from unloved, barren grass and weeds…
to valued places with street trees for shade, and low-growing native plants for habitat and biodiversity, stretching throughout our suburbs
How would it change the way we think about our streets and the design of our cities and suburbs?
Planting our nature strips in this way could be a quick and easy way to …
Urban heat islands can make our suburbs unliveable.
Street trees and other planting can make them cooler.
My 58 sqm verge has more than 20 different native plant species
Our streets could be habitat corridors that connect larger areas like gardens, parks, micro-forests and waterways
Shaded, pleasant, safe and interesting streets are the first step towards 20-minute cities where we can walk or cycle to most activities
Streets are the place to connect with people and neighbourhoods – and where we can reconnect with nature
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Why Choose Nature Strips for this Project?
Whatever you want to call them, these strips of land provide a lot of problems, or a lot of opportunities, depending on your viewpoint. read more…
Many councils have already got the policies in place to allow ratepayers and residents to convert their verges. A few councils are proactively encouraging residents to adopt verges and transform them to help cool our cities. Check or add your council policy here