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Get involved with our environment

Find out and get involved in local programs that enhance our natural environment.

Join an environmental program that makes a difference

Bushcare Volunteer Program

Would you like to become a Bushcare Volunteer? Bushcare volunteers assist our bushcare team by providing services to improve our open spaces, parks and bushland.

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Native Bird Program

Join the Native Bird Program and learn more about the many native bird species in our area.

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Native Stingless Bee Program

To help build the numbers of our native stingless bees, Council provides ongoing support to participating residents that host a hive in their backyard.

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Guide to Supporting Backyard Biodiversity

This guide booklet will provide tips and tricks on how you can create habitat within your backyard, making it more ecologically and environmentally friendly.

View the Guide to Supporting Backyard Biodiversity (PDF, 2MB)

Verge Gardens

Put down roots in your local community! Add colour and character to your street by creating your own Verge Garden.

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Community Gardens

Community gardens are places where people come together to grow fruit and vegetables, enjoy healthy exercise, meet new people and share fresh food. They allow people to connect with nature and participate in their local community.

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Free Plant Giveaways

Cumberland is committed to keeping our area clean, green and environmentally sustainable. By planting trees and shrubs in the area, we can help to improve everyone’s health and wellbeing.

Increasing the tree canopy also provides shade, habitats and corridors for wildlife to move from one suburb to another.

Register for the free plant giveaway

Kitchen 2 Gardens Program

This program involves FREE compost bags and vegetable seed giveaways to Cumberland residents. The compost is made from the material collected from household green bins.

Find out more and register

Sustainability Workshops

Cumberland encourages residents to live a more sustainable lifestyle. Throughout the year, we host events to teach you how to live more sustainably. Simply check Council’s What’s On section regularly.

Further information

For more information contact Council on 8757 9000 or email council@cumberland.nsw.gov.au

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians

Cumberland City Council acknowledges the Darug Nation and People as Traditional Custodians of the land on which the Cumberland Local Government Area (LGA) is situated and pays respect to Aboriginal Elders both past, present and future. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples of Australia. Cumberland City Council also acknowledges other Aboriginal, and Torres Strait Islander Peoples living in the Cumberland LGA and reaffirms that we will work closely with all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to advance reconciliation within the area.