Galup Greening Acceleration

  • Project scheduleDecember 2024 to June 2025
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Last Updated: 30/06/2025

The Town of Cambridge was awarded funding to deliver revegetation and tree planting works at Galup, through the Urban Greening Grant Program Round Three funding.

The Urban Greening Grants Program is delivered by the Town with the support of Western Australia Local Government Authority (WALGA) and funded by the Government of Western Australia.

The proposed works include revegetation planting along the banks of the lake to improve biodiversity and habitat, and park and street tree planting to improve the poor canopy cover in the area.

This grant funding will enable the Town to bring forward future planned works to 2025, enhancing tree canopy cover, shade, amenity, and biodiversity in a shorter timeframe.

The project will enable the Town to undertake site preparation works including weed control and mulching, plant up to 30,000 plants and water the plants throughout the warm seasons.

The Town will plant more than two hundred trees in consultation with local residents, during the project.

The Town will engage schools, organisations and other groups willing to volunteer their time to plant close to 30,000 revegetation species, including shrubs, ground covers, grasses, and sedges. 

Project Schedule

  • Grant agreement signed December 2024
  • Site preparation January to June 2025
  • Community engagement January to June 2025
  • Tree planting by the Town May to June 2025
  • Volunteer revegetation planting events June 2025

Progress Updates

This preparation and planting component of this project is now complete.

The Town would like to acknowledge the assistance of various contractors and volunteers from the below schools and organisations who contributed toward the success of this revegetation project. 

  • Lake Monger Primary School
  • Floreat Park Primary School
  • Wembley Primary School
  • Holy Spirit Primary School
  • West Leederville Primary School
  • Scouts WA
  • AFG Brokering
  • Water Corporation
  • Rio Tinto in collaboration with Volunteering WA

The remaining Urban Greening Grant funding, for this project, will be used to undertake watering of the plants from late Spring 2025 to Autumn 2026. The Town will add the newly revegetated areas and additional tree canopy species to the ongoing maintenance program for the reserve.

 

 

Contact details

Natural Environment Officer
(08) 9347 6000
mail@cambridge.wa.gov.au

Benefits

  1. Accelerate the establishment of canopy and understory species. 

  2. Increase and support biodiversity, amenity and shade.

  3. Involve the local community in a large scale, rewarding project that will enhance their local environment and support future generations.

  4. Provide opportunity for environmental education, connection and a sense of place.

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