Peas, fabulous peas
August and September are the best times to see peas in the Park. Dillwynia, Aotus, Eutaxia, Davesia and Bossiaea species put on a dazzling show of yellow and red pea flowers. You will find them in our heathy areas of the Park. These medium…
Melbourne Pollinator Corridor
Westgate Park is set to play a key part in an ambitious new project to boost indigenous insect life and pollination. Emma Cutting is a self-described “amateur plantswoman” who has recently launched an exciting community-led initiative to establish the Melbourne Pollinator Corridor. The idea…
Port of Melbourne on board
Bili Nursery recently grew and supplied 8000 plants for the Port of Melbourne to fill in gaps in the Todd Rd linear landscape. Port of Melbourne has now planted, mulched and weeded, and the landscape is looking much better for the tlc. Here’s their…
1000 new plants at Lagoon Reserve
Huge thanks to the Citywide organisation for helping rescue an indigenous-plant project in Port Melbourne’s Lagoon Reserve. Plans for an annual day of community planting had been cancelled for a second time this year due to Covid restrictions, when Citywide, which manages City of…
Vote for our nest box project
Exciting news!!! Our nest box project proposal, Hollows for Habitat at Westgate Park, has made it to the public voting stage of the Parks Victoria Volunteering Innovation Fund! If funded, our project will see volunteers building, installing and monitoring up to 50 newly designed nest boxes at…
Gardening Aust comes to Park
We were delighted that ABC’s Gardening Australia film crew came to the Park. The episode was aired on Friday 28th May and you can see it on iView or here on Facebook for just our segment of the show. It was a great opportunity…
Gift vouchers
Bili Nursery propagates ~300 species of plants that are indigenous to the Melbourne Region. What could be better than giving a gift of nature from Bili Nursery – the shop for beautiful native plants? Vouchers can be redeemed from Bili Nursery, 535 Williamstown Road,…
A walk in the park
It’s 9 am, 2 deg. and sunny. I start at Lorimer Street near the punt. People everywhere – jogging, dog-walking, fishing, a walking race, cycling. The river is glistening and calm, other than the occasional boat wash. Across the way, industrial neighbours and Atriplex…
Doing it for Koalas
Bili Nursery received a very special order from the Clancy Koala Foundation for 3,500 Eucalyptus goniocalyx – Long-leafed Box or Bundy. These trees will be used by the Foundation for planting days on private land in the You Yangs, west of Melbourne, to rebuild…
Our latest project
The new toilet block was very welcome and we are pleased with how it turned out. It’s now been landscaped and this week we mulched and planted the garden beds. Many thanks to the volunteers who did the work – it’s looking splendid!