Mary Jeavons Landscape Architects has been engaged to work with our local community to create a child friendly open space that integrates the play spaces with landscaped gardens.

Children and their families, the Ardeer community and local organisations are an integral part of the process. This redevelopment has brought together diverse groups within the community including:
• Brimbank City Council and our local councillors;
• Our four local primary schools;
• Primary Schools; Ardeer, Mother of God, Ardeer South & Albion
• Sunshine and Marion Colleges;
• Mother of God, Ardeer and Glengala Rd playgroups;
• Ridgeway Parade Kindergarten;
• Ardeer House nursing home;
• Neighbourhood Watch, and local Police;
• Friends of Kororoit Creek;
• Victoria University;
• Parents and residents;
• State and Federal Members of Parliament;
• Sunshine Residents and Ratepayers Association; and
• Local businesses

Once complete, this project will provide Ardeer and our wider Brimbank community with a valuable park and playground accessible to people of all ages and abilities in a beautiful landscaped setting.
The other wonderful achievements of our project will be the benefits of volunteering. As this British study found:
“People living in areas where many citizens gave up their time for others enjoyed better health, suffered less crime and claimed to be “very satisfied” with their lives. Students from these communities also achieved higher grades at school.”
Play is one of the main occupations of children and it is through play that children develop various physical, cognitive, sensory and social skills. Our children need a place for structured and unstructured play, for the opportunity to mix with people of different ages and backgrounds and for their families to have fun times together. Teenagers need a place of their own to ‘hang out’, and to meet friends. Older people need a place to sit and relax, to walk a dog, a place to read or meet friends and a place to be neighbourly. Well-designed playground areas have the capacity to bring together members of the community.
Quality open spaces bring community pride; increased value to surrounding houses, increased opportunities for exercise, and become a focus for community life.