THOUGHTS are sought for Bayswater’s long-awaited ‘urban forest’, with a pop-up feedback session at Riverside Gardens East planned for November 4 between 3pm and 5pm.
Bayswater council’s been wanting to plant a swathe of trees around the sun-baked turfy patch of Riverside Gardens to the east of Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary to turn it into a quiet natural space for relaxing and reflecting (and helping out some local critters with new homes and food).
“This project will see an open grassed area transformed into a natural parkland, offering an inviting, shaded area for people to use, as well as increasing our tree canopy and biodiversity,” Bayswater mayor Filomena Piffaretti said in a press release.
They’ve brought in the environmental group Greening Australia to come up with the plan, and they’re looking for feedback about what people want to see, such as picnic nodes, pathways or spots to stop and reflect among the greenery.
If you miss the on-site chat there’s online submissions open at engage.bayswater.wa.gov.au or at Bayswater’s libraries until November 13.
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