Survey | Landscaping on private property
Share your thoughts about landscaping on private property July 15 to August 5.
The City of Edmonton wants your ideas on how to increase resilient landscaping on residential, commercial and industrial land through public education and possible zoning bylaw changes. Changing how we landscape is about reducing climate impacts such as flooding, drought and heat, and making Edmonton livable, cool and healthy.
Edmontonians can visit edmonton.ca/ClimateResilienceActionPlan to share general feedback in our public survey, and for those interested in possible landscaping regulations, they can share detailed feedback in our questionnaire.
The public survey includes questions about:
- Current general landscaping requirements
- Awareness of resilient landscaping approaches
- Educational resources and programs
The questionnaire includes:
- Current landscaping regulations related to specific resilient landscaping topics
- Ideas to increase resilient landscaping for new development on private property through the Zoning Bylaw
Your participation will help us create useful educational tools and identify possible changes to the Zoning Bylaw to help increase resilient landscaping on private property.
About the Project
Edmontonians want the City to take action to prepare for the changing climate we are seeing today. We are committed to building a city that anticipates, prepares for and adapts. As part of our ongoing efforts, the City has identified we need to take steps to ensure that trees and plants on privately owned land can thrive in our changing climate conditions and that we are adapting our landscaping approaches to better reduce the impacts of flooding, heave rainfall, heat and drought.
While publicly-owned lands like parks and natural areas help the City to adapt to our changing climate conditions, private lands also play a critical role in these efforts. Landscaping on private property, for example, adds shade for cooling, helps prevent flooding and cleans Edmonton’s air, making properties, neighbourhoods and the city more comfortable and livable.
This work supports the Climate Resilience Planning and Development Action Plan, Action 4 and responds to a previous Council motion that directed Administration to assess landscaping regulations and provide Zoning Bylaw amendment options to implement the work of climate resilience in planning and development, if necessary.
Have questions about the project? Reach out to Katherine.Pihooja@edmonton.ca and Erin.Mastre@edmonton.ca