City of Guelph Park Trees

"We should keep our parks as natural as possible. We have so little nature left in the city -- let's encourage it, rather than trimming it to meet some arbitrary definition of how trees "should" look."

"I am very concerned as the trimmers destroyed the naturalized area along the river between Edinburgh and the Hanlon. They chopped down and took away many trees from the area. The city does not seem to have a policy on how to treat "naturalized" areas."

"This in not only a desecration of natural heritage but also a waste of tax payers money."

"The tree branches are supposed to touch the ground to provide shelter for small creatures and protection for roots. This is disgusting and must not continue. Stop destroying what is natural and beautiful about Guelph. Kids don't do drug deals under conife"

"I am wondering what the reason is for this over trimmimg of evergreens. Staff should be devoting their time to judicious pruning of many of the city's younger deciduous trees."

"let the trees grow naturally"

"I am in agreement with the regarding a need to update the City's park maintenance policies in favour of more naturalization and less manicured grooming."

"Mow around the bases of the trees, People, including the lower limbs. Stop making our trees look unnatural, cease destroying native habitat for birds and other small creatures, and leave healthy trees intact so they may continue provide wind and snow barr"

"The lower branches on the spruce trees shade the roots, keep them them cool, keep the soil from becoming compacted, allow the needle mulch to accumulate and help to maintain moisture for the tree. Removing the bottom branches will place extra stress on th"