Mission: We are working to foster
and promote the development of a botanic garden in Melton - Join us!
FMBG "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
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Latest News and Events
Next Meeting
8th February Wednesday 6.30pm Beginning-of-Year Celebration BBQ
Melton Botanic Garden
Meet at rotunas near lake off Lakewood Boulevard
Free BYO
For more information contact Jill (9743 3819).
Eucalyptus Arboretum
The next meeting of the Working Party is scheduled for February 2012 at 2.30pm date TBA - 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 3 groups you can join: Funding (John Bentley); Site Preparation (David Paye/John Bentley) and Plants (Barb Pye)
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 along Ryans Creek.
This is part of the Ryans Creek Project 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.
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.
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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
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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. |
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