Foreshore and Reserve Revegetation

Indigenous flora is precious and unique in its biodiversity and fragility.  

Earthcare St Kilda, along with Friends of Port Melbourne Foreshore, has been intimately involved in the establishment and maintenance of a number of linked heritage indigenous revegetation projects around the City of Port Phillip since 1987 at: 

• Hester Reserve, Port Melbourne
• Balaclava Rail Reserve, Balaclava
• Canterbury Road Urban Forest, Middle Park;
• Elwood Foreshore, Elwood (Melway Ref:  67 B4);
• HR Johnson Reserve, St Kilda West  (Melway Ref: 57 K7);
• Lagoon Reserve, Port Melbourne (Melway Ref:  56 K2),
• West Beach, St Kilda, and
• Perc White Reserve, Port Melbourne

Reserve and Foreshore Planting Days

Five times a year, during the winter months, volunteers from Earthcare St Kilda spend a morning working to remove weeks and replant native species of flora in important heritage sites around the City of Port Pillip.

Rangers from the City of Port Phillip work with Earthcare St Kilda to plan planting locations, and equipment and guidence on the day is also provided by the City of Port Phillip.  Native seedlings to be planted on the day are propogated by SKINC (The St Kilda Indigenous Nursery Inc.) Port Melbourne.

Volunteers should bring gardening gloves and wear a hat and sunglasses for protection from the sun and wear solid footwear.  All trowels, other equipment and seedlings will be provided.

2012 Planting Days

Further Details

This activity is open to both members and non-members of Earthcare, including children supervised by an adult.

For further information contact Terry Lobert at terry.lobert@gmail.com.

Get Involved

• Rakali Watch
• Penguin Guides
• Seagrass Surveys
• Port Philip Nature Watch
• Northern Pacific Seastar Removal
• Foreshore and Reserve Revegetation
  • West Beach St Kilda
  • Canterbury Road Urban Forest
  • St Kilda Breakwater
• Penguin Research
• Clean Up Australia Day
• Walk on the Wild Side - Elwood