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Waterfall City Landscaping

URBAN

LANDSCAPING

Waterfall City leads the way in SA

By Emile Bolton, STM Landscaping

B eautifying urban road

verges with soft landscaping
such as trees, shrubs,
flowers, and grasses, offers
numerous benefits that enhance
both the aesthetic and functional
aspects of urban environments.
Cities worldwide are embracing
nature to elevate people’s living
and working experiences.

Cities with successful road
verge beautification
Singapore: Known for its lush
greenery, Singapore has invested
heavily in beautifying its road
verges, earning it the nickname
“Garden City.” The city incorporates
native trees and shrubs along its
roads, enhancing aesthetics and
biodiversity.

Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne
has implemented a comprehensive
urban greening strategy, including
planting trees and shrubs along road
verges. This initiative has improved
air quality and provided shade.

Vancouver, Canada: The city has
integrated green spaces and soft
landscaping into its urban design,
including road verges. Vancouver’s Benefits of urban greenery by absorbing pollutants and releasing
commitment to sustainability and Improved aesthetic appeal: Soft oxygen. They also help regulate
urban beautification has made it landscaping adds beauty and colour temperature by providing shade and
one of the greenest cities in North to otherwise dull and monotonous reducing the urban heat island effect,
America. urban areas. It creates a welcoming making cities more comfortable to live in.
environment for residents, visitors, and
Copenhagen, Denmark: businesses, boosting the overall visual Biodiversity enhancement: Road
Copenhagen has focused on creating appeal of a city. verges planted with native species can
a network of green corridors to provide habitats and food for urban
promote biodiversity and provide Environmental benefits: Plants and wildlife, such as birds, insects, and small
recreational spaces for residents. trees are crucial to improving air quality mammals.

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