Throughout the development history of the world, most of the urban development is caused by water, and the water environment plays an essential role in shaping the space and presenting the landscape image of cities. As a typical representative of urban waterfront public space, strip waterfront public space has tremendous significance for the construction and development of urban waterfront public space. Based on the research of plant landscape configuration strategy, combined with the analysis of the current greening development forms, relevant requirements, and the characteristics of the strip waterfront space, a three-point strategy for the plant landscape configuration of the strip waterfront public space proposed, namely the construction of low-carbon breathable green space; the landscape construction of characteristic specialized gardens; the structure of natural habitat protection areas. These strategies have been well applied in the landscape construction of the Expo section of Huangpu Riverside public space and also hope to provide a reference for the construction of other ribbon-shaped waterfront spaces.