Mission: We are working to foster and promote the development of a botanic garden in Melton - Join us!

"Best Community or Not for Profit Organisation"- Powercor Melton Business Excellence Awards 2012
"Leaders in Sustainability"- Powercor Melton Business Excellence Awards 2011

Location: Melton Botanic Garden - corner of Tullidge Street and William Street
see Whereis online map or Google Map or Melways Map 337 Ref: C10 and D10

Monthly Meetings:
Every second Wednesday of the Month @ 7.30pm. (except January and December and often February)
Venue: D J Cunningham Centre - Exford Rd, Melton South, Melways Map 342 K3 - parking available - Contact us

"Best Community or Not for Profit Organisation" -2012
"Leaders in Sustainability" -2011

News and Events

Next Meeting
Wednesday 13th June 7.30pm
Neutrog Fertilisers with Helen Lovel
All attendees will receive FREE samples of the latest Neutrog products.
You also have the opportunity to purchase a pre-ordered copy of the book 'From The Ground Up' written specifically for Victoria by our Patron Jane Edmanson. This unique book normally retails for $64.96, but Neutrog takes pleasure in providing books to FMBG for the special price of $49.95. To ensure that enough books are brought along to the talk, you will need to contact Janet Dyke 9743 2733 if you wish to purchase a book.
For information contact Jill Bentley: 9743 3819

Eucalyptus Arboretum
The next meeting of the Working Party is scheduled for Monday 4th June 2012 at 2.30pm - Venue: Meeting Room Melton Civic Centre
Funding: Dahl Trust Grant $15,000; Vision for Werribee Plains Grant of $132,000; in-kind: MSC, Western Water, FMBG, APS, CVGT
To implement the Eucalyptus Arboretum much planing and preparation is required.
If you have skills and/or equipment to assist the project please contact David Pye.
We have 4 groups you can join: Funding (John Bentley); Site Preparation (David Paye/John Bentley), Plants (Barb Pye) and Singage (Jill Bentley).
David Pye is the Project Manger.
This project is a joint undertaking by the Friends of the Melton Botanic Garden, the Australian Plant Society Melton and Bacchus Marsh and the Shire of Melton.
If you are interested in joining this group and are prepared to assist in the planning then please get in touch with David Pye (5428 9369 ), or John Bentley (9743 3819).

Planting
Grow the Garden Days on the 2nd Thursday & 4th Sunday every month 10am to noon - planting, watering and weeding
Generally work along Ryans Creek to rehabilitate the indigenous section of the Melton Botanic Garden.
Enter Melton Botanic Garden at the north end corner of William and Tullidges Street behind Melton Timber and Home store.
Gumnuts
Gumnuts work in the Eucalyptus Arborteum 1st and 3rd Tuesdays eevry month 10am-noon - Contact Jill (9743 3819)
Ryans Creek Group
This group meets every Thursday 10am-noon and work on Ryans Creek rehabilitation - Contact Margaret (5367 3328)

Clean Up Day
2nd Sunday of every 2nd month 10am to noon (Feb, April, June, August, October)
Also Clean Up Australia is on the first Sunday in March at 10am.
Melton Botanic Garden - Meet at rotundas

Prominent Friends
Well everybody is!
Julia Gillard (Prime Minister of Australia) and Don Nardella (Legislative Assembly Member for Melton - Parliament of Victoria) are FMBG members

It's Offcial - Melton Botanic Garden Gazetted
On 10th February 2011 the place name "Melton Botanic Garden" was listed in the Victoria Government Gazette.
If you wish to look at the listing please see page 236 of the Gazette.

Shire of Melton and the Melton Botanic Garden Recent News
July 2011 - $130,000 in the Melton Shire Council budget 2011/2012 for toilet facilities in the Melton Botanic Garden

20 December 2010: Council passed the following motion at the meeting:
1.   Endorse the landscape masterplan developed for the Melton Botanic Garden as attached in Appendix 1.
2.   In partnership with the Friends of Melton Botanic Garden develop a Memorandum of Understanding between Council and the Friends of Melton Botanic Garden on the implementation of the masterplan and on-going maintenance of the asset.

Reminder - Membership fees due 30th June annually

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