Thanks to a $5.5 million share in funding, Burwood Council has successfully delivered the Enfield Village Revitalisation Project, Grant Park Inclusive Play Space and the Burwood Park Upgrade.

Public spaces are the heart of our communities, they connect us, inspire us and make us healthier and happier. Legacy projects will shape and transform the urban fabric of our neighbourhoods leaving a real and lasting positive impact for future generations. We want future generations to be able to point to these legacy projects and appreciate how they have helped shape and change our network of public open spaces in NSW for the better.

Integrated with the Sensory Garden and Nature Play, the Burwood Park Pond upgrade has improved the open spaces around the pond and addressed the water quality and ground conditions associated with the existing water feature in an effort to develop open space and improved opportunities to be close to the cooling and calming influence of water.

The previous water conditions were not ideal habitats for the native wildlife and Council will continue to address any fauna brought into Burwood Park that may have been displaced them from their natural habitats after the completion of the project.

The nature play facility now includes a range of play experiences for older children and ‘tweens’ offering opportunities for more adventurous play combined with informal recreation and social spaces. Fostering awareness to outdoors, the project has promoted contact with nature and natural materials for creative play experiences. The flourishing plants invite people of all ages to the space to stay and enjoy, with various earth and water elements to play with.

The Sensory Garden offers a new space for quiet introspection to connect residents and visitors with nature and promote a positive mental outlook and general wellbeing.

Through engaging with our senses of touch, smell, taste, sight and sound, the garden provides an oasis of reflection and connectivity. Sounds and smells throughout the garden appeal to the sense as patrons move across the space. Various heights of planting will provide inclusivity for everyone to enjoy this newly upgraded space as Burwood's first Sensory Garden.