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Horticulture and Amenities

Zoological and Horticultural Education

The LCSD runs a number of zoological and horticultural education programmes covering various areas such as conservation and green issues. In 2017-18, around 23 300 people participated in 436 zoological programmes, while around 31 500 took part in 460 horticultural programmes. In addition, 690 education programmes were organised for approximately 22 100 school students.

During the year, a zoological education exhibition was held at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, and a horticultural education exhibition was held at Kowloon Park. The exhibition materials were then put on display at Hong Kong Park, Kowloon Park, Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, Tai Po Waterfront Park, Tuen Mun Park, Yuen Long Park, North District Park and Lai Chi Kok Park. These exhibitions attracted around 25 500 visitors. Furthermore, 13 courses on conservation topics were run for members of the public.

Tree Management

The LCSD is responsible for managing and maintaining around 620 000 trees. Of the 474 trees currently on the Government’s Register of Old and Valuable Trees, 339 are maintained by the LCSD.

The LCSD has six regional tree teams that carry out tree management work. In 2017-18 the LCSD continued to conduct regular inspections of the trees under its care, and carried out tree maintenance and trimming work on some 76 600 trees.

Around 1 400 trees were planted under the LCSD’s tree-planting programmes in 2017-18, with 1 000 of these planted along roadsides and 400 in parks and gardens. Some 67 per cent of these were planted in the New Territories, with the remainder planted in urban areas. Among them, around 830 were flowering trees such as Yellow Pui, Queen Crape Myrtle, Paper-bark Tree, Golden Penda and Camel’s Foot Tree.

Horticultural and Landscape Services

One of the goals of the LCSD is to play an active part in greening urban Hong Kong. We monitor planting programmes in all districts, including those planted on development sites. During the year, we successfully preserved around 2 100 trees through the Tree Preservation Board.

The LCSD also assists in vetting landscape designs submitted for open spaces and roadside amenities under development, including the designs for the Central Kowloon Route, the Kai Tak Development, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge project, and the Greening Master Plan for the New Territories. In 2017-18, we further initiated landscape improvements for around 18 hectares at existing venues and roadside amenities.

In line with our responsibility for improving the urban environment and the landscape in general, we maintain our policies and guidelines according to the latest horticultural and arboricultural practices, and periodically review our practices.