Comment 6311

By kevlahan (registered) | Posted April 11, 2007 at 17:36:36

I like your suggestions for more perennial plantings and 'guerilla gardening'.

When I was in Grenoble, I noticed that that they've done a lot of perennial planting (mostly dense plantings of small rose bushes, lavender and other shrubby perennials). The City has recently planted some lavender along Bay between King and Main. I hope this is a sign of more to come.

One problem has been poor quality plants and poor maintenance. A few months ago I saw a city worker cutting down a young street tree on York Blvd outside the old Eaton Centre. When I asked him why he was removing it and when it would be replaced he said:

"these street trees are always getting broken so we're just removing them; they won't be replaced"

In fact, it wasn't surprising that the street trees didn't survive long: they were very small (about 5cm diameter trunk) and unprotected (in other cities the trunks of young trees are protected by a sort of metal grill). A little initial investment in larger trees and some protection would have saved money in the long run!

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