Our beautiful trees take a turn for the brighter every autumn.
We asked our trees team to name some of their favourite parks and avenues for spotting technicolour autumn leaves.
Surrey Gardens in Canterbury is a great spot for deciduous autumn colour. It’s dominated by English oaks and elms, and one in particular is spectacular. It’s likely more than 100 years old and is about 17 metres tall with the trunk nearly 4 metres in diameter. The leaves turn a vibrant yellow.
There’s a stand of young October Glory red maple trees on Yerrin Street near Whitehorse Road in Balwyn. They’re right next to a mural depicting wattle and yellow banksias, and really add to this colourful corner in autumn.
Kew Traffic School is home to a beautiful claret ash with leaves that turn red then a deep reddish-purple. They’re perfect for kids to take home to use for artwork.
There’s nothing like an avenue of autumn colour, and Monomeath Avenue in Canterbury always puts on
a show. It’s lined with pin oaks that meet in the middle. They’re about 13 metres tall and their leaves turn bright orange.
Camberwell’s Carramar Avenue has a beautiful mix of oaks that turn a rich golden brown. Kids love picking up the acorns with their little caps.
There’s a lovely liquidambar in Canterbury Gardens with finely toothed leaves that colour to shades of red, orange and purple.
Selwood Street in Hawthorn East has a lovely stretch of pin oaks with stunning autumn colour.
A lovely avenue of Dutch elms in St James Park, Hawthorn, turns a golden yellow in autumn.
There’s a huge English oak on the Stanhope Grove side of Read Gardens with leaves that turn yellow-orange and can get super crunchy.
Get to know our significant trees
The City of Boroondara has more than 1,000 trees that have earned special protection as significant trees on both public and private land. They’re recognised for their impressive size, age, rarity, ecological value, or cultural and historical significance. Get acquainted with them on the searchable interactive map on our Protected and significant trees page.
Coming soon: our Urban Greening Strategy
We’re preparing to draft an Urban Greening Strategy. Keep an eye out for more information later this year.
Remove a tree, plant a tree
Trees have always been an essential part of our area's heritage and character. To help maintain this and improve liveability, when you remove a tree on your land you may require a permit, and may need to replace it with a new tree.
There are 3 reasons why you may need to plant a tree:
- You’re removing a significant or canopy tree
- You’re removing a tree that’s in a Significant Landscape Overlay (SLO) or Vegetation Protection Overlay (VPO).
- You’ve been instructed to plant a tree in response to illegal works.
To find out more, visit our Tree works permits page.