WA Tree Festival
Celebrate SJ’s renowned natural beauty with us over the next month as we join the WA Tree Festival!
The WA Tree Festival is a WALGA initiative sponsored by the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation and a community celebration of trees in the state’s urban areas and beyond. This festival highlights the vital role trees play in creating greener, healthier, cooler living spaces. The Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale is participating for the first time in 2026.
Come celebrate our trees with walks, workshops and children’s activities – plus, vote for SJ’s favourite local tree species and help us find the shire’s widest tree!
When is it?
Saturday 11 April - Saturday 10 May.
What’s on?
The Shire has teamed up with Landcare SJ and local community groups to put on a few events over the next month. You can also view these events by going to our Community Events Calendar or by downloading the PDF below.
View the PDF calendar
Vote for your favourite local tree species!
We want to know which of our amazing native trees is your favourite and why. Cast your vote now!
Serpentine Jarrahdale is located within a globally recognised biodiversity hotspot, home to an incredible variety of unique plant life. Because there are so many species, we couldn’t include them all in the vote.
We narrowed our list down to ten iconic local tree species. Which one do you like best?
View the candidates and cast your vote
Find SJ’s widest tree!
Help us find SJ’s widest tree. Put in your candidate and go into the running for a $15 voucher from Australian Native Nurseries.
Learn more
Significant Tree Register
Did you know the Shire has a Significant Tree Register? The register provides an important step in a process to record, recognise and protect trees that are special or significant, and to promote special trees that characterise the Shire.
Residents who are aware of a tree in the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale that they think is special or significant can become Tree Trackers and nominate it for assessment against the criteria for inclusion on the Shire’s Significant Tree Register.
Find out more here.
Planting native trees at home?
We’ve written a handy guide to picking the right plant for your property.
Read our guide to choosing the perfect tree
Don't forget your Treebate!
Don’t forget that 10,000 West Australians each year until 2029 can get a $150 cash rebate on the purchase of native trees. This is part of the State Government’s ‘Treebate’ program, which aims to help re-tree Perth to combat the effects of urbanisation, climate change and the recent arrival of the polyphagous shot hole borer. It’s as easy as one, two, tree!
Treebate supports the State Government’s commitment to increasing urban canopy to 30 per cent by 2030 as part of the first-ever Urban Greening Strategy launched in January 2026.
About the WA Tree Festival
The 2026 WA Tree Festival is sponsored by the Government of Western Australia, with the support of WALGA and Perth NRM.