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Southern Dandenongs Community Nursery (SDCN)

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SDCN Inc. is a not for profit community plant nursery founded in 1995 following the closure of the former Shire of Sherbrooke plant nursery at Upwey.

Southern Dandenongs is a not for profit community, volunteer driven indigenous nursery dedicated to growing and supplying local plants of the Southern Dandenongs. Earlier that year a group of people representing the Save the Dandenongs League, National Trust, Save our Creeks groups and council representative met at the Kallista Mechanics Hall to form a community plant nursery. From mid 1995 plants began to be grown by the group in member backyards for sale to community and council. The Kennett Government appointed commissioners then provided a site at the Birdsland Reserve for the establishment of a community nursery which after several years of development was formally opened by the Minister for the Environment, Cheryl Garbutt (MLA) in 2000. SDCN was awarded the community group of the year award by the Mayor of the Shire of Yarra Ranges in 2002. The nursery committee continues to develop the Birdsland Nursery site into a more sustainable community facility from profits generated by plant sales. The nursery is managed by a committee elected annually. Our group continues to seek grant funding from the Commonwealth and State Governments towards increasing community awareness of the need to protect and enhance the natural environment across private and public land. Plants are grown from plant material collected in the Southern Dandenongs region stretching from Mount Dandenong to Silvan to Gembrook to Narre Warren to Churchill National Park to Dandenong Creek covering the catchments of Upper Western Port and Upper Port Phillip Bay. This area coincides with the northern section of the Gippsland Plain and the southern section of the Highlands - Southern Fall bioregions.

29/10/2026

🌿 **A LITTLE BREAK FOR OUR WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS!** 💚

The Southern Dandenongs Community Nursery will be taking a short break over the Melbourne Cup long weekend to give our amazing volunteers a well-earned rest!

Our volunteers give so generously of their time, care and energy to grow and supply indigenous plants for our local community. We think they deserve a little downtime too! 🌱

📅 **CLOSURE DATES**
We will be closed from **Sunday 1 November to Wednesday 4 November inclusive.**

🌿 **REOPENING**
We'll be back open on **Friday 6 November**, at our usual trading hours.

Thank you for your continued support of our community nursery. We look forward to welcoming you back soon!

Enjoy the long weekend, everyone! 💚🌿

22/10/2026

🌿 It’s official! Southern Dandenongs Community Nursery is now a registered charity! 😊

For more than 30 years, SDCN has been growing indigenous plants and supporting our local environment and community.

We’re pleased to have reached this milestone and thank everyone who has supported us along the way. We look forward to continuing our work to advance the natural environment for years to come. 💚

🔗 View our listing on the ACNC Charity Register:
https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/charities/0d5a9be5-fe9d-f111-b8db-000d3ad13382/profile

04/10/2026

🌿 Job opportunity with our friends at Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater Inc.!

They’re looking for an Indigenous Community Nursery Manager to join their team at the Yellingbo Indigenous Nursery.

The role involves native plant production, seed collection and leading community and volunteer propagation projects.

👉 Link to job ad: https://www.ethicaljobs.com.au/members/fohh2/community-nursery-manager?sectors=5
Applications open until 18th October 2026

24/09/2026

Nursery *OPEN today*
Friday public holiday
9am - 1pm
See you soon 🌱

13/09/2026

🌱☀️ Spring Sunday at the nursery!

A warm Spring day, the hats are out and the nursery was buzzing! 🧢🌿

It was lovely to share morning tea with new volunteer friends and welcome lots of customers picking out plants for their gardens. 💚

A pretty perfect Sunday in the hills! 🌸🌱

13/09/2026

12/09/2026

👉We would like to introduce you to the 2026 SDCN volunteer committee of management elected at our AGM on Saturday 5th September 2026.
From left: Rachael Skinner (Vice President), Liam Walsh (General member), Annette Bryant (Secretary), Stephen Piggott (General member), Lyn Haag (General member), David Keil (General Member), Pam Bradley (President)
Absent from photo: Jani Madej and Nicole Svendsen (General members)
Appreciation is extended to retiring members Paul Birch and Jay Hamilton
🌱 Nursery operations will continue to be overseen by our amazing and committed staff members Raffaella and Anton

30/08/2026

🌿 CLOSED THIS SUNDAY FOR FATHER’S DAY 🌿

Just a quick reminder that Southern Dandenongs Community Nursery will be closed this Sunday, 6 September, for Father’s Day. 💚

We hope all the dads, grandads and father figures out there have a wonderful day celebrating with family and friends. 🌳👨‍👧‍👦

We’ll be back open Tuesday as usual.

Happy Father’s Day! 💚

17/08/2026

Southern Dandenongs Community Nursery is sharing this memorial notice for Mick Merange with the permission of his family.

Mick was a valued and much-loved member of our nursery community. Over many years, he gave his time generously to the Southern Dandenongs Community Nursery, serving on our committee and volunteering to help the nursery grow and thrive.

His contribution was part of a much broader commitment to our local community, where Mick gave more than 30 years of his time, knowledge and energy. At the nursery, his willingness to get involved, lend a hand and support the work we do made a lasting contribution.

We wanted to share this memorial notice with our nursery community for those who knew Mick and were fortunate enough to work alongside him.

Mick's funeral was held on Friday 14 August at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.

Our thoughts are with Mick's family and friends as they remember a man who gave so much of himself to his community.

13/08/2026

🌿 A wonderful opportunity to go behind the scenes and learn about the important work being done to protect Australia’s endangered orchids. Definitely worth checking out!

Address

271 Mount Morton Road
Belgrave Heights, VIC
3160

Opening Hours

Tuesday	9am - 1pm
Friday	9am - 1am
Sunday	9am - 12pm

Telephone

+61397546962

Website

https://sdcn.org.au/, https://www.instagram.com/sdcn2026/

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