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
Foreshore irrigation upgrade flows into final stage
Work is flowing into the final stage of the Sir James Mitchell Park irrigation upgrade.
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New glow up for City parks and open spaces
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.
City to plant 850 new trees this winter
This winter, 850 new 35L trees will be planted across streets and open spaces in the City of South Perth, helping to increase canopy cover, provide shade, support local biodiversity and create greener neighbourhoods.
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City to begin annual broadleaf weed spraying
The month, the City will start its annual Broadleaf Spraying Program to control weeds in sumps and reserves, helping maintain well-presented and enjoyable turfed areas for the community.
Local groups awarded funding for urban greening projects
Five local environmental and community groups have received a funding boost to support local conservation efforts in the City of South Perth.
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
