For over 20 years, volunteers have been looking after Westgate Park – planting, weeding, mulching, cleaning up and general gardening. Our main work days are Mondays and Wednesdays but we have now resumed volunteering in the Park on the third Sunday of ea...
Category: Volunteering
Volunteers wanted – working with seed
Some of our indigenous plants are grown by cuttings or division but most are propagated from seed. Preparing seeds, or seed cleaning, is a hugely important role in our propagation process. But all it requires is an aptitude for careful and methodical work, gui...
Thanks, JH and Melb Water
The crew from John Holland and Melbourne Water are working in the park on the major task of duplicating the sewer under the Yarra River – a project to be completed in 2024. They took time out this week to see more of the park and to help out with spring ...
Coastcare project 2022
People often turn a cheek to the saltmarsh, it has rarely captured interest in the same way our forests or flowering heathlands historically have. The slippery sedimentary soils, blaring heat and occasionally offensive odours don’t lure the passer-by, but th...