Our annual Community Planting Week returns in May — take part in local activities to help make our green spaces healthier and more attractive to local wildlife.
Community Planting Week
We know community cares deeply about green, healthy open spaces — and the annual Community Planting Week is one of the ways we bring that care to life together.
This May, we’re inviting residents of all ages to help grow a greener Glen Eira.
From planting native species in our parks to taking home a free plant for your garden, Community Planting Week makes it easy — and enjoyable — to support local biodiversity and strengthen our urban forest.
Every plant added helps create cooler, greener spaces, supports birds and insects, and makes our neighbourhoods more enjoyable places to live.
This initiative is an important part of the work that we do under out Biodiversity Plan and Urban Forest Strategy, to support local native plants and animals and protect and increase our canopy tree cover across Glen Eira. It’s also an important part of our annual Tree Planting Program, which supports us to reach our ambitious target of 22.5 per cent canopy cover over the entire municipality by 2040.
Community planting day
Sunday 17 May, 10am–1pm
Packer Park, 120 Leila Road, Carnegie
Registrations required at: www.trybooking.com/DJXVW
Join us at Packer Park in Carnegie and help plant 2500 local native plants. Planting shrubs, groundcovers and grasses help increase habitat and food sources for local fauna and assist with keeping our neighbourhoods cool.
Our Biodiversity and Sustainability teams will be onsite to answer tricky questions and provide information for those who are interested in supporting biodiversity in their own backyard. We will also have some biodiversity-based activities for kids.
We recommend bringing gloves, sturdy closed toe shoes, a sun hat, and water bottle. If you have a hand trowel or small digging tool, please also bring this along with you.
Plant giveaway
Sunday 24 May, 10am–12pm
Caulfield Park, Caulfield — next to 721 Inkerman Road, Caulfield North
Registrations not required. Just come along on the day.
Want to increase greenery in your backyard and play a part in helping to strengthen biodiversity in your local neighbourhood? Come along to our Plant Giveaway and pick up a free indigenous shrub, groundcover or lily to plant in your own garden. We’ll be giving away:
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Podolepis jaceoides (Showy Podolepis) — a small but showy daisy with a large but delicate yellow flowers.
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Stylidium graminifolium (Grass-leaved trigger plant) — a small grass like lily that puts on masses of pink flower spikes throughout Spring.
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Pelargonium australe (Austral stork’s bill) — a member of the geranium family with lovely pink flowers that are attractive to butterflies and provide food sources and habitat for small animals and insects throughout the summer.
2025 Community Planting Week recap
At our 2025 Community Planting Day, you helped plant 2,045 plants at King George VI Memorial Reserve, East Boundary Road, Bentleigh East.
We also gave away 1,470 plants to residents helping to strengthen biodiversity in your local neighbourhood.
These events show how easy and enjoyable it is to enhance our outdoor spaces by planting indigenous species that support local biodiversity — and have a big effect on environmental health.
Thank you for your efforts!
