The 17 kilometres of Bayside foreshore – which stretches from Brighton to Beaumaris – is one of the City’s most loved and utilised attractions so beach cleaning, rubbish removal and caring for coastal vegetation is a high priority for Council.
Other management challenges include weed and pest control, fire and erosion management and safety.
Council works closely with many volunteer groups that work to protect the environment, and regularly provides training, equipment and support from natural resource specialists.
Most of the indigenous species planted along the foreshore are propagated at the Bayside Community Nursery, which also provides trees, shrubs and ground covers for many of Bayside’s reserves, parks, golf courses, schools and kindergartens and private gardens.
Council now owns the nursery, which was started by a keen group of gardeners in the 1970s. The non-profit nursery is run by CityWide horticultural staff and a group of enthusiastic volunteers.
The staff and workers at the nursery take cuttings from indigenous plants – local to Bayside – at various times of the year to propagate and then transfer into larger pots for sale.
Council believes it is important to plant indigenous vegetation which is naturally suited to the local environment and doesn’t need fertilisers, pesticides or regular watering.
