Friends of Scotchmans Creek and Valley Reserve

16/06/2026

On Sunday, 14 June we had a Friends planting in Valley Conservation Reserve.

The weather was cool but dry for the 14 volunteers who came along to plant about 900 plants the Reserve.

Darren the City of Monash Ranger supervised the volunteers who planted the tubestock in record time before lunch.

Here is a list of some of the species that we planted to add to the understorey:

Acacia myrtifolia - Myrtle Wattle
Acaena novae-zealandiae - Bidgee-widgee
Brachyscome multifida var.multifida - Cut-leaf Daisy
Correa reflexa var. reflexa - Common Correa
Dianella laevis var. laevis - Pale Flax-lily
Dichondra repens - Kidney-weed
Goodenia ovata - Hop Goodenia
Indigofera australis - Austral Indigo
Lomandra longifolia var.longifolia - Spiny-headed Mat-rush
Mentha australis - River Mint
Hakea decurrens ssp. physocarpa - Bushy Needlewood

06/06/2026

🌳Sunday, 26 July 2026 - National Tree Day Planting 🌳

Come and join us in helping to plant over 8,000 plants in the Scotchmans Creek corridor on National Tree Day.

This year we will be planting at Stanley Reserve East on the south side of the creek, just downstream from last year's site. We will complete planting right up to Stanley Avenue.

Date: Sunday 26 July, 2026
Time: From 10.00 am until about 1 pm
Where: Park in Therese Avenue or in adjacent streets - Melways Ref Page 70 C5. or Google reference -37.892575, 145.118691. Registration: will be at the entrance to the Reserve at 37A Therese Avenue.

All tools are provided, just bring gardening gloves and wear sturdy footwear and your gardening clothes. Please bring your own bottle of water to help to save the environment.

After planting, enjoy a great sausage sizzle cooked by the Scouts (gold coin donation required).

Melbourne Water and their Community Grants Program will be providing the funding for the plants. The City of Monash Bushland & Wetland Maintenance crew will be on-hand to help.

30/05/2026

📸 Bonnet mold fungus (Spinellus fusiger), a parasitic mold of mushrooms. Photographed by May Lee near Stanley Reserve East, Mount Waverley

15/05/2026

📸 A rich variety of fungi, a moss and a slime mould - found on the Scotchmans Creek trail in Stanley Reserve East and east of the Huntingdale wetlands.

All photos by May Lee.

**Importantly, please make sure not to eat any wild mushrooms unless you are certain they are safe!**

02/05/2026

**Night Flight! Gliding in for a Soft Landing; a look at local gliders**

The wonderful Ian Moodie is presenting on sugar gliders, the native, nocturnal marsupials that glide between trees. Join us as he shares photographs and knowledge about the sugar gliders that call Valley Conservation reserve home 💚

Date and time: Wed, 20 May, 7:30pm - 9pm AEST
Location: Mount Waverley Community Centre

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Come along and learn all about sugar gliders in our local area of Monash

20/04/2026

Join this year’s City Nature Challenge by taking an iNaturalist observation between 25-28 April 2026. It’s free to participate and helps record the incredible biodiversity around Melbourne!

https://www.monash.vic.gov.au/About-Us/News/2026/City-Nature-Challenge-is-here

15/04/2026

🌱NEXT WORK PARTY - this Saturday 18 April 🌱

All are welcome to attend our monthly weeding sessions at Valley Conservation Reserve, which are followed by tea and coffee.

📍Valley Conservation Reserve, Mount Waverley (Enter via Waimarie Drive or Wills Avenue)
🗓️ Saturday 18 April
⏰ 1:20-3:30 pm

25/03/2026

🌱NEXT WORK PARTY - this Saturday 28 March 🌱

All are welcome to attend our monthly weeding sessions at Valley Conservation Reserve, which are followed by tea and coffee.

📍Valley Conservation Reserve, Mount Waverley (Enter via Waimarie Drive or Wills Avenue)
🗓️ Saturday 28 March
⏰ 1:20-3:30 pm

16/03/2026

There is still time to register for this free event run by City of Monash. Find out what reptiles are in your neighbourhood and how you can support them! 💚🦎

Free event: What Reptiles are in your Neighbourhood?

📅Monday 30 March 2026, 6.30pm – 8.00pm
📍Mt Waverley Community Centre 47 Miller St, Mt Waverley
🔖FREE ticketed event. Register at https://events.humanitix.com/what-reptiles-are-in-your-neighbourhood

You're invited to hear from Zoologist and Ecologist, David De Angelis on the latest local research and understanding around reptiles in the urban environment.

Learn about the reptiles that share our neighbourhood: what they eat, their behaviour and what habitat they need to survive.

There will also be some tips on how to invite friendly reptiles into your garden and how to support them.

More at https://www.monash.vic.gov.au/reptiles

11/03/2026

🍄 GUEST SPEAKER - Geoff Lay - The Weird and Wonderful World of Fungus 🍄

We are fortunate to have Mr Geoff Lay to present a talk on Fungi to us in our March meeting. All are welcome to attend!

🍄 Wednesday 18 March from 7:30 pm
🍄 Alvie Hall - 314 High St Rd, Mount Waverley