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Garvey Park Green-up

  • Urban Forest Restoration
  • Habitat Restoration
  • Wildlife Protection
  • Community Volunteering
  • Community Partnerships

12:00 amGarvey Park, Ascot

A BCEC community revegetation event at Garvey Park in Ascot, where volunteers put 4,000 native plants in the ground in a single morning to rebuild habitat along the Swan River foreshore.

BCEC volunteers celebrating after planting native seedlings at Garvey Park in Ascot
4,000
Native plants planted
30
Volunteers involved

Garvey Park, on the Swan River foreshore in Ascot, is one of the City of Belmont’s best-loved green spaces. Restoring healthy bushland here means more food, shelter and habitat for the native wildlife that depends on the river corridor.

Inspired by taking part in community plantings like National Tree Day, BCEC set out to lead a green-up of its own. In June 2025, in partnership with the City of Belmont, we did exactly that.

Our community Green-up put 4,000 native plants in the ground in a single morning. Every plant was specifically chosen for the local soil type and for its value in providing food, shelter and habitat for native wildlife.

None of it would have been possible without our community turning out in force, and without Andrew and his team from the City of Belmont, who did all the groundwork - literally - to prepare the site and support the day.

Garvey Park shows the shift from picking up litter to putting life back into the landscape: thousands of plants, planted by neighbours, for a greener City of Belmont.

Impact

  • Planted 4,000 native plants in a single community "Green-up" morning at Garvey Park, Ascot
  • Chose species suited to the local soil to provide food, shelter and habitat for native wildlife
  • Partnered with the City of Belmont, whose team prepared the ground to make the planting possible

Partners & supporters

Photos

City of Belmont staff and volunteers planting at Garvey ParkBusy planting activity during the Garvey Park Green-upChildren helping plant native seedlings at Garvey ParkChris planting native seedlings during the green-upLocal councillor supporting the Garvey Park planting dayKeith planting at the Garvey Park Green-upVolunteers celebrating at the Garvey Park Green-upCommunity crowd gathered for the Garvey Park tree-upVolunteers planting during the Garvey Park tree-upVolunteers posing at Garvey Park after plantingWide shot of the Garvey Park community planting dayVolunteer portrait during the Garvey Park Green-upVolunteers planting native seedlings across the Garvey Park siteCommunity volunteers at work during the Garvey Park planting morningTeam members planting and preparing seedlings at Garvey ParkGroup celebration photo from the Garvey Park Green-upVolunteers supporting tree establishment at Garvey ParkGarvey Park Green-up group photo with volunteers and supportersVolunteers planting near established trees at Garvey ParkCommunity members planting native species during the green-upVolunteers and young participants planting together at Garvey ParkPanorama view of volunteers working across the Garvey Park siteVolunteers coordinating planting tasks during the Garvey Park eventVolunteer group photo taken during the Garvey Park Green-upCommunity planting action at Garvey Park foreshoreVolunteers and seedlings ready for planting at Garvey ParkLocal residents participating in the Garvey Park revegetation dayVolunteers planting while City of Belmont staff support the programPlanting activity during BCEC's Garvey Park Green-upVolunteers tending young native plants at Garvey ParkCommunity members planting along the Garvey Park foreshoreWide landscape view of Garvey Park planting effortVolunteers working together to restore habitat at Garvey Park