Working Bees

Working Bee Sunday 25 October 9am

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reveg_crowd copyOur working bees are an essential part of the work we do and, as we often say, may hands make light work. If you’ve not been before give it a go! Our ‘bees’ are fun and we have a great morning tea.

This time we’ll be planting 90 plants in amongst a previous planting, doing some brush cutting of long grass and watering a previous planting near the weir so, there’s a range of tasks to suit everyone.

When: Sunday 25 October 9am to midday
Where: Tennyson Street willow site
Parking: Parking is at the south end of Tennyson St or next to the walking track in Five Mile Creek Reserve.
What to bring: Please wear boots, gloves, a hat, and sun protection and BYO water bottle. The tool trailer will be on site and morning tea is provided.

This working bee will conclude our Spring plantings so don’t miss the chance to contribute to help restore this degraded section of the creek to an indigenous state.

If you’ve any questions please email woodendlandcare@gmail.com or call David on 5427 4117

Sunday 27 September 9am Planting working bee

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Thank you to everyone who helped plant at the Woodend Children’s Park on Saturday 12 September. With over 30 people helping out we managed to get all 1,800 plants planted in just five hours – must have been Susan and Chris’ awesome morning tea that kept everyone going!

Time now for another working bee. On Sunday 27 September we’re meeting near the weir off Tennyson Street at 9am and topping up the Trees for Mum 2013 planting and then heading to Buffalo Stadium to top up the 2014 Trees for Mum site.

There are only about 30 plants to plants… but many hands make light work and there is bound to be some weeding to do too.

All plants and equipment provided. Please wear gloves, boots and sun protection.

Hope to see you there.

For more info contact David Gossip on 5427 4117 or email us

 

Working bee Sunday 23 August – new location

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Please note our next working bee will be held at the Chilreveg_crowd copydren’s Park (details below) NOT at Slatey Creek Reserve as previously intended.

Working bee Sunday 23 August

What: Site preparation on the creek flats at the Children’s Park, the location for major planting on 12 September.
When: 9am – noon, Campaspe Park, north side of Five Mile Creek, near the single tennis court.
Do: Cutting and pasting weeds, removing old blackberry canes, whipper snipping on the banks. Generally tidying up the site.
Bring: Gumboots, gloves, whipper snipper
Eat/drink: Hot drinks and morning tea provided

Hope to see you there

 

Billabong Blitz, Sunday 26 April

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This important tidy up is to tackle emerging weeds in the Scout Billabong planting of 2013.

Landcare and Woodend Scouts planted 318 native grasses, shrubs and trees which now need a little attention.

Please help us give a little TLC to the rehabilitation work done and continue to beautify this lovely little backwater alongside the creek.

When: Sunday, 26 April 2015
Time: 9am till 12 noon
Where: Five Mile Creek, west of tennis courts
Parking: At end of Margery Cres, near tennis courts
Bring: secateurs, gloves, whipper snippers
Morning tea provided

Tasks cutting and painting of woody weeds, hand-weeding within guards, plant guard removal and maintenance, whipper snipping in plantings.

For further details contact David on 5427 4117 or woodendlandcare@gmail.com

Working bee Sunday, 26 October 9am to midday

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This is reminder that the next Sunday working bee will be concentrating on the Tennyson Street willow removal area where the recent plantings need clearing around by first carefully locating the plants, stomping the grass down and then whipper snipping around them. Nearby there are some areas requiring plant guard removal, some cutting and painting of woody weeds and some other recent plantings requiring whipper snipping.

Sunday 26 October from 9 am to 12pm.

Parking is at the Southern end of Tennyson St.

The Landcare trailer will be onsite and morning tea will be provided.

Bring your own gloves, sturdy footwear, sun protection, eye and ear protection if using machinery, secateurs, knife, whipper snipper etc. There is a range of tasks at this site so a good attendance would be appreciated.

Newcomers are also welcome to attend and help improve the creekside environment.