Sustainable Living in Bayside

17/09/2024

Bayside City Council has entered the election period in the lead-up to local Council elections.

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24/05/2024

Large important trees bring life, shade, oxygen and beauty and are highly valued by our community, which is why we want to protect them🌳

But what makes a significant tree, well, significant?

Let’s have a look at five different examples of what makes a tree eligible for Bayside’s Significant Tree Register 👇

[Image description: The trunk of a Smooth Barked Apple Myrtle tree in Beaumaris.]

Let’s have a look at five different examples of what makes a tree eligible for Bayside’s Significant Tree Register.

16/05/2024

Last week Zoe Daniel MP and Mark Dreyfus MP toured the Highett Grassy Woodland with Bayside Mayor, Cr Fiona Stitfold and the Friends of Highett Grassy Woodland group 🌱🌳

The three-hectare Highett Grassy Woodland in the south of the former CSIRO site on Graham Road is an important site for conserving and regenerating habitat for rare or threatened flora and fauna species in Bayside 🦋🍃

Conserving the Highett Grassy Woodland reserve will ensure the future protection of an endangered community of trees, shrubs, grasses, and other plants.

As a next step, we’ve drafted a Masterplan and a high-level layout of what the site could potentially look like, and we’d love your feedback.

Link in comments to have your say before 19 May 👇

14/05/2024

Gardens for Wildlife - nature strip transformation ✨🌱

Did you know that more than one third of all public green space in Melbourne is nature strips? Planting your nature strip with indigenous plant species can extend wildlife habitat, increase biodiversity and more.

Over the coming months local Hampton resident, Annie, will be transforming her nature strip with a range of indigenous plants. We'll be updating you on Annie’s nature strip transformation as she progresses - check out part one now 👇



[Image description: 1. Annie removing the turf on her nature strip by hand, using a hand shovel. 2. Rhinoceros Beetle larvae in the dirt.]

Planting nature strips with indigenous plant species can extend wildlife habitat from our gardens, increase biodiversity and assist with wildlife corridors to our bushland, heathland and foreshore reserves and other green spaces, lessens overall maintenance along with a host of other benefits.

08/05/2024

Enjoy an afternoon of repairs at our upcoming Roving Repair event, being held this Saturday as part of the larger Sandy Eco Expo. Some of the activities at the expo include, bicycle repair workshop, garden produce swap, second-hand clothes market and much more.

⏰ When: This Saturday 11 May, 1pm to 4pm
📌 Where: Sandybeach Centre - 2 Sims Street, Sandringham

Whether you're looking to fix a treasured item, swap garden goodies, or simply soak in eco-friendly knowledge, this event has something for everyone.

🔨♻️ Roving Repair Event specific information

On the day our roving repairers in textiles, wood, crockery and other small items will be there to support you in developing skills and confidence to repair these items instead of throwing them away.

Book your place online for Roving Repairs and let us know what item you plan to bring when you book, so our repairers can be prepared (link in comments to register).

Send a message to learn more

02/05/2024

We have joined the effort to transform the way cans, cartons and bottles are recycled and reward members of the community who make a deposit at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre station in Cheltenham 💚

The new scheme provides a 10 cent refund for eligible single-use aluminium, glass, plastic and liquid paperboard (carton) drink containers between 150ml and 3 litres. – just look out for the 10 cent symbol on the label to confirm eligibility. You can even donate your earnings to a charity or not for profit.

It’s easy to participate in the CDS by using the drive-in refund point at the Bayside Waste and Recycling Centre, 144 Talinga Road, Cheltenham, which is being transformed into a state-of-the-art facility 🚗✨

27/04/2024

We’ve drafted a masterplan to conserve, manage and protect the Highett Grassy Woodland. We need your help to understand if the plan strikes the right balance between protecting the natural environment and enhancing visitor enjoyment 🌱

The Highett Grassy Woodland in the south of the former CSIRO site on Graham Road contains indigenous species and natural habitats, including Yellow Box eucalypts that are considered rare in the Bayside region 🌻

The draft Masterplan shows how the site could look and be enjoyed in the future. The vision for the site is an open woodland dominated by River Red-gum and Yellow Box with a scattered understorey of small trees, low shrubs and a moderately dense grassy field layer 🌿

Visit Have Your Say to explore the site, view the proposed layout and share your views - link in comments.

Consultation closes 19 May 2024 📆

Photo credit: Pauline Reynolds 📸

[Image description: A jezebel butterfly on a plant. She has black, yellow, white and orange patterned wings.]

23/04/2024

Today's is the Parsnip Trachymene🌼

Enhance the beauty of your space with the beautiful flowering Parsnip Trachymene plant 🌸

Common name: Parsnip Trachymene

Latin name: Trachymene composite

Description: This beautiful flowering plant is often mistaken for a w**d but has showy white flowers and will attract native insects to your garden. It has red and green leaves that contrast with its white flowers and make it an ideal display plant. Its fibrous taproot was used as a traditional food source by First Nations people.

Best suited to: This plant prefers sandy well-drained soils and will grow in full sun or partial shade. This plant regenerates well after fire in its natural environment.

Care tip: The Parsnip Trachymene is a useful coloniser and fast growing.

The Parsnip Trachymene plant is available at the Bayside Community Nursery 🌻

Bayside Community Nursery is located at 315-317 Reserve Road, Cheltenham and is open Thursdays and Saturdays between 10am and 12pm.

Photo credit: Pauline Reynolds 📷



[Image description: Round bunches of small delicate white flowers on a green stalk.]