Sunday Morning Activities – 4th Sunday of the Month, 10 am to 12 Noon, March to November.
Planting in different parks next to the Yarra River.
Details are further below.
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Wednesday Morning Activities – Weekly, most Wednesdays, anytime between 8 am to 12 Noon.
Planting and meintenance in the Westerfolds Park Manor Native Garden. BYO morning tea.
Details are further below.
Even an hour of your time would make a valuable contribution to the Yarra Valley Park environment – you don’t have to stay for the whole session.
On the day: Bring your own drinking water, and maybe some nibbles for yourself. You will need old clothes and sturdy shoes, gardening gloves, a parka, hat and sunscreen, and a water bottle. Wear long pants. You may also like to bring insect repellent.
Maybe stay afterwards and join us for a chat and BYO cuppa and nibbles.
Parks Victoria Requirements:
Since we work on Parks Victoria land, you have obligations to create your ParkConnect account and to have a Working-with-Children-Check. For details, read About ParkConnect and the Working With Children Check (200 Kb PDF).
What-3-words: The locations of our activity sites are given as what3words addresses. What3words is a simple way of displaying on your device the location of, and navigation to, a given address. See About What 3 words
Sunday July 27, 2025 – 10 am to 12 Noon – Montpelier Reserve, Lower Plenty (Mel 33 B2)
We will be putting in more plants after initial plantings last year.
Park at the ‘What-3-words’ location https://w3w.co/monkey.purely.social in the small parking area at the southern-most intersection of Bonds Rd and Montpelier Drive, or you can find a place to park in the street nearby. Follow signs to the planting area. Tools will be provided. Stay for a cuppa afterwards.
This activity is on ParkConnect for you to book in (optional).
Sunday August 24 – 10 am to 12 Noon – Sweeneys Flats, Eltham (Mel 22 B11)
Planting mid-storey and wetland plants. Bring your favourite planting tool if you have one. If not, tools will be provided.
Park at the end of Sweeneys Lane ‘What-3-words’ location https://w3w.co/move.rarely.levels and follow the signs. Stay for a cuppa afterwards.
This activity is not on ParkConnect yet.
Future Sunday Activity dates: September 28 and October 26.
Wednesday Mornings – Westerfolds Manor Native Garden, in Westerfolds Park, Templestowe
Most Wednesdays, anytime between 8 am to 12 Noon. You don’t have to be there for the entire session, just for what suits you.
Come and see many different native species and help with planting, weeding, mulching and pruning.
BYO thermos and nibbles for morning tea.
Please book in by sending a TEXT to Pat on 0426 649 198.
Park at what-3-words location https://w3w.co/faces.cones.forced (after entering Westerfolds Park from Fitzsimons Lane, Templestowe, and taking the first left turn to go to the end of the road to a car park). Then walk along the middle path slightly up the hill until you see the large Manor building (see this map). Then a very short walk around to the Manor garden gate at what-3-words https://w3w.co/panels.defend.broom
Committee meetings are usually on the 4th Thursday of the month at 7.30 pm in the Meeting Room at Westerfolds Park (Mel 33 F1).
Next Committee meetings are Thursdays, 7.30pm:
- July 24th
- August 28th AGM
- September 25th
- October 23rd
- No meeting in November. See you at the BBQ.
- December 3rd, Wednesday 6.30pm End-of-year BBQ