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Penrith City Council has advised that a $5 million grant through the NSW Government’s Western Sydney Infrastructure Grants Program is supporting its Nursery upgrades and the greening of the City.

The upgrade will commence this year including improvements to the infrastructure and water management system which will increase the facility’s growing capacity by an impressive 280%.

Penrith Mayor Todd Carney said the upgrade will significantly improve the Nursery’s capacity to produce the volume and quality of plants needed to support Council’s environmental programs as Penrith continues to grow. 

Mayor Carney shared “our amazing Nursery grows thousands of trees and plants each year, which are then planted right here in our community to help create a greener, cooler and more liveable City.

“The upgrade will also allow us to expand our Bushland Management Program with additional restoration sites, more events, workshops, and resources.”

“This funding will go a long way to helping us continue working towards a sustainable future for Penrith.” 

Some of the funding will also be used to install a new surveillance network in the Local Government Area to reduce illegal dumping and damage to key open spaces critical to Penrith’s natural environment.

Find out more at: penrith.city/environmentalprojects 

Image Penrith City Council’s Nursery Coordinator Mark Viler shows Penrith Mayor Todd Carney around the Nursery, which is going to be upgraded.

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