Lilydale Street Trees
Location
Anderson St, Castella St, Cave Hill Rd, Clarke St, Recreation Reserve, Lilydale VIC 3140
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Statement of Significance
The Lilydale Street Trees, specifically the extant mature English oak (Quercus robur), London plane (Platanus x acerfolia), English elm (Ulmus procera), Ash (Fraxinus), Sugar-gum (Eucalyptus cladocalyx), Mahogany-gum (Eucalyptus botryoides) and Flowering-gum (Corybia ficifolia) street trees are significant. Later replacement trees and other introduced tree species are not significant, along with the roads, pathways, kerbing and parking areas.
The Lilydale Street Trees are of local historic and aesthetic significance to the township of Lilydale
and Yarra Ranges Council more broadly.
The mature street trees of Lilydale have high local significance as they are associated with the community 'Arbor days' that occurred from 1897-1920 (A4) and the efforts of prominent Lilydale community members to contribute to the townships creation (H1). The street trees are also significant for their aesthetic and landscape values to the Lilydale Township (E1).
The Lilydale Street Trees are historically significant as an intact collection of street tree plantings established from 1897 to 1920, planted to beautify the town. The Street Trees are of further historical value as trees planted by many citizens of Lilydale on the annual ‘Arbor Days’. They are a symbol of the cooperation and community spirit of the people of Lilydale in the late 19th century, and a living memory of many once prominent citizens of the Lilydale Shire.
(Criterion A)
The Lilydale Street Trees are of aesthetic significance as a collection of street plantings, including mature English oak (Quercus robur), London plane (Platanus x acerfolia), Ash (Fraxinus), English elm (Ulmus procera), Sugar-gum (Eucalyptus cladocalyx) and Mahogany-gum (Eucalyptus botryoides) and Flowering-gum (Corymbia ficifolia) street trees, which combine to give parts of Lilydale its green character.
(Criterion E)
Description
The historic trees of Lilydale include the mature street plantings in the following streets:
Clarke Street, Castella Street, Chapel Street, Anderson Street, Cave Hill Road, Maroondah Highway and the Eyrie.
The most intact tree avenues exist in Southern Cave Hill Road, Anderson Street, Castella Street and Maroondah Highway. The avenue existing in Maroondah Highway also known as the Queen Jubilee or Jansen memorial avenue is already protected by Heritage Overlay 77 (HO77).
The trees mainly consist of Elms, Oaks, Plane, Peppercorn and Ash with some eucalyptus species (Sugar and Mahogany Gums) of various ages with a majority being over 70 years old.
There are also remarkable mature rows of Elms within the boundary of the Railway reserve and Lilydale Recreation Reserve near Lilydale Station and the western end of Lilydale Lake near Olinda Creek.
