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29 May 2025 We had a great day planting with Grade 4 and 5 students from Campbellfield Heights Primary School in some typical Melbourne weather – rain, sunshine and even a rainbow! We had lots of eager volunteers (especially for banging in tree guards!) who contributed to restoring this important site. We’d like to thank… Continue reading Planting the Seed Update – Galada Tamboore

22 February 2025 We are excited to be working with Melbourne Water and Campbellfield Heights Primary school to help revegetate an area of Galada Tamboore, an urban cooling revegetation project along the Merri Creek, near Somerset Road, Campbellfield.  Galada Tamboore is an area of cultural significance for the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung community. Our ecologists met with… Continue reading Planting the Seed – Galada Tamboore

26 February 2025 Come join us and our project partner Eco Warriors Australia for a fun session where we will be building habitat pods for our local wildlife. This hands-on activity is great for ages 8+ and no experience is necessary. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with nature and give back to… Continue reading Habitat Pod Building Workshops

6 June 2025 Our ecologists have been busy recently hosting eight wildlife rope bridge building workshops with the Yarra Ranges community. We’ve been able to share information about our amazing local wildlife with the community, and have already had some unusual animals trying to use our bridges! We’re looking forward to installing these in storm-damaged… Continue reading Wildlife Rope Bridges Workshops

24 April 2025 We headed to the La Trobe Valley this week to propagate native plants with Grade 3 and 4 students from Churchill Primary School. We’re looking forward to planting these in Gaskin Park on National Tree Day! A big thanks to Roland from Latrobe City Council for kindly giving us a hand, and… Continue reading Planting the Seed Update – Churchill

30 May 2025 Our botanists had lots of fun with Grade 4/5s from Ardeer Primary School learning how to propagate native plants. This section of Kororoit Creek is fairly disturbed, so it was great to see lots of native birds as well. We’re looking forward to planting with students along Kororoit Creek in a few… Continue reading Planting the Seed Update – Ardeer

2 June 2025 Exciting news! Our habitat pods have landed in Warrien Reserve and Scott Street Reserve, ready for native frogs and lizards to use as shelter! We’re monitoring the pods so we can’t wait to see who uses them… We’d like to thank the Maroondah City Council Community Grants program for generously funding our… Continue reading Habitat Pods – Update

25 May 2025 Today our botanists showed the Sustainability Leaders from Wandin North Primary School how to propagate local native plants.  We had a wander through Picnic Hills Bushland Reserve to gather our cuttings, and then back to school to propagate them. We can’t wait until our planting day later this year! We’d like to… Continue reading Planting the Seed Update – Wandin North Primary School Propagation Session

13 June 2025 We had a great time with the Wandin North Primary School Sustainability Leaders learning about cultural heritage on a rather frosty morning! Kai spoke about his journey from Yorta-Yorta country and coming to a new tribe in Wurundjeri country, describing the animals that he saw along the way. Everyone warmed up with… Continue reading Planting the Seed Update – Wandin North Primary School Cultural Heritage

12 June 2025 Students from Yering Primary School, Coldstream Primary School, Yarra Glen Primary School, Lilydale Primary School and St Patrick’s Lilydale have had a great time learning about Aboriginal cultural this week through Welcome ceremony dances, storytelling, Aboriginal artwork and marngrook. Kai showed students the different echoes of the digeridoo, with a mini corroboree,… Continue reading Planting the Seed Update – Yering Cultural Heritage Sessions