This consultation period has now closed. Thank you for having your say! The park works and planting are now complete and are being maintained by council.
Background
A successful community submission for the 21/22 budget had $20,000 allocated to improve Unley Grove Pocket Park in Ascot Vale. Council received community ideas for the park and undertook initial works planning based on these ideas. Council further involved community in the planning and development of the park ideas by seeking feedback over two stages.
Stage one sought to capture additional ideas and to clarify the priority of these ideas for the shared space. Feedback was open between November and December 2021.
Council attempted to consider all feedback in the plans and used this to create the pocket park design (available to download on the right). The plan incorporates community ideas and concerns including:
- Replacing the monoculture of Lomandra and Dietes with a variety of native shrubs and small trees to attract local wildlife;
- Retaining a similar ratio of lawn to garden bed;
- Allowing for the road to be used when large street parties are arranged, but encourage casual park users to remain within the lawn area;
- Allowing for good visibility for traffic and pedestrian safety;
- Moving the seat to a more suitable location for casual use and enjoyment of the green space;
- Consideration for vegetable beds and productive elements.
The feedback included concerns about the use of food plants within the design. To address this, Council omitted productive trees included portable vegetable beds instead. The vegetable beds can be removed if there are ongoing concerns. Alternatively, if the productive aspect is embraced and used by the community, a productive tree can be added in coming years.
Stage two provided community an opportunity to provide additional feedback on the Pocket Park design. This feedback informed the final design and construction of the park.
We hope you enjoyed seeing your community vision come to life.
Pocket park design with ideas from community feedback in stage one.
A PDF of this design is available to download from the right menu.
