Content components The St James Park master plan guides how this historic park will be protected, managed, improved and funded over the next 10 years. About St James ParkSt James Park is 160 years old, making it one of Boroondara’s oldest parks. It’s known for its 19th-century tree-lined paths, great city views, formal garden beds and sweeping lawns.The park also has sports facilities, a playground and a war memorial, all of which are regularly used by sports clubs, community members and a local primary school.About St James Park master planWe prepare master plans for all our significant parks and gardens. St James Park is well established and well used – its layout and design won't change. View a selection of actions below and download the full master plan at the bottom of this page. Actions Expand all Collapse all Recreation and community use keeping the park as an area to exercise dogs off-leashemptying rubbish bins more oftenrepurposing timber from old elm trees to create seats in the playgroundplanting more trees on the western side of the playground to increase shade War memorial renewing the war memorial due to weatheringinvestigating the installation of power outlets for dawn services and 3 flagpoles for commemorative ceremoniesplanting trees in the area in collaboration with Hawthorn RSL Paths and entrances preserving the historic path layoutgradually replacing the current path edging with recycled bricks to better suit the park's heritageauditing path lighting to ensure it meets Australian Standards Park furniture and wayfinding upgrading and providing park furniture such as seats, picnic tables, bins and drinking fountainsplacing bins and bike parking hoops at main park entrances, wherever possiblemaking a map to show locations and facilities around the parkimproving signage for public toiletsdesigning interpretive signage to communicate the park's history Trees, lawns and garden beds keeping large, healthy trees for as long as possibleplanting more trees at:the northern side of the main path the park boundary with Burwood Roadthe western side of the playgroundshowcasing the entrance at the corner of Barton and Denham streets with distinctive plantingswidening 'ceremonial walk' garden beds and planting with a mix of native and exotic plantsreplacing end-of-life elms on the Southern Elm Avenue with the same speciesensuring the irrigation system is watering efficientlykeeping all garden bed locations but replacing plants with species that are resilient to climate change and suit the park's character The southern green The southern green (also known as Charles Peters Green) was used as a croquet lawn before it was turned into a bowling green. It hasn't been used at all since 2011.As part of the master plan, we're opening up the southern green for everyone. Our design reflects the space's historic use as a bowling green and features:a half basketball and netball court barbeque and seating with views of the citysensory gardens opposite the playgroundfencing between the Hawthorn Bowls Club and the new park.As these works are not currently funded by Council, we'll present the design to Councillors for consideration as part of a future Council budget. Expand all Collapse all Download the master plan St James Park master plan 7.08 MB [PDF] 10 September 2024 More informationTo receive progress updates, visit our St James Park master plan page on Your Say Boroondara and select 'Follow' at the top of the page.Contact our Environmental Sustainability and Open Space team for more information:tel: (03) 9278 4444email: [email protected].Find out why and when we renew park assets like trees, paths and benches.
