Nettleton Park is sited at the confluence of Back Creek and Gardiners Creek (KooyongKoot). Back Creek reemerges from being piped underground in the reserve.
Location
Nettleton Park is where Back Creek joins Gardiners Creek. There is a carpark off Dawson Drive, Glen Iris.
Back2Nettleton
Back2Nettleton (B2N) is the relevant friends’ group. The group is very keen to nurture biodiversity in the reserve – especially around the confluence of Gardeners and Back Creeks.
Current projects and activities include:
- Planting days – please refer to our Events calendar.
- Active membership in the KKA.
- Meet every Thursday from 9.00 to 10.30am + Every 2nd Sunday of month 9.30 – 11.00am.
For regular updates, please join our WhatsApp group – “Back2Nettleton Friends”.
Special Events
Building connections: newly arrived migrants volunteering at Nettleton Park
Watch a 2-minute video where students from Swinburne University Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) volunteer at a working bee with Back2Nettleton Friends Group here.
Walk, talk and explore in Nettleton Park
Volunteers from the Tree Project visited Nettleton Park on Sunday, 11th May, 2025. We shared information about Nettleton Park and the progress that the B2N Friends have made since we started in 2021 at the end of the Covid-19 Epidemic.
We organised a Water Testing and Bug Watch along with a Walking Tour of the Park that finished at the Pavillion with a home-baked morning tea. It was a wonderful event. Over 20 people attended who were volunteer growers with the Tree Project and/or Back2Nettleton Members. We were pleased to introduce 3 new members to the park and showcase Nettleton Park at the same time. It was a perfect sunny day.
Happy 4th birthday celebration!
Back2Nettleton is absolutely thriving after 4 years of operation !
Planting Days
Here is a gallery of photos from the planting day conducted on 14th July, 2024 with the Urban Guerrillas and other happy occasions:
The tube python illustrates just how many plants our fabulous team put into the ground on the day!
For more information:
- E-mail: back2nettletonfriends@gmail.com
- WhatsApp group – “Back2Nettleton Friends”