and make Hobart more liveable.

We have a goal to expand the canopy of trees covering our city. This will make our city more beautiful for generations to come. It will also have a big impact on climate change and our own wellbeing.

To make this happen, we need your support.

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What is a city canopy?

Hobart is one of the most beautiful, liveable, and sustainable cities in the world. To make sure it stays that way, we’ve set the target of creating a healthy, thriving canopy.

This canopy will be made up of all the trees in our reserves, parks, private gardens, and streets. Our plan is to plant enough trees across Hobart to create a city canopy of 40% by 2046.

This will create living, breathing spaces across our city and benefit all the generations to come.

Why cities love trees

Trees make cities beautiful and help connect us to nature. They also have a range of benefits to our health, sustainability, and economy.

Read about the benefits

Our City Canopy – The beginning

After global business and art careers, Douglas and Jenny Armati relocated to Tasmania in 2013.

Their love of trees inspired them to back the City of Hobart’s 2017 Street Tree Strategy with a bequest and to encourage others to do the same to help accelerate the planting of trees across Hobart’s urban areas.

Since 2019, they have generously worked with the Hobart City Council to help set up a trust that will contribute to keeping Hobart green and healthy. Their support has created an opportunity for the City of Hobart to set up Our City Canopy with Douglas and Jenny, providing a platform for others to also contribute to helping create a greener, healthier Hobart for all.

Latest news

News story
December 16, 2024

Urban tree giveaway a success

A pop-up urban forest was held in Elizabeth Street Mall over two days in November to help drive awareness of the importance of planting more trees in Hobart. A free…
Adrian hutchinson
News story
December 16, 2024

Two trees for a Queen

In celebration of Hobart-born Mary Donaldson's accession to Queen Mary of Denmark earlier this year, the City of Hobart and the City of Copenhagen each planted a tree in honour…
Adrian hutchinson
News story
October 2, 2024

Seeds of hope from Hiroshima

A tiny park in West Hobart has been planted with a sapling descended from a ginkgo tree that survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The young ginkgo tree arrived in…
Adrian hutchinson
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For more information, call the City of Hobart on 03 6238 2711.