The Seville City Council, which continues to advance its commitment to increasing the city’s natural shade, will add another 6,500 trees and 14,821 shrubs to the city through the 2025-2026 planting campaign, launched on Thursday and which It will exceed 16,500 new copies in the past three years.
Specifically, that 4,154 species will be planted in parks, squares, gardens and streets; 1,477 will be sent to areas managed by Medios Propios, especially in symbolic parks such as María Luisa, Amate or Murillo Gardens; Another 645 will be planted to compensate for the work, especially the third line of the metro, where For every sample removed, “four more samples will be implanted.”Municipal sources confirmed. And 235 trees in new urban projects, which enhances growth areas.
Likewise, the The northern region will be the region that will receive the largest number of farms With 1,299 copies, followed by Sur (816), Cerro-Amate (792), Triana (787) and Este-Alcosa-Torreblanca (767), municipal sources reported in detail. In addition, a total of 882 copies will be installed in places where they did not exist before.
New sites
Of the total, 882 trees will be placed where they were not beforeAmong them, Fernanda Calado Rosales Avenue stands out, with 25 new streets and Infanta Elena Park, which will include thirty other streets in new areas, a measure “He gains true shadow where he never had it beforesaid branch representative, Evelia Rincon.
It will also strengthen the campaign Gardens that act as refuges from the heatleading to increased areas of shade and vegetation, such as those in San Jerónimo I and II (Northern Area) which will add more than 80 leafy specimens, or the Tamarjillo Area (Este Alcosa Torreblanca), where 149 new specimens will be added.
Risks of consolidation and technical oversight in order to survive
To ensure the trees flourish, the city council is developing an enhanced irrigation system, which is maintained during the first two years of each specimen’s life. This system includes 50 liters per session, mandatory registration and technical monitoring and quality controls in the field, among other measures.
It’s still there A normal percentage of trees fail to growDue to environmental or biological factors or factors inherent in the adaptation process. That percentage It’s usually around 10%, it’s a fact It is inherent in any farm and responds not to management failure, but to natural processes.
In this sense, all trees that do not take root during the two years following planting They will serve as spare parts at no cost to the City CouncilThe replacement is the responsibility of the companies that won the bid. Only damage caused by vandalism is excluded. This system ensures that Seville does not lose its trees and maintains the final number of planned plantations.
In addition, all steps before and after planting have been strengthened: feasibility studies, species selection, plant quality, guaranteed irrigation, and continuous technical monitoring. With this model, “the city is moving towards… More efficient farms, with greater survival and better adaptation For the climate,” said Evelia Rincon.
Samples in this campaign will have milestones with a pink mark, compared to the blue mark from the previous year. ‘Very effective’ procedureImproves irrigation planning and makes it easier to controlThe City Council added “of trees and reflects” a new way of management: more organized, more stringent and oriented towards the actual control of each tree planted.
16,500 trees in three years
With the expectations of this campaign, The development of which can be adjusted depending on the availability of farms, climatic conditions and technical parameters during implementation, Seville will exceed more than 16,500 trees planted in the last three years. It’s about The biggest push for urban trees in recent decades.
For the delegate, this number It shows a “firm commitment” to a “more liveable Seville”. More shade, more environmental quality and green infrastructure “Ready for the future”, in order to combat high temperatures in the city that exceed 40 degrees Celsius in the summer.
He stressed that this campaign consolidates the “serious management” model, planned and based on technical standards, highlighting that the city council is working according to a “long-term vision for the city,” in line with the goal of the mayor, Jose Luis Sanz, to reach 30,000 copies in 2030.