Date Time One more tree planted as city’s ‘green canopy’ increases Mayor Tom Tate has today planted a weeping lily pilly at Evandale, as data shows the city’s green canopy continues to increase. In three years, the tree will be four metres in height, adding to our city’s overall green canopy. A 2020 report – Urban Tree Canopy Study – detailed extensive research into the Gold Coast Urban Footprint. The report found that, across the total area of public open space lands and critical environmental corridors within the Urban Footprint, the extent and maturity of tree cover has increased over the past 10 years.