Abstract: The urban forest,as a living infrastructure,is a dispensable index of measuring the level of civilization and the sustainable development ability of a city. Establishing a perfect ecological system of urban forests and implementing reasonable and effective close-to-nature management of urban forests play an important role in creating the urban forest. In this article,discussion is made on the close-to-nature management,its conceptual meaning,guiding theory and principles,technological range,contents,steps and measures. The focus is to expatiate the object and measures of the urban forest management in Zhangshu City, aiming to provide management techniques for urban forests under the guidance of an advanced concept.