Friends Of Yarra Valley Parks

21/10/2026

Sunday 25 October – 10 am to 12 Noon – Westerfolds Park (Mel 33 F1)
Come and help us remove woven plastic w**d mats left after planting decades ago. A mattock and box cutter/Stanley knife would be handy, but tools will be provided. Enter the park from Fitzsimons Lane and veer right. At the roundabout, continue straight to the bottom car park (What3Words location https://w3w.co/polite.bench.jacket), then follow signs. A cuppa provided when the work is done.
www.yvfriends.org.au

24/09/2026

We hope you are able to join us this Sunday with the important maintenance work of looking after previous plantings.
Sunday 27 September – 10 am to 12 Noon: Porter Street site, Westerfolds Park (Mel 33 E3)
Looking after tree guards and w**ding around the plants.
Park at ‘What-3-words’ location https://w3w.co/vine.name.ledge
near the gate on Porter Street (approximately opposite Milne Street). Bring your favorite w**ding tool if you have one. If not, tools will be provided.

19/08/2026

You are very welcome to join our next activity:
Sunday 23 August – 10 am to 12 Noon – Candlebark Park (Mel 21 H11)
Planting with Yarra Riverkeepers near the Main Yarra Trail.
Park at the end of Homestead Road, Eltham ‘What-3-words’ location https://w3w.co/swear.pasta.tunes
Cross the footbridge across the Yarra then walk about 500m east along the Trail to the site. Planting tools will be provided.
The sites are fenced, the holes are dug. We just have to plant the plants.
A cuppa to follow.
Details: www.Yvfriends.org.au

20/07/2026

You are welcome to join us this Sunday 26 July – 10 am to 12 Noon – Banyule Flats (Mel 32 G3)
Planting mid-storey species in gaps between the eucalypts near the Main Yarra Trail.
Park in the car park for Banyule Flats Reserve off Somerset Drive. ‘What3words’ location is https://w3w.co/filled.relay.camera. A short walk east brings you to the site, opposite where the Plenty River Trail heads off to the left. Bring your favorite planting tool if you wish, but tools will be provided. A hot cuppa to finish.
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24/06/2026

This patch of Murundaka Park needs a mid-storey. Come and help us make it happen.

Sunday 28 June – 10 am to 12 Noon – Murundaka, Lower Plenty (Mel 32 J3)
Planting in spaces between eucalypts which we planted some years ago.
Park near the end of Bonds Rd. (Mel 33 A3) ‘What-3-words’ location https://w3w.co/latest.quite.scope.
Then walk west along the Main Yarra Trail about 1 km. Near the overhead power lines, look for a sign on
the right which will point you through a gateway to the planting site. Planting tools will be provided.
Details: www.yvfriends.org.au

20/05/2026

You are very welcome to join us at our next activity:
Sunday 24 May – 10 am to 12 Noon – Westerfolds Park (Mel 33 G2)
Park at ‘What-3-words’ location https://w3w.co/flap.bind.mirror
Planting in a new site adjacent to Fitzsimons Lane. Rangers have discovered a surprising range of indigenous plants surviving here where kangaroos and rabbits are rare and the soil low in nutrients. Park in the ‘24-hour carpark’ which is next to the planting site. It is just north of the main entry to Westerfolds from Fitzsimons Lane. Bring your favorite planting tool if you have one. If not, tools will be provided. There’s a cuppa to finish.
Details: www.Yvfriends.org.au

20/04/2026

You are very welcome to join us at our next activity:
Sunday 26 April – 10 am to 12 Noon – Candlebark Park (Mel 21 H11)
We will be removing woven plastic w**d mats left after planting decades ago in Candlebark Park, just south of the footbridge across the Yarra, near where we planted in 2024. As well as leaking shreds of plastic into the environment, the presence of these old guards can give the impression that the park is not well looked after. Park at the end of Homestead Road, Eltham at ‘What-3-words’ location https://w3w.co/swear.pasta.tunes. Then cross the footbridge to the site. A mattock and box cutter/Stanley knife would be handy, but tools will be provided, along with a cuppa when we’re done.

Details: www.Yvfriends.org.au

Welcome to Friends of Yarra Valley Parks (FoYVP) The Friends of Yarra Valley Parks is a community group whose focus is the protection, restoration and enhancement of the natural environment of the middle Yarra Valley, from Burke Road in Ivanhoe to Pound Bend in Warrandyte. Our activities include pla...