Planting one million trees across the west by 2050 is a mammoth task.
For its efforts to do so, Greening the West has been recognised as a national innovator and leader of urban development.
Melton green thumbs have already planted hundreds of trees across the municipality as part of the Greening the West initiative developed by City West Water and supported by western suburbs councils.
City West Water customers, community and environment manager Cameron Fitzgerald said the program started in response to the millennium drought, which left sports fields dry and in which many trees died.
“Creating green space is not just a matter of beautifying an area,” Mr Fitzgerald said. “It’s about delivering health and lifestyle benefits to residents.”
Greening the West won the federal government’s leadership award at the Urban Development Institute of Australia awards and the program innovation award at the Victorian Water Awards earlier this month.
