Starting at the Glen Iris Wetlands Viewing Platform and walking along Gardiners Creek to Glenburn Bend Park. Tour guided by Friends of Gardiners Creek Valley. Places are limited and bookings are essential. BOOK HERE
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Love Our Street 3145, 3146 & 3147 Clean Up Australia Day
Love Our Street: Monthly litter pick up events in a postcode near you. 3145, 3146 & 3147. Click on a logo below for further information. Over 50 people joined the Love Our Street 3145 (Malvern East), 3146 (Glen Iris) & 3147 (Ashburton/Ashwood) groups for Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday 05 March, 2023. Click on …
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Breakfast with the Birds, SUN 23 OCT 2022, 9:00am
To celebrate National Bird Week this month, the City of Stonnington is hosting a special free “Breakfast with the Birds event” at Glen Iris Wetlands on Sunday 23 October. Join local bird experts on a bird discovery tour to learn about the diverse birdlife that frequent the wetlands – and enjoy some delicious brekky too! Book your place …
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Gardiners Creek Guided Walk for ACF – Deakin Community
In August 2022, FoGCV was invited to attend a guided walk along Gardiners Creek organised by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) Deakin Community with guide Neville Walsh. Neville Walsh is a recently retired senior botanist from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. About 35 people attended. It was pleasing that the extensive achievements of FoGCV over …
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Love our Street 3145 & Sacre Coeur Year 9
Love Our Street 3145 commenced operation on March 6th, 2022. Love Our Street 3145 teamed with four groups of 23 students (the entire Year 9) from Sacre Coeur and picked up lots and lots of litter between Winton Road and Great Valley Road on four consecutive Wednesdays in July and August 2022. https://www.beachpatrol.com.au/activity-blog/3458 https://www.beachpatrol.com.au/los/3145/59
Map of FoGCV Area of Operation
The map on this page is from our circa 1990s promotional brochure and shows our area of operation over the last 30 years.
Kookaburra
SITS IN THE OLD GUM TREE Laughing Kookaburra, Glenburn Bend Park 2022 Photo by George Fernando We are seeing Kookaburras along Gardiners Creek, Glen Iris after a long absence. It is always a heart-warming sight to see these birds and listen to their noisy laughing call, so well-known by everybody. I have been seeing a …
Get your hands on the FOGCV newsletter!
We’ve been producing a quarterly newsletter for our members for many years. These are always a great way to see the wildlife that’s been spotted along Gardiners Creek, stay in touch with local community initiatives and learn intriguing facts about the environment and how to keep it luscious! We don’t want you to miss out! …
Markham Reserve, Ashburton
Markham Avenue Reserve includes a section of Gardiners Creek, its riverbank and adjacent Red Gum woodland, plus some revegetation over the last 20 years. Markham Avenue Reserve is located at Melway ref. 60 E12. The Site Biological Significance Level for Markham Reserve is STATE. The western section of the reserve, adjacent to the proposed housing …
Gardiners Creek Nature Trail
A Gardiners Creek Nature Trail is proposed to highlight natural features, distinctive trees and plants and the history of Gardiners Creek. The Gardiners Creek Nature Trail will be designed as a series of fractals with multiple start and end points adjacent to high pedestrian traffic locations along its length. The Gardiners Creek Nature Trail will …
Friends of Gardiners Creek Valley 