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
Replacement of irrigation at Bill Grayden Oval
Works have commenced at Bill Grayden Reserve in Como to replace the sporting oval's irrigation system which has reached the end of its lifecycle.
Tree Pruning and Removal Works - David Vincent Reserve
The City of South Perth will be pruning a section of trees in David Vincent Reserve, Kensington.
Playground renewals 2023-2024
The City of South Perth has identified two new playgrounds; Swanview Reserve and Bill McGrath Reserve for renewal in the 2023/24 financial year.
Proposal for synthetic hockey turf at Collier Reserve not supported
Council votes not to proceed with proposed synthetic hockey pitch at Collier Reserve in Como.
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

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