Pick My Park

Opens: 19 February 2026

Closes: 2 April 2026, 4:00pm

Grant amount: $20,000.00-$250,000.00

Pick My Park is a community-driven grants program funding new and upgraded parks in Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo, and Geelong. Grants range from $20,000 to $250,000 for projects that improve green spaces and local amenity. A second round of funding is now available. Applications can be for park projects in the following categories:

• Park upgrades – improving existing parks and open spaces.
• New parks- transforming underused urban land into green spaces (excluding land purchases)

Land managers (e.g. councils, community groups) can apply for funding, using community input to shape their proposals. Please use the program guidelines to ensure projects meet the program requirements and include the required information.

Project applications will be assessed for alignment with community feedback alongside the other assessment criteria outlined in the program guidelines. The top ranking projects will go to public voting in mid 2026.

Parks are vital for health, wellbeing, and community connection. Pick My Park helps growing suburbs stay great places to live by supporting high-quality, accessible green spaces.

View more information about the grant here.

Information sessions

To support applicants, we will be holding online information sessions that will:

• explain how the application and assessment phases will run
• explain how to access and use the 2025 community survey results
• outline the eligibility and assessment criteria
• help applicants prepare and submit quality applications

Please register to attend here. Recordings will be made available to share with those unable to make the session times. The sessions will be held online via Microsoft Teams on the following dates

• Session 1 - 10am-10.45am. Friday 27 February 2026
• Session 2 - 11.30am-12.15pm, Thursday 5 March 2026

Pick My Park Community Survey

In August and September 2025, community members throughout Victoria submitted their ideas for new or improved parks via a community survey. Check out the results from the survey here:

Pick My Park Community Dashboard

Applicants can use this information to help shape their proposals to ensure that their park projects align with community priorities.

Key dates

• Community ideas
  • August-September 2025
• Applications from land mangers
  • 29 September 2025-10 November 2025
• Assessment of Round 1 applications
  • Late 2025
• Round 1 projects announced
  • 15 February 2026
• Round 2 Applications from land managers
  • 19 February 2026-2 April 2026
• Community voting
  • Commencing mid 2026
• Selection of successful projects
  • Announced mid 2026