Last Friday, the Metropolis and the City of Lyon kicked off the 2025-2026 planting campaign. Just like every winter, from November to March, the technical teams are busy enhancing urban vegetation. This colossal project is one of the major hallmarks of the current majority. The idea is simple yet ambitious: to transform a city that has long been concrete-dominated into a more breathable territory, capable of meeting the intensifying climate challenge.
Part-Dieu: from a mineral desert to an oasis of freshness
Among the flagship projects, the renaturation of the Part-Dieu area is making great strides. By the end of December, 7 hectares of landscaping will spring up between Lacassagne and Garibaldi, an area historically dominated by concrete. The highlight will, of course, be the future Part-Dieu wood: 1.2 hectares transformed into a true urban micro-forest, with more than 143 trees, 706 young plants, 2,395 shrubs, and over 16,000 perennial plants.
Banks, fountains, and soft lighting for biodiversity and new pedestrian paths complete this transformation of 5.22 million euros.A winter of 79 green projects
Beyond Part-Dieu, the city aims to dig into the earth wherever possible. This winter, no less than 79 operations are planned to green over 13 hectares: planted streets, renaturalized facades, urban orchards, tree alignments… The people of Lyon even helped out by receiving 2,000 trees during the distribution event on the weekend of November 22. And the effort continues: 4.4 km of hedges will be created, and an additional 7,000 trees will join the urban forests of Feyzin and Caluire-et-Cuire.
Source: Lyon Mag