It’s been a busy month of environmental activities in the City of Rockingham, and there is more to come - so grab your gloves and join us on our Green Calendar of Events.
Our participation in the WA Tree Festival from 6 April to 5 May 2024 had a fantastic response from the City of Rockingham community, with our events meeting maximum participation rates.
A big thank you for making the WA Tree Festival such a success goes to:
The City of Stirling and WALGA for bringing together communities to understand the importance of trees in a warming climate, cooling us down, providing habitat for wildlife and improving mental health and wellbeing.Birdlife WA for delivering a riveting Bird Walk. Rockingham residents helped identify 22 species of birds in Don Shepherd Nature Reserve Trail, a key location of remnant bushland supporting biodiversity within the City. A full list of birds identified can be found on the Birdlife WA website. Native Plants WA – With 11,000 plants given out to community, the City’s winter gardens have been boosted by native, waterwise seedlings, creating a premise for gardens buzzing with backyard biodiversity. Coming eventsOur Green Calendar will give you plenty of opportunities to boost the season with environmental activities.
Learn how to compost at home, with our series of worm farm workshops wrapping up on Saturday 8 June. For more details on how to register visit Compost at Home.
For those who would like to play their part in recovering our precious dunes, we would invite you to join the City and Perth NRM in planting native seedlings at the following locations:
Secret Harbour Coastal Crew – Planting Day (19 May) Friends of Point Peron – Planting Day (25 May)Singleton Coastcare – Planting Day (16 June)Golden Bay Progress Association – Planting Day (22 June)Kennedy Bay Coastcare – Planting Day (29 June)For further updates on City’s events and programs please see the City’s What’s On Calendar, follow our Facebook page or go to Local environmental events and groups.