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 maintenance 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 April 26 – 10am to 12 noon – Candlebark Park (Mel 21 H11)
Park at ‘What-3-words’ location https://w3w.co/native.worker.pose We will be removing woven plastic weed mats left after planting decades ago in Candlebark Park, just south of the footbridge across the Yarra, near where we planted in 2024. Park at the end of Homestead Road, Eltham, then cross the footbridge to the site. A mattock and box cutter/Stanley knife would be handy, but tools will be provided.
This activity is on ParkConnect now.
Sunday May 24 – 10am to 12 noon – Westerfolds Park (Mel 33 G2)
Park at ‘What-3-words’ location https://w3w.co/native.worker.pose Planting in a new site adjacent to Fitzsimons Lane. Rangers have discovered a surprising range of indigenous plants surviving here where kangaroos and rabbits are rare and the soil low in nutrients. Park in the ’24-hour carpark’ which is next to the planting site. It is just north of the main entry to Westerfolds from Fitzsimons Lane. Bring your favorite planting tool if you have one. If not, tools will be provided.
This activity is not on ParkConnect yet.
Future Sunday Activity dates 2026: June 28, July 26, Aug 23, Sept 27, Oct 25. Nov 22(Walk)
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
- Thursday April 23
- Thursday May 28
- Thursday June 25
- Thursday July 23
- Thursday August 27
- Thursday September 24
- Thursday October 22
- November – no meeting – see you at the BBQ.
- End-of-year BBQ, Wednesday 6.30pm December 9.