We’ve increased the number of trees, plants and shrubs for the Mont Albert and Surrey Hills level crossing removal project, identifying opportunity for an additional 13,000 plantings from our original commitment of 52,000, taking the total to more than 65,000 plantings across the local area.
The plantings will be incorporated into landscaping across the precinct’s 9,400 square metres of new and upgraded open spaces, and neighbouring streetscapes, with crews busy on the ground over the next few months planting and adding the finishing touches to the community spaces.
As an added environmental benefit, all the plant pots and tubes will be returned to the nursery to be reused or recycled.
More than 7000 pieces of community feedback helped inform the final designs of the new Union Station and surrounding precinct, with a focus on creating open and inviting spaces within a leafy landscape of native plantings.
By spring, locals can look forward to seeing a wide variety of plantings in the new and upgraded open spaces, carefully selected to address the needs of each space.
A diverse selection of Australian native trees and ornamentals will provide layered and leafy canopies that change colour throughout the seasons, complemented by fragrant and colourful shrubs and plants such as honey myrtles, banksias and bottlebrushes.
Planter boxes will also be installed on top of road barriers adjacent to the north-eastern station entrance, while raised planter boxes will form a community garden in the new Mont Albert heritage plaza.
Habitat logs will also feature throughout the landscaping to create a safe home for local fauna.
See our Landscaping and open space final designs factsheet for more information.
