Protecting Vaughan's trees

Preserving and protecting healthy trees will help the City of Vaughan achieve its commitment to maintain and enhance the urban forest and the environment. Considering tree protection in the initial stages of planning will result in the enhanced protection of trees and where trees are removed provide for a clear replacement strategy.

Our primary role is to improve the quality and experience of life in the city through:

• architectural design excellence

• public art

• public space

• streets

• cycling, walking and transit

• wayfinding

• heritage properties and cultural landscapes

The City of Vaughan maintains planters and hanging baskets throughout the city on a seasonal basis.

The main goal of the strategy was to define beautification and outline a plan to implement it throughout the community. The City of Vaughan is now undertaking a comprehensive review of this Beautification Strategy to be certain it continues to meet the community’s needs.

Why is it called the “spongy” moth?

The spongy moth is formerly known as the Lymantria dispar dispar (LDD), European or Asian gypsy moth. This new common name was selected by a working group of 50 scientists and professionals from Canada and the United States following an extensive public consultation process. “Spongy moth” acknowledges the conspicuous, spongy egg masses that the insect produces. In line with other organizations, the City of Vaughan has adopted “spongy moth” and will be using this term moving forward.

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The City defines beautification as the process of making visual improvements to Vaughan through the placement of flowers, ornamental grasses, trees and shrubs in beds, planters and hanging baskets.