We hope you can join our working bee this Sunday 15 September 2024. We will be tackling woody weeds along Five Mile Creek at the north end of Bowen St. Note that the location has changed from what was advertised on the calendar and in the Woodend Star. This is because the Thursday Crew have already done a heap of amazing work at our original location on Quarry Road. Huge thanks to Dave and crew! Looking forward to catching you all 9am on Sunday!
Our monthly Working Bees resume at 9am on Sunday 25 August 2024 with some important weed control along Five Mile Creek between Thomas Court and East Street. All are welcome to lend a hand, have a chat and and enjoy a tasty morning tea. Hope to see you there!
Woodend Landcare are pleased to welcome some new faces to our committee at our recent AGM.
The 2024-25 Committee is:
Sadly we are letting Linda Vale have a well-earned break from secretarial duties after some 20 years. Linda not only did the minutes, but she has been a regular attendee at our working bees too. Linda will not be disappearing and we will no doubt be calling on her to help our new secretary when she can. Huge thanks to you Linda for your incredible contribution.
You can read more about our work over the past twelve months in our 2023-24 Annual Report here.
25 August – Upper Campaspe Landcare Network – Presentation by Mr Max Campbell on Biodiversity, Holobionts and Symbiosis – more info and RSVP here.
5-11 September – Connecting Country – Feathery Festival – The Message of the Lyrebird Film Fundraiser, Guided Birdwalk, and Talk by Tanya Loos – more info and booking here.
7 September – Wombat Forestcare – AGM and guest speakers Aviya Naccarella (Deakin Uni) and Emily McIntyre (Melbourne Uni) on ecological interactions mammals, fungi, plants & soil – more info and booking here.
13 September – Biolinks Alliance – Rewilding Central Victoria Symposium – more info and booking here.
20 September – Newham Landcare – AGM and guest speaker Professor Tom Griffiths AO on ‘This continent of smoke’: fire in our lives and landscapes‘ – more info and RSVP here.
Woodend Landcare supporters are encouraged to join us for our AGM at 10 am tomorrow morning (Sunday 11 August) at the Woodend Neighbourhood House. We have a last minute change of speaker to our very own Nicole Middleton talking about “Reinventing the Forgotten Garden – Permaculture Gardening with Kids”. Morning tea provided. Hope to see you all there!
The community is invited to attend Woodend Landcare’s Annual General Meeting at 10am on Sunday 11 August for a talk by the Threatened Species Conservancy on saving Woodend’s Black Gums, endangered butterflies and more.
Huge congratulations to our local Landcare legends were honored at the recent Landcare awards – our own Nicole Middleton, Newham Landcare’s Penny Roberts and Malmsbury Landcare’s John Walter were all commended for the Joan Kirner Landcare Award. Highly deserved accolades for all.
Woodend Landcare also congrats Marie Jones from Connecting Country in our neighboring Mount Alexander Shire who was named as the winner of the Joan Kirner Landcare Award.
After our short winter break, you can be a local Landcare legend too by coming along to our Working Bee on Sunday 25 August. See the updated calendar below for all our important dates for the next twelve months.
Don’t forget that the Thursday Crew work in various locations around Woodend most Thursday mornings. Contact Dave directly (details below) for more info on how to get involved in the Thursday Crew.
Macedon Ranges Shire Environment Events (click here for info)
Biolinks Alliance Events (click here for info)
Friends of the Box Ironbark Forests (click here for info)
Join Woodend Landcare for a planting day with a difference to finish our Pollinator Corridor Project. This Sunday 16 June (starting 9am), we aim to plant 165 banksia and monocot seedlings along Five Mile Creek starting from Jo’s Bridge, between Bowen and Wood Sts.
We’ll split up into teams (each with a wheelbarrow of seedlings and equipment), and wander along the creek, planting as we go.
If this sounds like fun, come along and join us.
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