Celebrating 15 years of local land care in Ashburton Friends of Ashburton Forest’s (FoAF) group leader, Rita says: Our community volunteer group started in June, 2011. We grew out of the City of Boroondara’s Backyard Biodiversity Project. The aim of… Read More »Happy Birthday Friends of Ashburton Forest!
One of our Members, Ruth Scharley, has some very welcome news: Our new KKA fauna education boards are an exciting initiative designed to promote the work of Friends Groups while sparking interest in our parklands and encouraging new members to… Read More »KKA Fauna Posters
The State Government has announced that a significant amendment to the Planning Controls for Waterways has been approved by the Minister for Planning and will take effect in late January, 2026. The amendment introduces a series of Significant Landscape Overlays… Read More »New Planning Protections for KooyongKoot
We were saddened to hear of the passing of Dr Katie Allen just prior to Christmas. Katie was a big supporter of the KKA and the Friends groups in her time serving as MHR for the former electorate of Higgins.… Read More »Sad news…
Friends of South Surrey Park has proudly completed its 30th planting season. This winter, nearly 2000 seedlings were planted along Back Creek, helping to restore habitat for small birds and strengthen the park’s biodiversity. As always, the year began with… Read More »🌿30 Years of Planting at South Surrey Park🌿
Damper Creek is a tributary of KooyongKoot (Gardiners) Creek. Our friends from the Damper Creek Conservation Reserve in Mt Waverley have set us a copy of their September Newsletter which you can access here. It’s a great round-up of their… Read More »Damper Creek Doings
The Blackburn Creekies run a series of Community Working Bees during the planting season. This year, two of these were devoted to its ‘School Gateway to Nature Project’: to plant around new access points to Laburnum Primary School (LPS) on… Read More »Blackburn Creeklands: School Gateway to Nature project
We’ve been notified that the KooyongKoot Alliance: Connecting habitats and Communities entry is a finalist for the 2025 Tidy Towns & Cities – Sustainability Awards in the Environment category. The Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria Tidy Towns & Cities – Sustainability Awards… Read More »Tidy Towns and Sustainable Cities 2025
Growing Community, One Plant at a Time Nettleton Park is sited at the confluence of Back Creek and KooyongKoot (Gardiners Creek). On July 13th, our Back2Nettleton Friends group – proud members of the KooyongKoot Alliance(KKA) – gathered with thirty cheerful… Read More »Planting Day at Nettleton Park
KooyongKoot (Gardiners) Creek is a significant tributary of Birrarung (the Yarra River). Our friends at the Yarra Riverkeeper Association (YRKA for short) recently launched Phase 3 of YRKA’s work on tackling polystyrene pollution to an engaged online audience of more… Read More »Polystyrene Pollution