Rewild your weekend and plant like nobody’s watching. Together we’re bringing the biodiversity back to Vic Park!
Each year, the Town runs community planting days as part of the Urban Forest Strategy. Taking place during our planting season, which runs from June to September, we tackle local locations with our planting schedule and invite community members to join us in investing in our future urban forest canopy and understorey.
Join us for one or both planting sessions!
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2026 Planting Days
Community Planting Day - June
- Sunday 14 June 2026
- 9am-12pm
- Jirdarup Bushland Entrance, Baron Hay Court
For our first planting day this year, we're joining forces with the fabulous Friends of Jirdarup, adding some leafy green habitat to their verge on Baron Hay Court. The Jirdarup Bushland is a very special pocket of remnant bushland. Let's help strengthen the biodiversity of its perimeter.
Look out for fun, engaging experiences running in conjunction with the planting event – details coming soon.
These events are FREE, but please register for catering purposes.
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Community Planting Day - July
- Sunday 12 July 2026
- 9am-12pm
- Corner Hayman Road and Brodie-Hall Drive
Join us for a celebration of NAIDOC week that will see you actively caring for Country, getting your hands dirty and putting endemic species in the ground as part of a long-term planting project!
We've been targeting the verge along Kent St and Hayman Rd over the past few years to extend an Ecological Corridor from the remnant banksia bushland at Jirdarup down towards the Canning River. See the progress here.
These events are FREE, but please register for catering purposes.
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What are we planting?
The Town is all about planting local species. So local, in fact, that most of our tube stock is grown from seed that has been collected from Jirdarup and Hill View bushlands – which makes our plants very special indeed. We are really pleased to be able to work with the City of South Perth nursery to raise our seed into strong seedlings, ready to plant across the Town. Being grown from locally collected seed also means our plant stock is happiest in our local soils and local climate; maximising the resilience of our planting program. You can find out more about the many local species we are planting at our Community Planting Days below.
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Street Trees
Keen to embrace our urban forest and request a street tree this planting season?
Each year, our Leafy Streets program runs during planting season (June to September), where we identify verges for planting and give residents a choice of tree to add to their verge.
We also welcome resident-led interest in having a verge tree planted and will consider requests on a case-by-case basis.
Street tree planting requests can be made all year around, with the cut-off date at the end of February for tree planting in the same year. Requests made after February will be included in the following planting season.
To find out more and request a street tree, click below.
Street Trees