Richmond HillSite Alteration & EngineeringTrees
Urban Forest Planting Guidelines
Published by City of Richmond Hill
This is the City of Richmond Hill’s document, as published on its website on 19 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- Guide
- Published by
- City of Richmond Hill
- Date
- February 2016
- For
- designer
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 93
Overview
Richmond Hill's Urban Forest Planting Guidelines, dated February 2016 and prepared for the Town by Schollen & Company Inc. and Urban Forest Innovations Inc. It guides new and infill tree planting on street boulevards and parks, characterizing planting sites by soils, hydrogeology, land use and street and park typologies,. It describes a Tree Species Selection Tool of 105 species, screening and soil testing, utility and setback distances, species composition vignettes, schematic planting details including soil cells, soil laboratories and costs. It sits beside the City's tree by-laws and design guidelines.
What it covers
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Policy Context
- Characterization of “Planting Sites”
- Tree Species Selection Tool
- Sustainable Planting Details
- Implementation Methodology
- Screening Level Assessment
- Site Diagnosis
- Pre-Planting Procedures
- Species Composition Guidelines
- Future Directions
- Cost Analysis
- Tree Species Selection Tool and Matrix
- Schematic Planting Details
- List of Accredited Soil Testing Laboratories
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