Background

Plenty River Drive Reserve Playground is a local playground and meeting place in Greensborough. It sits beside the beautiful Plenty River, just south of the Greensborough Bypass. In 2026, the playground will be updated - this will also include a new fitness station. Council wants to hear ideas from the community now, so they can plan and design the new space in the best way.

Right now, the playground has a swing set, a play unit, some small play equipment, and a basketball net. There are big shade trees nearby, and the playground is close to a path for walking and cycling. The playground is made for people of all ages and abilities. People may travel up to 15 minutes to visit, and they might spend up to two hours there.

For open space classifications refer to the Parks and Open Spaces homepage.

Thank you to everyone who shared their local knowledge and ideas for the playground renewal and fitness station. We have developed a draft playground concept in response to your feedback.

A new playground for Plenty River Drive Reserve

The draft playground concept reflects local knowledge and ideas shared with us during Stage 1 engagement in mid-2025. Your feedback told us that Plenty River Reserve playground is important and well used by the community.

View 'what we heard' during Stage 1 community engagement below.

Proposed design

The playground renewal aims to create a place for local community to play, connect with nature, gather as a community and celebrate Wurundjeri knowledge. Key features are:

1. A rest area on the Plenty River Trail, including a fitness station, bike hoops, bike repair station, seating, bin and drinking fountain (funding to be confirmed).

2. Multipurpose court extension to include a basketball and netball hoop with line marking to basketball three-point line and netball D.

3. Play for a variety of ages, including:

3.1 Play unit including two slides and monkey bars
3.2 Basket swing
3.3 Swing set
3.4 Small play element
3.5 Nature play with logs

4. Artwork and play to celebrate the Wurundjeri seasons

5. Seating - picnic tables and benches

6. Fencing to road (subject to funding)

7. Garden beds with native planting

Please note: The numbers for the key features match the numbers shown on the draft playground plan below.

Get involved

Share your thoughts on the draft playground concept for Plenty River Drive Reserve until 30 November 2025.

Stage 1 engagement

Community engagement

Thank you to everyone who shared their local knowledge and ideas for the playground at Plenty River Drive Reserve.

93 people shared their local knowledge from 25 August 2025 to 12 September 2025:

  • 58 people completed an online survey
  • 6 people dropped a pin on a map to share how they use the space
  • 7 adults and 3 teenagers attended a pop-up conversation at the playground on 6 September 2025
  • 19 four-year-old kinder children drew what they wanted the park to be.

We heard that the reserve is a valued and a well-used community space.

View the Findings Report Summary.

Your favourite things about the park:

  • The environment

    You like the large trees, shade, open grass, bushland, native animals and its proximity to the Plenty River.

  • An active space

    You like the shared trail, which is a popular walking, dog walking and cycling track.

  • A meeting place

    The park is a community meeting place and rest point, providing a space to meeting with friends and family. For many community members, it is close to home and is their local park.

  • Some elements of the park

    The basketball hoop, monkey bars, firefighter pole and swings are popular items at the park.

Key focus areas

You highlighted three key focus areas for improvement:

  • Provide amenity to feel safe and comfortable in the park
  • Active fitness is valued and important at all ages
  • A bigger and better playground.

Kinder contributions

We asked the local Apollo Parkways four-year-old kinder students what they want in a new playground.

View the children's images below. Their illustrations show their ideas, which have been incorporated into the draft playground concept.

Stage 1 social map

View below what the community told us during Stage 1 community engagement