Friends Of Yarra Valley Parks

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...

15/03/2026

You are welcome to help with our next activity next Sunday 22 March – 10 am to 12 Noon – Murundaka, Bonds Rd. Lower Plenty (Mel 33 A2)
Park at ‘What-3-words’ location https://w3w.co/native.worker.pose

Maintenance around plants put in during recent years. Checking and refurbishing tree guards. Some w**ding around the plants. Enter the site via a gate on the west side of Bonds Road, just after you go under the power line. You can park on the verge nearby if it’s dry, or go back to the small parking area at the turn-off to Montpelier Drive.

24/10/2025

Although we have removed hundreds of woven plastic w**d mats in the last few years, there are still hundreds remaining along the Yarra, slowly becoming microplastics.
Please help us to remove a few hundred more this Sunday 26 October – 10 am to 12 Noon – beside the Main Yarra Trail near the end of Bonds Road (Mel 33 A3.)
A mattock and box cutter/Stanley knife would be handy, but tools will be provided. Park near the end of Bonds Rd. (What3Words location https://w3w.co/outfit.lines.friday) then follow signs west along the trail to the site.
Stay for a cuppa when we're done.
More information at yvfriends.org.au

18/08/2025

Next Sunday August 24, we’ll be going back to Sweeneys Flats in Eltham: 10 am to 12 Noon (Mel 22 B11)
Planting more mid-storey and wetland plants. Bring your favorite planting tool if you have one. If not, tools will be provided.
Park at the end of Sweeneys Lane ‘What-3-words’ location https://w3w.co/hotels.slowly.sling and follow the signs.

You are very welcome to join us.
www.yvfriends.org.au

21/07/2025

Come and join us at this Sunday 27 July at Sweeneys Flats, Eltham 10 am to 12 Noon.
Planting mid-storey and wetland plants. Bring your favourite planting tool if you have one. If not, tools will be provided.
Stay for a cuppa afterwards.
Park at the end of Sweeneys Lane (Mel 22 B11) (‘What-3-words’ location https://w3w.co/move.rarely.levels) and then follow the signs.
Our website: www.yvfriends.org.au