The Urban Greening Grant Program provides $3.75 million (ex GST) to support additional tree and understorey planting for the 33 Local Governments located in the Boorloo (Perth) and Bindjareb (Peel) regions

Funded by the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) and delivered collaboratively with WALGA, the program aims to expand tree canopy and vegetative cover in high urban heat areas to help address the impacts of climate change, provide for biodiversity and improve the liveability of neighbourhoods. 

To be eligible for funding, applicants will need to meet the following criteria: 

• Be a Local Government as recognised under the Local Government Act 1995; 
• Be located within the Boorloo and Bindjareb regions, as defined by the Metropolitan and Peel Region Schemes (refer to Appendix 1); 
• Demonstrate Council and community support for increased urban tree canopy cover through a Strategic Community Plan, Corporate Business Plan, Urban Forest Strategy or similar; 
• Demonstrate the project is additional to scheduled planting works for the 2024/25 financial year; 
• Undertake planting programs that are not required under statutory or legislative planning frameworks e.g. clearing permit, offsets, vegetation conservation notices or equivalent; and 
• Undertake planting programs on secure tenure land.

• Phone: (08) 9213 2065
• Email: mdavies@walga.asn.au