Designing your native nature strip garden

Discover how to beautify your nature strip with indigenous plants to support a healthier, more biodiverse and more connected urban ecosystem.

Stonnington and Glen Eira City Councils are partnering to deliver a free, hands-on nature strip planting workshop with Kieran Dickson, a landscape gardener and educator known for creating biodiverse, climate-resilient gardens that bring communities and nature together.

Local community group Rewilding Stonnington will also share tips and tricks from their experience planting nature strips across Stonnington using indigenous plants.

What to expect:

• Expert guidance on designing your nature strip whilst considering safety and maintenance requirements

• Practical tips on plant selection, layout and site preparation, including learnings from local examples

• Time to discuss and sketch your ideas, and receive feedback

• Insights into enhancing biodiversity and habitat connectivity across our local areas

Please note:

• This workshop provides general guidance aligned with both councils. Permit requirements and application processes differ across Stonnington and Glen Eira, so please check guiding documentation from your local council.

• To prepare for the workshop, we recommend reviewing your Council’s nature strip guidelines available on the websites:

  • Access Glen Eira City Council’s guidelines and Nature Strip Planting Handbook here: Applying for a Nature Strip Planting Permit – Glen Eira

  • Access Stonnington City Council’s policy, guidelines and Nature Strip Planting Handbook here: Applying for a Nature Strip Planting Permit - Stonnington

Feel free to bring along design ideas, questions, photos or sketches of your nature strip on the day.

Bookings are essential as spaces are limited

This collaborative event is delivered by Glen Eira and Stonnington City Councils, on the land of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation.