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!
Fungi on show
After good rain and cool weather, the fungal sporing bodies – the ‘mushrooms’ – are popping up throughout Westgate Park. As we can’t run fungi forays right now, we will bring you regular updates on what’s appearing in the Park. Starting with the gilled…
Covid-19 policy
We have implemented a policy of containment for the virus to keep our staff and volunteers safe. If you intend to come to Bili Nursery or Westgate Park for volunteering, please ring Nic beforehand on 0401 790 423 and be sure to read our…
Bird survey 2 March
Thanks to better-than-average summer rainfall, the large Freshwater and Saltwater Lake levels are high, as before, bringing small numbers of diving feeders such as Little Pied and Little Black Cormorants, Hardheads, Australasian Grebes and Hoary-headed Grebes, the latter present in higher numbers. Teal are slightly more common now, while…
New bird species list out
The total number of bird species recorded in the Park is now 162 and in 2019, 88 bird species were observed – more than half!
Flowering now – the sedges
Lepidospermum concavum – Sandhill Sword-sedge (top) is a handsome sedge with sharp-edged leaves often tipped with reddish-brown. Its flowers are small whitish, emerging from brown spikelets. Eleocharis acuta – Common Spike-sedge is a semi-aquatic sedge which spreads rapidly in shallow water with creeping rhizomes…