This policy has been in place for some years. It’s not particularly encouraging but if you follow the guidelines, you should be able to plant a native nature strip.

“It is Council’s preference for vegetated road verges and nature strips to remain predominantly grass or turf species with a street tree planted in the vegetated road verge. However, should the resident wish to convert their vegetated road verge from grass to a low shrub garden bed or to synthetic grass, these requests must be made in accordance with criteria on pages 7 & 8 and application forms on page 20 within this policy.”

See details at www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/Services/Tree-management/Trees-on-public-land and click on the Nature Strips tab half way down the page and follow the links