Community Planting Week

Enhancing outdoor spaces to make them healthier and more attractive to local wildlife is a priority for us — and a joint effort with our community.  

Activities in this year’s Community Planting Week include a community planting session and plant giveaway. Both of which will show how easy and enjoyable it is to enhance our outdoor spaces by planting indigenous species that support local biodiversity — and have a big effect on environmental health.  

This initiative is one part of our Urban Forest Strategy, which guides the way we plan and maintain our urban forest — the sum of all trees, understorey, shrubs, ground covers and grasses across Glen Eira, on both public and private land. 

It’s also an important part of our annual Tree Planting Program, which supports us to reach our ambitious target of 22.5 per cent canopy cover over the entire municipality by 2040. 

Community planting day

Saturday 3 May, 10am to 1pm
King George VI Memorial Reserve, East Boundary Road, Bentleigh East

Come along to the Community Planting Day and help us plant 3000 native plants throughout King George VI Memorial Reserve, including shrubs, grasses and groundcovers — all of which will support the recently planted trees and increase habitat available to local wildlife.  

Plants will include species such as Bulbine bulbosa — a small lily with yellow flowers, Brachyscome multifida — a small shrub with purple flowers and Veronica gracilis — a small herb with mauve flowers, along with other native species.  

We are working on a guest speaker for the day, check back soon for updates.  

We strongly recommend bringing gloves, sturdy, closed toe shoes, a sun hat, and water bottle. If you have a hand trowel or small digging tool, please also bring it along with you.  

These events are part of our annual Community Planting Week. It shows how easy and enjoyable it is to enhance our outdoor spaces by planting indigenous species that support local biodiversity — and have a big effect on environmental health.  

Registrations are required. Reserve your spot for one of the below time slots:  

Plant giveaway

Want to increase greenery in your backyard and play a part in helping to strengthen biodiversity in your local neighbourhood? Come and pick up a free native plant, including a Brachyscome multifida — a small shrub with purple flowers, or a Chrysocephalum apiculatum — a small green plan with yellow, button-like flowers that attract native bees, to plant in your own garden. This indigenous plant helps to attract bees and other beneficial insects to your garden and neighbourhood. 

Sunday 11 May, 10am-12pm 
Caulfield Park — Parks Depot, 721 Inkerman Road, Caulfield North

No registrations required.