Greater Sydney Landcare, in partnership with Landcare NSW, planted 100,000 trees across Greater Sydney between 2020 – 2022, as part of the Premier’s Greening our City initiative.

In 2023, Creating Canopies had its funding renewed and its scope widened. Between 2023-2025 Creating Canopies is planting a further 200,000 native trees & shrubs across Greater Sydney to reduce urban heat. See the progress of the project on our map.

Creating Canopies has partnered with private and public landholders to provide habitat and shade on their lands. Register your interest to have trees planted on your land today (minimum numbers apply, and land in LGAs of Sydney with 30% canopy cover or less are eligible.)

Check out articles about our latest Creating Canopies plantings.

Greater Sydney Landcare wants to partner with you, the community of Landcare groups, Bushcare groups, organisations, and dedicated individuals who are working to improve the natural environment in your local areas. We’re looking to you to tell us where you’d like to see trees planted and be the stewards that ensure they survive and thrive. 

We’ll be working with local experts and nurseries to make sure that we get the correct advice on tree species for each site. We will work with our partners to identify strategic sites and corridors that need additional canopy plantings that both provide shade and benefit local ecosystems. 

This project is also an opportunity for Landcare to increase awareness of volunteer opportunities across the Greater Sydney region and raise awareness and interest in improving bushland. Our shared challenge is not only to get the trees in the ground but to monitor them and provide education to ensure they survive.

As Greater Sydney grows, more and more of it is affected by urban heat. This impacts on our communities’ access to the outdoors and connection to nature. We will be targeting heat-affected areas to help create canopies that cool the city. Tree canopies will help to create habitat for wildlife, tree diversity, and a cooler city creating spaces that invite people back into nature.

Creating Canopies in Greater Sydney is looking for volunteers and landholders from across the region interested in participating in tree planting activities and creating future canopies.

If you want to get involved – please get in touch! Email trees@greatersydnelandcare.org or call 0438 530 984.

Or, register your interest in volunteering HERE.