Greening Melbourne; one laneway at a time
Gail Hall, Coordinator Green Infrastructure
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Greening Melbourne; one laneway at a time Gail Hall, Coordinator Green Infrastructure Green Our City Strategic Action Plan The Action Plan targets Targets by 2021 Achieve People are Double the Double the healthy, knowledgeable number of
Greening Melbourne; one laneway at a time
Gail Hall, Coordinator Green Infrastructure
Green Our City Strategic Action Plan
The Action Plan targets
Double the area of green roofs to ten hectares Double the number of vertical green installations to 100 Achieve healthy, diverse vegetation (at least 80 per cent) People are knowledgeable and supportive
and vertical greening
The four focus areas and eleven actions
Focus area 1: Lead by Example
demonstration green roof/s
Your Laneway project
accessibility Focus area 2: Develop and Maintain Partnerships
Urban Forest Fund
industry standards and rating mechanisms Focus area 3: Targeted Advocacy
Fisherman’s Bend taskforce to influence a major growth area
improve Canopy green roof forum
CASBE Focus area 4: Effective Regulation
scheme amendment
sustainability
Municipal Strategic Statement
service
Mapping the existing laneways
43ha, 73% 16ha, 27%
Private
Whose lanes are they?
Analysing the lanes
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Results
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Checking suitability for different typologies
Forest Lane
Vertical Gardens
Farm Lane
Park Lane
Participate – our online community engagement forum
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https://participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/greenlaneways
The Nominations – over 800 of them!
Some laneways were very popular
City of Melbourne concept – Myers Place
The Laneway champion’s concept
What we learned – Green is not enough People love climbing plants – but trust matters Traffic changes can be popular Stakeholders expect the ‘full package’ – Art – Lighting – Greening – Resurfacing Vertical greening takes time to look good – order plants as early as possible
Section 1
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The green and the greener at Myers Place
Artists’ impression – Coromandel Place
Coromandel overall Discuss tree and bollard
Vertical greening
Trees Discuss tree and bollard
Magnolia Native Frangipani
Pedestrian Priority Discuss tree and bollard
Pedestrian Priority Discuss tree and bollard
Murals
Section 1
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Section 1
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Section 1
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Guildford Lane – tour groups and additional art
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Laneway Champions make all the difference
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Guildford lane working bee
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Promoting the finished products
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Sharing the data with everyone – The Open Data Platform
46 https://data.melbourne.vic.gov.au/Environment/Laneways-with-greening-potential/s8dq-xd4g
Case studies to share what we learnt
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Evaluation of the project
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