Verges of the Port

Greening through Community.

Join us as we explore the verges on the streets in front of our houses.

Our home or work verges don’t have to be just grass and a tree. You can change them to be insect and bird attracting spaces, areas that cool our environment or beautiful features within your neighbourhood.

As temperatures rise due to Climate Change the bitumen and concrete of our roads heats up. On a 30-degree day you can expect hard surfaces to reach around 45-55 degrees. Only the coolness provided by plants, trees and bushes will help keep the heat at bay, help reduce CO2 and provide habitat for nature.  

You can help by planting your verge and we are here to show you how.

Join one of our verge walking tours to get some verge inspiration and ideas, plus learn tips and tricks along the way.

We are running the verge walking tour twice. Please book into the session that best suits you.

• Saturday 18 June 2pm-4pm
• Sunday 19 June 10am-12pm

This walking tour is approx. 2km. We'll be walking on footpaths and crossing a few roads.

Children are welcome to attend, but must be accompanied by an adult and be appropriately supervised at all times.

After the walk we'll provide tea, coffee and biscuits to share in the park.

We're also running a series of short workshops to help you Green Your Verge on Saturday 25 June at Gallery Yampu Birkenhead: 1pm All about Plants, 2pm Fauna on your Verge and 3pm Design & Planting. Find out more and book at events.humanitix.com/workshops-to-green-your-verge 

Walking Tour Meeting spot: meet at the corner of Eton and Robin Roads in Semaphore South (in NP Nazer Reserve).

There are public toilets located at the far side of EP Nazer Reserve.

What to wear/bring:

• Comfortable walking shoes
• Sun protection (hat, suncream, sunglasses)
• Raincoat (if wet weather is forecast)
• Filled water bottle
• Snack/fruit
• Backpack or bag to carry loose items
• Personal items such as medications eg puffers
• Camera (optional)

Cancellation: We reserve the right to cancel if the weather forecast predicts unsafe conditions for the group eg severe weather or thunderstorms – we will notify you with as much notice as possible should this happen.

For event enquiries please contact the Port Environment Centre on 0488 229 925 or email hello@portenvironmentcentre.org.au

Please note

• numbers are limited and everyone must book to attend
• please let us know if you have booked and then are unable to attend
• participants are encouraged to maintain physical distancing of 1.5m
• please stay away if you are unwell

The Port Environment Centre is seeded by Green Adelaide.

These events celebrate Adelaide becoming the worlds second National Park City. National Park City is a global movement to create cities worldwide where people and nature are better connected.

Attendee information may be used for follow up evaluation, in order to assess the longer term impacts of our events. Follow up contact may be made (in the form of a survey) but participation in any evaluation is optional.