Grant Marine Park

Cottesloe Coastcare has been working in Grant Marine Park since 2002 and has made good progress in weed eradication and re-establishing local plant species. Before restoration work started a survey was undertaken and 18 local species identified. 21 local species now grow here and as the plants have grown insects, birds and reptiles have returned to the site.

Envirofund provided $10,500 for the project which was completed in 2006. 122 volunteers donated 558 hours of work including hand weeding, seed collecting, planting, mulching in spring and hand watering seedlings in summer.

This is how it looked in 2003 - weedy and overgrown.......

and this is how it looked in 2006.

The project also included the development of a Management Plan for the North Cottesloe foreshore. You can view this plan by clicking here. This plan will assist the Town of Cottesloe and Cottesloe Coastcare with ongoing restoration projects.

Local residents now take ownership for the park and have enjoyed watching its transformation from a weed infested, eroded place to an area where a wide variety of local plant species flourish. Most people now use the paths rather than scrambling through the vegetation and people keep their dogs under control and use ‘doggie bags’. Dumping of garden waste in the park has also largely disappeared.

We continue to work here regularly and you are very welcome to join us at one of our working bees.