Verge Gardens

You can save around 20,000 to 40,000 litres of water per year by converting a verge lawn to a waterwise garden.

Residents can replace grass with plants on the Council strip (verge) between private property and the road.

Guidelines

Follow these guidelines to create a safe and successful verge garden:

Verge Garden Guidelines - learn what you can and can't plant on your verge
Grow Local Guides - advice on edible and local native plant selection
Wollongong Botanic Garden Greenplan Nursery - get great horticultural advice and a range of local native plants suitable for your verge on sale days. Free printed copies of the Grow Local Guides and Verge Guidelines are also available there.

Inspiration

The above images are of some of the demonstration verge gardens we've created. You can check them out in person by visiting the locations below.

See something you like? We've included the plans (officially called 'planting schemes') used to create these gardens, and examples of some of the plants used.

Bellambi Neighbourhood Centre (bushfoods garden)

49A Cawley Street, Bellambi

Coledale Community Hall (native garden)

745 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Coledale

Kemblawarra Community Hall (bushfoods garden)

Cnr Shellharbour Road and Parkes Street, Port Kembla

Mount Ousley (sensory garden)

Bass Park, Dumfries Ave, Mount Ousley

Plant examples

Port Kembla Community Centre (mixed produce garden)

Cnr Wentworth and Church Streets, Port Kembla

More verge gardens coming soon...

Corrimal Short Street Occasional Child Care Centre, 18 Short St, Corrimal (Mixed native and produce garden)

More gardening tips

Check out these pages for more handy information about gardening:

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