Working Bees
Depending upon the season, working bees may involve seed collection, searching for plants, planting, installing and maintaining plant guards, weeding or brush cutting.
Our next working bee will be on Sunday 12 May from 10.00am - midday.
We will be planting at the Gilmour Park Retarding Basin. Please meet on the dam wall. Parking is available on New Rd.
As described in the "Fencing Project" below, in 2023 we received funding from Knox Council and Melbourne Water to build a fence to help restrain dogs and protect the revegetated area (bird habitat) along the creek. Knox Environment Society have grown locally indigenous plants for us including the rare Philydrum lanuginosum (Woolly Waterlily).
If you are planning on coming along, if possible, could you email president@fggw.org so we can plan for numbers. Morning tea will be provided.
Please bring hats, sunscreen and protective clothing.
Our next working bee will be on Sunday 12 May from 10.00am - midday.
We will be planting at the Gilmour Park Retarding Basin. Please meet on the dam wall. Parking is available on New Rd.
As described in the "Fencing Project" below, in 2023 we received funding from Knox Council and Melbourne Water to build a fence to help restrain dogs and protect the revegetated area (bird habitat) along the creek. Knox Environment Society have grown locally indigenous plants for us including the rare Philydrum lanuginosum (Woolly Waterlily).
If you are planning on coming along, if possible, could you email president@fggw.org so we can plan for numbers. Morning tea will be provided.
Please bring hats, sunscreen and protective clothing.
Projects
Bird Nesting, Fencing Project, Gilmour Park Retarding Basin 2023 -
We are very pleased to have completed the fencing project along Ferny Creek and the Gilmour Park Retarding Basin. The purpose of the fence is to protect the many birds around the lake that nest and dwell at ground level and are at increased risk of disturbance and predation. Over Autumn this year, we will focus on weeding and revegetating the area. This will include a rare plant, the beautiful Woolly Waterlily, Philydrum lanuginosum, which has been propagated especially for us by the Knox Environment Society. This plant would once have been found along waterways in our area but is currently known at only one site in Melbourne.
This fencing project was made possible by grants from Melbourne Water and Knox Council, and we are very grateful for their support. It has taken us three years to complete this project, beginning with the first steps of the grant application process through to sourcing a fencing contractor and completing the fence, followed by weeding and planting.
This fencing project was made possible by grants from Melbourne Water and Knox Council, and we are very grateful for their support. It has taken us three years to complete this project, beginning with the first steps of the grant application process through to sourcing a fencing contractor and completing the fence, followed by weeding and planting.