Street Tree Masterplan Planting

2025 Planting - Dawesville

UPDATE

Stocks for the City of Mandurah's 2025 Street Tree Masterplan Program in Dawesville are now exhausted. Thank you to everyone who applied for a street tree as part of this year's program.

For those who missed out, you can still request a street tree through the City's standard application process here. Requests are now being taken for the 2026 winter program.

Planting for this year's program will kick off in Dawesville in the coming months.

EARLIER

The City of Mandurah's next round of Street Tree Masterplan planting will provide canopy cover and shade to targeted areas across Dawesville.

A collection of six native tree species were made available to eligible Dawesville residents as part of the 2025 program. These included:

• Weeping Peppermint
• Yellow Bloodwood
• Tuckeroo
• Fuchsia Gum
• Coastal Blackbutt
• Dwarf Ghost Gum

Our team identified these tree species as the most ideal for the area based on their suitability for verge sizes, local utilities, environmental and biosecurity conditions, and community preferences.

The Street Tree Masterplan Planting Program is administered by the City of Mandurah and is funded through the Urban Greening Grant Program, a joint initiative between the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) and the Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA).

Growing canopy coverage is part of the City’s Environmental Strategy 2023 – 2033. It is also listed as a measure of success in the City’s Strategic Community Plan 2020-2040.

City officers are now reviewing submissions and arranging a schedule for planting. Planting will be carried out during winter 2025.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your application, contact the City at operationsadmin@mandurah.wa.gov.au or (08) 9550 3777.

Thank you for taking part and supporting a healthy and diverse environment in Mandurah.

What is the Street Tree Masterplan?

Street trees and green verges provide shade, cool our city, make our neighbourhoods more beautiful, contribute to better health for our community and provide food and homes for our native wildlife.

The Street Tree Masterplan is an outline of the important role trees play in enhancing our verges and road reserves. It aims to improve the current and future canopy cover throughout the city. To choose where trees should go we consider criteria such as:

• hardiness to disease and pests
• stormwater collection
• aesthetic value
• streetscape character
• habitat for local species
• community appreciation
• whether the species is native

This plan is for all new plantings, areas for subdivision, and current verges. This is only considered for new species, and we will not remove current trees unless they pose a threat.

In each precinct, the community has told us they care about the benefits of trees and which of these benefits matters most to them. This was a crucial factor in the creation of the Street Tree Masterplan and the unique species chosen for each area.

For more information on the project please contact the City at 9550 3777 or council@mandurah.wa.gov.au

Past planting programs

Our Street Tree Masterplan programs have been improving canopy cover across Mandurah suburbs since 2022. So far, planting programs have been carried out in:

• Coodanup (2022)
• Madora Bay (2023)
• Dudley Park (2024)

The 2025 program will see trees planted in targeted areas across Dawesville.