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Parks and Reserves Works

The City aims to provide and maintain high quality facilities for the local and wider community that support amenity, sport, recreation and biodiversity outcomes. 

The City’s parks and reserves are being progressively hydro-zoned and eco-zoned to conserve water. The City is provided an allocation by the Department of Water and has to operate within that allocation while still maintaining parks and reserves for the community to use and enjoy. 

Hydro-zoning is the practice of grouping types of vegetation into categories with similar water requirements to enable more efficient and responsible use of irrigation water. When designing and managing POS, the different water needs of turf, lawns, trees and low water-use plants are taken into account. Eco-zoning is the conversion of existing turfed areas into native garden areas. Ultimately this allows for minimal water to support an area that once sustained turf, saving large volumes of water.

The City also facilitates effective management of the Swan and Canning River foreshores and improves the amenity value and sustainable uses of all our public open spaces and foreshores. 

Current parks and reserves works 

News Listings

August 2026
ThecompletedGodwinAvenuesumpinMay2026withwaterwisenativelandscapingandmulchedgardenbeds

Two years on: a greener approach to stormwater infrastructure

News Update 10 August 2026

Two years on, the Godwin Avenue Sump and Henley Street Verge is delivering a greener, more biodiverse space and showcasing how urban greening can enhance stormwater infrastructure.

Parks and Reserves
ThenewbirdwateringstationatHurlinghamLivingStream

Foreshore birds sing praises of new watering station

News Update 10 August 2026

A new bird watering station has been installed at Hurlingham Living Stream to provide a reliable source of fresh water year-round for native birds.

Parks and Reserves Sir James Mitchell Park
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Young, green-thumbed volunteers enhance local natural areas

News Update 5 August 2026

More than 55 young volunteers rolled up their sleeves during the July school holidays to help restore and enhance local natural areas in the City of the South Perth as part of a community planting program delivered in partnership with the South Perth Youth Network (SPYN).

Parks and Reserves SPYWA Youth
July 2026
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Foreshore irrigation upgrade flows into final stage

News Update 10 July 2026

Work is flowing into the final stage of the Sir James Mitchell Park irrigation upgrade.

Parks and Reserves Sir James Mitchell Park
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New glow up for City parks and open spaces

News Update 7 July 2026

Several parks and open spaces across the City are now safer and more accessible, following the installation of $50,000 worth of new lighting funded by the WA Government.

Parks and Reserves

Scheduled capital works

Parks and reserves capital work projects for the 2025/26 financial year include: 

  • Coode Street Foreshore - River restoration 
  • Hurlingham Living Stream
  • Sir James Mitchell Park - Irrigation replacement
  • Elderfield/Sandon Park - Boardwalk replacement
  • Hope Reserve - Playground replacement
  • Karawara Laneways
  • Mill Point Close - Revegetation
  • Lake Tondut and Hurlingham - Lake aerators