The Delegation of Trees, Parks and Gardens of the Seville City Council The planting of 76 new palm trees has begun on Marie Curie Street, in the Cartuja area and the exterior of Sevilla TechPark. This project restores the street's green character after decades without new plantings, as Palm trees had not been replaced since 1992.
The project includes the creation of 16 new locations to incorporate vegetation where there was none before, with a budget of 150.802,88 EurosThe work includes preparing the land, opening tree pits, planting the trees, and installing stabilization systems to ensure they take root in the first few months.
What will the intervention on Marie Curie Street be like?
The operation is underway this week along the entire length of the street, a thoroughfare of more than a kilometer linked to the technology park. The aim is to restore the street trees and fill in gaps with specimens suitable to the urban environment of La Cartuja.
In addition to the planting, tasks have been scheduled for to guarantee proper settlementProtection from wind, staking, planting irrigation, and technical monitoring. All of this aims to minimize transplant stress and improve survival.
The road, with heavy work and university use, recovers its former importance with this measure. landscape image and a green continuity that had been lost over time. The intervention also contributes to improving thermal comfort and pedestrian comfort.
City officials emphasize that the replanting in Marie Curie is a significant step within the tree-planting plan because Revitalizes an iconic street since Expo 92 and strengthens the identity of the Cartuja district without interfering with the road network.
More plantations and benefits for Seville
With this project, the City Council achieves 495 palm trees planted since JuneIn addition to the 76 Marie Curie statues, 419 more have already been planted in various parts of the city in recent months.
- Miraflores Park II: 88 palm trees, reinforcement of the northern green lung.
- Palm Avenue: 44 copies, recovery of the historical image.
- Catalina de Ribera Promenade: 34 palm trees, improvement of the monumental promenade.
- Vega de Triana Park: 40 new plantations, more robust plant structure.
- Maria Luisa Park and Jardines de las Delicias: 28 additions.
- Princes Park: 19 copies additional.
- Murillo Gardens: 37 palm trees (date palms, canary trees and Trachycarpus), closing the replenishment.
In addition, actions have been carried out in different neighborhoods to improve the distribution of this reference tree population: Jardines de la Caridad, Parque Amate, Puerta de Jerez, Avenida de la Constitución and Calle Juan Pablos, among other enclaves.
Delegate Evelia Rincón emphasizes that the planting plan contributes to to restore environmental, historical and aesthetic value to the capital, recovering areas that had gone years without intervention and reinforcing the landscape identity of each district.
In Seville, the palm tree is a particularly suitable choice because of its low water demand and its resistance to episodes of heat, drought, and wind. Its root system, of the fibrous type, It does not lift sidewalks nor does it create conflicts with infrastructure as it grows.
These species also contribute ecologically: they serve as food source for urban wildlifeThey help increase biodiversity and promote a more balanced ecosystem. All of this facilitates more efficient and sustainable maintenance.
At the same time, the City Council is framing this intervention within a broader municipal urban reforestation program, which in the last two years has incorporated 10.000 trees and aspires to reach 30.000 copies by 2030, with nearly 6.000 planted This year alone, according to municipal data.
The planting on Marie Curie Street strengthens Seville's network of green spaces with an action by Low impact and high landscape valueIt adds continuity to the alignments and advances in the recovery of the historic trees with criteria of efficiency and climate adaptation.
