Urban Greening Strategy
A plan for a greener, cooler and more liveable City
The draft Urban Greening Strategy is now available for your feedback, as stage three of the stakeholder engagement.
The City of South Perth is developing a new urban greening strategy, and we want your feedback to help to make a greener, cooler and more liveable place for us to live, work and visit.
Urban greening is not just about the urban forest or tree canopy. It also incorporates vegetation, shrubs, understorey planting and many other ways to recognise and retain nature and biodiversity, which help make our City more climate resilient and makes an area more pleasant to live in.
Following two stages of extensive stakeholder and community engagement, the draft Urban Greening Strategy document has been written by independent consultants from Josh Byrne and Associates.
We want to hear your feedback on the draft document - complete the online feedback form.
How can I provide my feedback?
- Read the draft Urban Greening Strategy in the Document Library
- Complete the online feedback form.
Hard copy feedback forms are available at the Civic Centre and South Perth and Manning Libraries. - Drop in and talk to the project team:
- Saturday 10 May 2025, any time between 9am-1pm
at the City’s Tree Giveaway, Operations Centre, Thelma St, Como - Wednesday 21 May 2025, any time between 4-6.30pm
at the City of South Perth Civic Centre, Reception Room, Cnr Sandgate St & South Tce, South Perth
- Saturday 10 May 2025, any time between 9am-1pm
- Read the frequently asked questions
- Ask a question online
Feedback closes at 4pm, Tuesday 27 May 2025.
Engagement process
The Urban Greening Strategy stakeholder engagement has a three stage process:
- Stage 1: Broad engagement (survey and pop-up events).
Complete: read about what happened during Stage 1. (September/October 2024) - Stage 2: Deliberative panel (a panel of key stakeholders and community members who will work collaboratively to recommend priorities for the Urban Greening Strategy). (February 2025).
- Stage 3: Community feedback on draft Urban Greening Strategy (information sessions and feedback form). (Closes 4pm, 27 May 2025).
Information and documents on this page are available in alternative formats upon request.
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Stage 2: Deliberative panel
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Stage 2 of the City’s Urban Greening Strategy stakeholder engagement is now complete. The City brought together key stakeholders and community members in a deliberative panel.
Independent consultants facilitated workshops attended by 38 people who represented the City’s demographic, and who worked collaboratively to address the remit:
"To recommend urban greening priorities in the City of South Perth, that best balance the needs of the community and the natural environment for future generations."
The panel first got together for a two-hour induction in early February. They met for two full days on Saturdays 8 and 22 February to explore the key challenges and opportunities, before confirming their priorities for urban greening in the City.
The panellists selected three of their members to present a summary of their work and a report to Mayor Greg Milner and three of the Councillors.
The next steps are that Josh Byrne & Associates will take on board the panel’s priorities when writing the draft Urban Greening Strategy.
There will be an opportunity for further community feedback on the draft Urban Greening Strategy during Stage 3 of the stakeholder engagement process, which is expected to be in April/May 2025.
Document library
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Draft Urban Greening Strategy May 2025.pdf (5.3 MB) (pdf)
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Stakeholder engagement stage one outcomes report.pdf (2.53 MB) (pdf)
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What is urban greening? (1.26 MB) (pdf)
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Street trees, verges and green corridors (887 KB) (pdf)
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Hurlingham Living Stream (918 KB) (pdf)
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2018-2023: Some of what we have done (140 KB) (pdf)
