What's growing on in the Balga Ward

Do you enjoy walking along cool, leafy streets? Perhaps you prefer a bushwalk at Princess Wallington Reserve or a lap around Celebration Park or Barry Britton Reserve? 

Last year, the City’s Local Convo series highlighted that community wellbeing, park development and trees and greening are among the top priorities for residents in the Balga Ward. While this area is already home to a network of parks and bushland reserves, there’s a unique opportunity to increase planting to better connect these spaces and create a biodiversity corridor. This will not only help native animals move more easily between fragmented habitats but also deliver cool, green, healthy neighbourhoods. 

What is the City doing to help green the Balga Ward? 

Mapping a biodiversity corridor: Identifying innovative opportunities to link existing habitats in local parks and bushlands through greening projects. Key areas include Celebration Park, Princess Wallington Reserve, Bina Parkland, Camberwell Park, and Whitburn Redcliffe Reserve. 

Taking environmental DNA samples from the surfaces of verge spaces and bushland habitats to better understand the existing biodiversity and wildlife. 

Street Tree Planting Projects: Several streets will receive new trees as part of the 2025 planting season in Mirrabooka and Nollamara. Check the planting map for details. https://www.stirling.wa.gov.au/waste-and-environment/trees/planting-programs-and-tree-maintenance

How to get involved 

Create a Native Waterwise Verge: Watch the step-by-step video guide here.

Join Community Planting Days: Register for one of the City’s community planting days in the Balga Ward.  

Apply for a Sustainable Communities Grant to help protect and enhance our natural environment.