Natural area management

Adenanthos wooly bush close up.
The City maintains 50 hectares of natural areas and undertakes several environmental restoration projects each year to protect the environment, support local flora and fauna, and help restore biodiversity.

2025 Winter planting

Between May and July each year, the City undertakes a winter planting program to support the restoration and revegetation of key natural reserve areas and sites.

In 2025, the City will be installing approximately 32,000 native plants across five bushland sites:

  • Garvey Park
  • Tomato Lake bushland
  • Signal Hill bushland
  • PH Dod Reserve
  • Rivervale Foreshore bushland

And 5,400 native sedges and rushes over three wetland sites:

  • Tomato Lake
  • Swan River Foreshore (Ascot)
  • Scott Street living stream

Garvey Park Ecological Connectivity Upgrade

Through funding from the Swan Canning Riverpark Urban Forest (SCRUF) Program, the City is transforming 1.6 hectares of dry grassland at Garvey Park into a bushland habitat for native wildlife. 

Taking place over two years, the revegetation project will see a combination of native and locally occurring species planted across the site, providing an ecological linkage between the Garvey Park bushland and wetland areas.
Garvey Park Ecological Connectivity Upgrade

Foreshore Stabilisation projects

Garvey Park Foreshore Stabilisation - Section 2

The Esplanade Foreshore Stabilisation and Landscaping

 
Adenanthos wooly bush close up.

Vegetation within the Swan Canning Riverpark and Development Control area

Trees and other vegetation located within the Swan Canning Riverpark and Development Control area are protected under the Swan and Canning Rivers Management Act and Regulations.  This can include vegetation located on private property. 

If your property is located within this protected area, you will need approval from the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions before you can prune, remove or do anything which could damage or impact the vegetation. Penalties of up to $5,000 apply for damage to vegetation without approval.

For more information, please contact the Rivers & Estuaries Branch of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.