Caring for our Environment

Our natural heritage

The City's natural environmental assets set it apart from most other Perth metropolitan local governments. From the Darling Scarp to the Swan Coastal Plain, the City of Gosnells' 127 square kilometres encompass forests, woodlands, heathlands, wetlands, rivers and streams.

The key natural features of the City include:

The Canning and Southern Rivers and their tributaries provide green corridors through the landscape
Scenic Ellis Brook Valley, whose wildflower display is the best in the metropolitan area
Brixton Street Wetlands, part of the Greater Brixton Street Wetlands, are on the Register of the National Estate
Mary Carroll Park Wetlands are an important waterbird roosting and summer refuge site.

Guided by its Biodiversity Conservation Management Plan 2010, the City manages a number of key natural areas for their biodiversity and amenity value.

In this section

Biosecurity Alert: Polyphagous Shot-Hole Borer

The City of Gosnells is assisting the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) to help stop the spread of the invasive pest Polyphagous shot-hole borer (PSHB) Euwallacea fornicatus.

Caring for our Environment - Frequently Asked Questions

The following provides answers and guidance to the most common environmental queries the City receives.

Cleaning up the Canning

The City of Gosnells is leading several key restoration projects as part of the broader Cleaning up the Canning initiative, funded by the Australian Government’s Urban Rivers and Catchments Program and supported by local partners. Through this program, the City has secured $1,135,000 to deliver ecological restoration works across three sites along the Canning and Southern Rivers, with projects run

Community Environmental Events

Find out about the annual events held by our Environmental Management Team and volunteer to be involved.

Friends Groups

Get involved in your local environment by joining a Friends Group.

Give our Bushland a Boost

Dig in to make a difference to the local environment, at Give Our Bushland a Boost, from 9am to 12pm on Sunday 21 June.

Community members are invited to help the City and Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group members plant 5,000 native seedlings in the riverpark at the Richard Rushton Community Centre, Baron Way, in Gosnells.

Hester Park Cleaning up the Canning Project

The City of Gosnells is receiving $1,135,000 in funding to deliver three important ecological restoration works along the Canning and Southern Rivers, with on-ground projects taking place at South of Corfield, Hester Park and Anaconda Drive. These projects will be delivered over the coming years, with completion scheduled around May 2028. Together, they form part of the broader Cleaning up the Can

Key Environmental Projects

The City works in partnership with government and community groups to manage and improve natural areas.

National Tree Day

Community members are invited to make a ‘tree-mendous’ difference to the local environment, by taking part in a National Tree Day planting event in the City of Gosnells.

The event will take place from 9am to 12pm on Sunday 26 July, at Hester Park, off Spencer Road in Langford. Please enter via the Hester Park access road.

South of Corfield restoration project

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