|
Projects > sustainability > green plan Green Plan
The City of Fremantle has a Green Plan which is the strategy for the enhancement and management of:
- Existing vegetation in parks, reserves and on private land.
- Degraded areas and road reserves.
- New green spaces.
- Linkages between green spaces.
The Green Plan is the first step towards maintaining biodiversity and balancing the needs of the natural and built environment, while forming an integral part of Council’s sustainability planning and is implemented by the Parks and Gardens branch of the City of Fremantle.
Examples of exciting projects co-ordinated under the Green Plan include:
Booyeembara Park
Developed by the City of Fremantle in conjunction with the local community, Booyeembara Park in White Gum Valley, Fremantle, is an outstanding expression of vision and application. This sixteen hectare park, once used as a limestone quarry and tip site, is becoming an open space of regional significance and an environmental showpiece demonstrating sustainability that is the result of extensive community consultation.
The park is designed and built according to principles of recycling and sustainable resource use, Aboriginal reconciliation and community involvement.
Stage 1 is a unique landscaped area that effectively uses local coastal plants to full effect. Stage one also has a two lake wetland.
Stage 2 is eight hectares of bushland regeneration. Views of Carnac Island and Garden Island can be enjoyed from the park high points. In the future a tuart woodland will grow to cover the hill. A two-hundred person amphitheatre, built using community labour, nestles in the middle of the forest.
Stage 3 is the recycling narrative area and Stage 4, the intimate community garden area will be developed over the coming years.
Booyembarra Park
Facing east from Montreal Street, White Gum Valley
For more information, please contact David Jamieson (City of Fremantle) on 9432 9814.
Samson Park
Samson Park is the largest and most significant bushland reserve in the City of Fremantle. The reserve has been recognised in the State Government’s Bush Forever initiative as place of regional environmental significance. The mix of tuart with jarrah and marri shows an environmental border where the soils change from coastal limestone to inland sands.
The bushland in Samson has become isolated from other bushland and has suffered from frequent burning. In the face of this, the City of Fremantle and Friends of Samson Park intensively manage Samson Park to preserve the park’s biodiversity through a management plan.
Samson Park
Facing south west from Sellenger Avenue
For more information, please contact Shane Boyle (City of Fremantle) on 9432 9866.
Rocky Bay Foreshore Project
Rocky Bay
Facing south-south east from Rule Street, North Fremantle
For more information, please contact David Jamieson (City of Fremantle) on 9432 9814.
Prawn Bay Tidal Inlet
Originally destroyed in 1961 when filled with dredged harbour spoil, the Prawn Bay Wetland will progressively be rejuvenated with approximately 30,000 native plants (rushes, she-oaks and paperbarks). This will provide a habitat for birds and other wildlife and present opportunities for environmental education. Construction of earthworks started in April-May 2004with planting of the new vegetation occurring annually.
The City of Fremantle’s Prawn Bay Tidal Wetland Project – just east of Stirling Bridge in North Fremantle – was awarded a $20,000 riverbank grant from the Swan River Trust.
According to the Swan River Trust’s selection criteria, the project was ranked first for its environmental outcomes in the restoration of the riverbank and surrounding area and was given enthusiastic development approval by the SRT’s board.
Overall, total funding for the project amounts to $113,000 – $20,000 from Swan River Trust, Fremantle Port Authority has donated $30,000, the Swan Canning Urban Landcare program has committed $10,000, Main Roads WA providing $3000 and $50,000 from the City of Fremantle’s cash-in-lieu contributions.
Prawn Bay Tidal Inlet – Concept Plan
For more information, please contact David Jamieson (City of Fremantle) on 9432 9814.
Port and Leighton Beach
Despite their industrial backdrop Port and Leighton Beaches are arguably Perth’s most visited and loved beaches. The wider dunes of Leighton Beach have been progressively planted with local species over the last five years. The major redevelopment of the adjoining Leighton Railway Marshalling Yards will see Leighton evolve into Perth’s premier seaside locations.
The narrower dunes of Port Beach present other challenges altogether. The hind dune areas were used for industrial purposes into the 1990s. Coupled with an eroding shoreline and an expanding port, the City of Fremantle is working with Fremantle Ports and the Department of Planning and Infrastructure to ensure this precious community asset is maintained into the future. Various studies on erosion patterns and beach stablisation have been completed to better inform and develop management measures that are cost-effective and meet the communities expectations for beach amenities.
A series of documents related to Port and Leighton Beach are available from the Local History Collection including the latest copy of the Management Plan.
Port Beach
Facing north
For more information, please contact David Jamieson (City of Fremantle) on 9432 9814.
South Beach
South Beach
(c2003)
South Beach
(c1920 photo courtesy of the Fremantle Library, Local History Collection)
For more information, please contact David Jamieson (City of Fremantle) on 9432 9814.
|
