30,000 trees by 2030

City of Luxembourg

Below is an overview of the main initiatives that the City plans to undertake:

• Creation of tiny forests: Small, dense, environmentally friendly urban forests will be planted in different districts. The first tiny forest was created on the site of the Waldorf school with the planting of 555 trees.
• Planting of additional trees in existing parks and green spaces.
• Opening of new parks.
• Planting of additional trees along streets and avenues to help improve the urban landscape and combat heat islands.
• Inclusion of trees belonging to the Luxembourg government – specifically, those managed by the Fonds Kirchberg and the National Roads Administration (Ponts & Chaussées) – in the City's tree register, to improve their management and facilitate closer monitoring.
• Depaving and greening of schoolyards by replacing impermeable surfaces with vegetation – especially trees – to create spaces that are cooler and more welcoming for the children.
• Municipal nursery: Although the trees grown in the nursery are not yet counted in the total number of trees, they will play a key role when they are replanted in the future as part of various projects.
• Agroforestry: In partnership with farmers, rows of trees will be planted between agricultural plots, fostering both production and environmental protection.
• Orchards: The City plans to create new orchards and plant more trees in existing orchards, thus helping to safeguard local varieties and promote biodiversity.
• Purchase of additional land (12 ha), enabling the creation of new tree spaces and larger-scale environmental initiatives.
• Update of the tree-protection charter to tighten the rules for protecting the City's tree heritage.
• Participatory tree-planting initiatives: City employees will also be mobilised through tree-planting initiatives during their lunch breaks or outside working hours, thereby fostering greater community involvement in the ecological transition.

City residents

Several community initiatives are also planned so that everyone can play their part in this urban reforestation effort.

• Participatory tree-planting initiatives in the city's 24 districts, to foster local resident involvement in urban reforestation projects.
• Distribution of trees to residents so that they can plant them in their own gardens, thereby increasing vegetation cover in a decentralised manner.
• "Appartementsbësch" project: Residential forests will be created by identifying green spaces near apartment buildings so that residents without private gardens can also plant a tree and contribute to the community initiative.
• Planting of a tree for every newborn baby – a lasting symbolic gesture that connects the birth of a child to the growth of a tree in the city.
• Organisation of regular workshops for residents to teach them tree-care and pruning best practices, thereby fostering long-term involvement.
• Participation in LUGA (Luxembourg Urban Garden), with the planned distribution of 10,000 trees as part of this national environmental-education event.
• "Aktioun gielt Band" initiative: Encourage the collection and use of unharvested fruit in public orchards, to avoid waste and strengthen the bond between residents and their natural environment.