It’s now time to vote for your 3 favourite park projects.
Your vote helps decide which projects get funded. The projects with the highest number of votes will receive funding.
To take part, you must be a Victorian resident aged over 16.
As communities grow, parks and open spaces become increasingly important. Pick My Park is a $30 million program that will improve access to quality parks and open spaces for growing communities.
Grants are available in 2 categories:
Round 1 of Pick My Park invested $17.8 million in park projects across Melbourne and regional Victoria. Funding supported projects in and around 60 new Activity Centres, 15 Priority Precincts—including Suburban Rail Loop precincts—and established areas of Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong. This investment is helping to deliver 14 new parks and 83 park upgrades, improving access to open space where it’s needed most.
Download the list of successful Pick My Park Round 1 projects:
In Round 2 of Pick My Park, eligible areas were extended to include the whole of Melbourne, plus the established areas of Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong. Round 2 applications closed in April 2026 and we received over 140 applications for new and upgraded parks. All applications have been assessed against the Program Guidelines, with all eligible, quality projects proceeding to the voting phase.
Voting is now open until 3 August 2026, you can view the proposed park projects on Engage Victoria and vote for your 3 favourite park projects.
To take part, you must be a Victorian resident aged over 16.
Voting will be grouped by regions of Melbourne. There are 5 regions across Melbourne to choose from: Eastern, Inner Melbourne, Northern, Southern and Western.
To vote, go into your chosen region and select your 3 favourite park projects. Voters can also choose to vote for parks in other regions.
Through voting, the community gets to decide which projects receive funding. Projects with the most votes in each region will be funded.
Five eligible regional projects have been awarded funding under Round 2, in addition to the 23 regional projects funded in Round 1. This funding brings the total Pick My Park investment in Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong to over $3.9 million.
Download the list of successful Pick My Park Round 2 regional projects:
Your ideas have helped shape applications for new and upgraded parks by ensuring applications reflect local community priorities.
The survey report provides a summary of the community feedback from the survey conducted in July to September 2025 and identifies the key themes and priorities from the survey.
You can view the survey data in our interactive dashboard. You will need to have or create a Microsoft account to access the data through Power BI.
The survey data is also available to download:
Was open until 11.59 pm Sunday 7 September 2025
Community ideas shared online.
29 September 2025 to 11.59 pm 10 November 2025
Land managers and landowners used local insights to inform project applications for upgrades to existing parks and the development of new green spaces in eligible areas.
November - December 2025
Project applications were assessed for alignment with community feedback alongside the other assessment criteria outlined in the Round 1 Program Guidelines.
15 February 2026
Successful projects announced and funding agreements made with successful applicants.
Applications were open from 15 February 2026 until 2 April 2026.
Land managers and landowners used local insights to inform project applications for upgrades to existing parks and the development of new green spaces in eligible areas.
April - May 2026
Project applications have been assessed for alignment with community feedback alongside the other assessment criteria outlined in the Round 2 Program Guidelines.
Open until 3 August 2026
Victorian residents over 16 can vote for their 3 favourite park projects from Round 2.
Later in 2026
Successful projects announced and funding agreements made with successful applicants
Use the map or the drop-down below to view the eligible areas for Pick My Park round 2 applications.
Eligible LGA's in the Melbourne metro area:
Eligible suburbs in the Ballarat area:
Eligible suburbs in the Bendigo area:
Eligible suburbs in the Geelong area:
If you would like more information about the program and how grants will be allocated, please refer to the program guidelines.
Page last updated: 20/06/26
