Potential Garden Sites

There are many parks around Manjimup and a number of them have been suggested as potential locations, below are some of those recently visited and there locations can be found on the link below to google maps.

Link to the potential locations for the community garden


Apex Park

The Apex Park is located on South West Hwy near Rice St and is a good sized park 0.8 hectares in size, connected to mains water with an existing toilet block. The park also has play equipment and some picnic sites with a number of trees providing shaded areas without shading too much of the park. The park lacks car parking spaces and is a little isolated from a potential meeting site, however being on the highway it could help to show case the garden to the local community and people passing through.

The Timber Park

The Timber Park obviously comes with a range of facilities including toilets, a potential meeting place, picnic sites, play areas, water and power supply and may potential provide a good sized garden, but any garden would have to fit in with existing developments within the park and there appears to be only one potential area in the north east of the park near the historical village that would provide suitable. This area would need to be discussed further but could possibly be as much as 0.7 hectares.
Location within the Timber Park not only provides access to a range of facilities but could help draw attention to the park and increase the usage of the park by the local community.

That Other Park aka the Peace Park

This park located between the Timber Park and the community centre is 1.1 hectares in size and its location links in well with other community aspects and facilities. The park has some sunny areas but there are also some tall trees and some may need to be removed in the future if this was to be the garden site. The park has been considered for future development by the council so further discussion with the council would need to be held before we could consider this site which may cause some delays in establish our garden. The park does not appear to have water on site though it was formerly a shire depot so it may still have water nearby and power lines run along the edge of the park. The park also has some plantings which could be included in the design of the park.

Jaycees Park

This park located across the road from the Timber Park has a range of picnic facilities and play equipment within it and is a well shaded park with numerous trees and would require a fair amount of alteration to be used as a community garden but the site still has plenty to offer and a good location, however it has also been considered for a revamp as a youth area and so would require further discussion with the shire.