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Some local volunteer groups to join
Friends of Chandler Hill (Upper FTG)
Friends of Chelsea Australian Garden (Olinda)
Friends of Glenfern Valley Bushland (Upwey)
Friends of Harrow Heights Reserve (Belgrave)
Friends of Hazel Vale Valley (Tecoma)
Friends of Holly Hill (Ferny Creek)
Friends of Karwarra Gardens (Kalorama)
Friends of Singletons Reserve (Mt Dandenong)
Southern Dandenongs Landcare (Belgrave, Selby Upwey)
Local native nurseries and gardens to visit
Knox Environmental Society (Ferntree gully)
Kuranga Native Nursery (Mt Evelyn)
Southern Dandenongs Community Nursery (Belgrave South)
Candlebark Nursery (Mooroolbark)
Helmeted Honeyeater Plant Nursery (Yellingbo)
Karwarra Australia Native Botanic Gardens (Kalorama)
Chelsea Australian Garden (Olinda)
Gardens for Wildlife
Bring nature to your home. Create a garden that attracts and supports local wildlife. Book a visit from the Yarra Ranges Council Gardens for Wildlife program. This is a free service. Click here.
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Need to identify a plant, animal or fungus? Download the free app iNaturalist
Friends of your own garden
Your garden is valuable. Wildlife don't see property boundaries, be part of a wildlife corridor. There are lots of different garden types, some are better than others.
Poor - Gardens that are mostly uncontrolled environmental weeds
OK - Exotic gardens (with controlled environmental weeds)
Good - Mixed gardens, exotic and native (with controlled environmental weeds)
Excellent - Native gardens, mixture indigenous plants and other native plants
Environmental weeds summary list. Click here
Gardens on your nature strip
Create a fabulous native garden on your verge, check council guidelines. Click here.
OMH Sign
Choose to proudly display your support with a free sign for your garden or nature project.
Waste Water
How well is your grey water and septic tank outflows being managed? Are you releasing your waste water untreated into the storm water drains? Are you able to connect to the new sewer systems? Can you see litter going down the drains? A bad smell from our drains indicates something is wrong. Did you know that its prohibited to release any waste water into our creeks that negatively effects people's health and the health of our environment. Lets act now to stop pollution in our creeks.
Hear about Eels in Dandenong Creek. Click here
Guidelines for onsite wastewater management. Click here
Tanks for saving the Platypus in Monbulk Creek. Click here
Further reading
Australia’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan is a shared roadmap to better understand, care for and sustainably manage nature. Click here
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