Wednesday May 27th 2026
Glasgow City Chambers
Written by Local Democracy Reporter, Catherine Hunter
Concerns over the maintenance of street trees across Glasgow have been raised by a local councillor after funding to plant 100 more was set aside by the council.
During Tuesday’s net zero committee councillor Stephen Docherty said he noticed that there were dead trees in an area of Pollokshields near Glendale Primary School.
Almost £400,000 funding to plant more trees in Glasgow has been set aside by the city council with areas expecting to benefit from the money including the edge of the city centre into the west end and the south east near the banks of the Clyde.
Councillor Docherty said: “This morning I had a look on Buchanan Street and it is good to see that the street trees have finally had a haircut after 20 years, which is good and you can see a bit of management there.
“There are a couple of places that I have noticed during the election in April/May – on McCulloch Street in Pollokshields you’ve got street trees at Glendale Primary and you’ve got grids for protecting routes and tree guards but there are dead trees.
“These could easily be replaced with new trees.
“With regards to trees and planters, what is the long-term strategy in five or ten years because these trees are going to become potbound.”
A council officer confirmed that the plans for existing trees are covered in the council’s tree plan with colleagues monitoring the maintenance of them.
She said: “What I can say is that for the new projects, tree maintenance is considered very highly and the cost of those is acknowledged.
“I can certainly pass on your views those trees near to Glendale Primary and see what the situation is there. I am aware we will be looking at trying to understand all the tree pits that do exist across the city.
“That will be a rather large piece of work but I know it has been conducted in a couple of wards already. There are reasons why tree pits are empty and why they don’t survive so that will be considered as well.”
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