Trees and the city
Our vision is to make Adelaide an even more liveable city through greening the city and surrounding Park Lands.
To achieve this, we are working hard to increase the total number of trees in our city, and to keep existing trees healthy and looking great!

We have over 40,000 street and Park Land trees making up the ‘urban forest’ in the city of Adelaide.
To keep track of our progress, we have mapped most of our trees in the below interactive Urban Forest Map. Search the trees on your street, find out what's growing and even write a love letter to any tree you like!
LEAF me a message competition
For a limited time, by visiting our Urban Forest Map you can WIN a guided tour of our Nursery and x10 of our best native plants and trees!
To enter, explore the map above and locate your favorite tree, click on 'leaf me a message' and email with your best tree story and an image of your tree-hero! This could be your first memory with a tree, a fun fact about a tree or simply why you love trees!
- These are the Terms and Conditions for the LEAF me a message Competition (“the Competition”).
- The promoter is the Corporation of the City of Adelaide (Council).
- To enter this Competition, participants must use the Urban Forest Map above to send us an email with their best tree story and an image of your tree (entries must have both elements).
- Entry in the Competition is free of charge.
- In order to be eligible to enter the Competition, entrants must:
- be aged 18 years or older
- be a South Australian resident. (“Eligible Entrant”)
- One entry is permitted per email address, and each entry will have an equal chance of winning.
- The Competition and Promotion Period opens on Friday 1 September 2023 at 12 noon ACST time and closes on Sunday 1 October 2023 at 5:00pm ACST (“Promotion Period”).
- The prize pool consists of x1 guided tour of the City of Adelaide Nursery and x10 native plants and trees.
- Prizes are not redeemable for cash.
Best of the week entries will be selected according to how their narrative showcase their connection to trees, the originality of the story, and quality and artistic impression of the image. Draw will take place on Monday at 10:00 am ACST to pick the weekly winner of all entries received by Sunday at 11:59 pm. Each draw will be performed using a random computer-generated process from the ‘best of the week’ entries and the winner will be officially announced via Facebook on Tuesday.
- Decisions made in relation to any aspect of this Competition are final and no further correspondence will be entered into.
- City of Adelaide, subsidiary staff and their immediate families are not eligible to enter the Competition.
- This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook or Instagram. As an entrant, you completely release Facebook and Instagram.
- By entering into this Competition, the entrants acknowledge and agree that the personal information they provide may be used by the Council for future marketing purposes.
- Entry into the Competition is deemed acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. Terms and Conditions are subject to change without notice.