STONNINGTON'S ADOPT-A-NATIVE-PLANT GIVEAWAY
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Central Park (find us south of the conservatory, opposite Nyora Street)
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Help green our city and celebrate National Tree Day on Sun 31 July by adopting your very own local species to plant at home!
Stonnington residents are invited to take their own piece of nature home at this special event offering a range of local shrubs, grasses, groundcovers, and wildflowers, all indigenous to the Melbourne area. There’s no better time to plant and get ready for spring blooms!
By adding indigenous plants to your garden, you’ll help provide safe habitat and food for native birds and pollinators. Establishing habitat in home gardens is also important to create habitat ‘stepping stones’ for wildlife so they can travel safely between our City’s parks and reserves.
Book into one of our two ‘Collect and Connect’ sessions to chat to Council horticulturalists about the right species for your outdoor area, no matter how big or small your garden space. Wemba Wemba-Wergaia ecologist Dean Stewart (creator of the Lost Lands Found eco-art installation at Central Park) will also be at each session, along with local community revegetation groups, to share tips and tricks to help your plants thrive.
Stick around between sessions to join a free guided Lost Lands Found tour with Dean to see some of the spectacular indigenous plant specimens, like the ones you can take home.
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For more gardening tips on how to create a wildlife-friendly garden with indigenous plants, check out our Sustainable Gardening in Stonnington Booklet or sign up to our free My Smart Garden program.