Partnerships in management will help to build resilience. Collaborative approaches to management will incorporate strategic direction, guidance and communication. 4.0 Master Plan Themes 4.1 Nurture a diverse landscape and parkland ecology The City of Melbourne is currently facing three significant challenges: climate change, urban heating and population growth. These will place pressure on the fabric, services and people of the city. We need to respond to these challenges by proactively building healthy resilient landscapes for future generations. The Domain Parklands play a critical environmental health role, acting as lungs for the city. All its natural elements—soil, water, trees and plants—require effective management and resourcing over the short and long term. We want to maximise the environmental contribution of the parklands and incorporate this into future decision-making. The parklands are also significant in that they provide pleasure, respite and contact with nature to people visiting the parklands. The quality of the experience is enhanced through landscape design and horticultural expertise. 4.1.1 Elevate horticultural complexity and management Enhancing horticultural elements in the landscape and connecting to significant landscapes such as the Melbourne Gardens and Yarra River, will attract visitors, and enhance visitor experience through appreciation of the landscape. Technical expertise and good management is needed to support a healthy landscape, respect heritage and achieve cost effective maintenance. A management plan and guiding principles will be developed to enable operational decision making, to inform park renewal, routine maintenance and operational plans, including where garden beds should be reinstated or removed. The management plan will include all asset classes (such as horticulture, paths, infrastructure, and water features). The plan will guide selection of a healthy mix of exotic and native species as well as functional aspects such as shade for the Tan Track. Through the master plan we will continue to ensure the parklands are a centre of excellence in urban horticulture. Master Plan Actions Implement City of Melbourne Eco-City strategies retaining landscape design elements that have been assessed as having primary conservation significance. Develop and implement a management plan and guiding principles that facilitates horticultural excellence for planting styles, locations and maintenance regimes for the parklands. Strategically introduce native plant palettes in key areas including the river edge. As part of the detailed designs for Kings Domain south, Kings Domain (Toms Block) and Alexandra Park, improve landscape character and planting diversity.
Partnerships in management will help to build resilience. Collaborative approaches to management will incorporate strategic direction, guidance and communication. 4.0 Master Plan Themes 4.1 Nurture a diverse landscape and parkland ecology The City of Melbourne is currently facing three significant challenges: climate change, urban heating and population growth. These will place pressure on the fabric, services and people of the city. We need to respond to these challenges by proactively building healthy resilient landscapes for future generations. The Domain Parklands play a critical environmental health role, acting as lungs for the city. All its natural elements—soil, water, trees and plants—require effective management and resourcing over the short and long term. We want to maximise the environmental contribution of the parklands and incorporate this into future decision-making. The parklands are also significant in that they provide pleasure, respite and contact with nature to people visiting the parklands. The quality of the experience is enhanced through landscape design and horticultural expertise. 4.1.1 Elevate horticultural complexity and management Enhancing horticultural elements in the landscape and connecting to significant landscapes such as the Melbourne Gardens and Yarra River, will attract visitors, and enhance visitor experience through appreciation of the landscape. Technical expertise and good management is needed to support a healthy landscape, respect heritage and achieve cost effective maintenance. A management plan and guiding principles will be developed to enable operational decision making, to inform park renewal, routine maintenance and operational plans, including where garden beds should be reinstated or removed. The management plan will include all asset classes (such as horticulture, paths, infrastructure, and water features). The plan will guide selection of a healthy mix of exotic and native species as well as functional aspects such as shade for the Tan Track. Through the master plan we will continue to ensure the parklands are a centre of excellence in urban horticulture. Master Plan Actions Implement City of Melbourne Eco-City strategies retaining landscape design elements that have been assessed as having primary conservation significance. Develop and implement a management plan and guiding principles that facilitates horticultural excellence for planting styles, locations and maintenance regimes for the parklands. Strategically introduce native plant palettes in key areas including the river edge. As part of the detailed designs for Kings Domain south, Kings Domain (Toms Block) and Alexandra Park, improve landscape character and planting diversity.