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Friends of South Surrey Park  
No Sunday Working Bee in October

 

FRIENDS OF SOUTH SURREY PARK

OCTOBER 2021 NEWSLETTER


October Sunday Working Bee - Cancelled due to restrictions in place in Melbourne
Tuesday Toilers
Here is a collage of photographs with Adrian, a ute full of plants and eight people planting seedlings.

Tuesday Toilers have been taking their exercise in the park this month. 
On two Tuesdays they were able to plant almost one thousand seedlings while keeping their distance and wearing masks.
Here is a list of the plants ordered for our August working bee.
Dillwynia cinerascens Tubestock   10
Kunzea  leptospermoides Tubestock   10
Cassinia aculeata Tubestock Replacement for Olearia 10
Callistemon sieberi Tubestock   6
Ozothamnus ferrugineus Tubestock   10
Melicytus dentatus Tubestock   5
Lomandra longifolia Hiko Cells Supply ok for Aug 200
Juncus subsecundus Hiko Cells   160
Themeda triandra Hiko Cells   80
Dianella admixta (revoluta) Tubestock   54
Mentha Austalis Tubestock   27
Chrys. semipapposum Tubestock Valley Form.
27 replacement for Xerochrysum
54
Dichondra repens Tubestock   54
Wahlenbergia stricta Tubestock Tubestock Replace Hikos 40

Below you can see the Toilers on a weeding day making a huge difference to the park.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - 6TH October,  at 7.30 on Zoom


We held our AGM on Zoom again this year but this time it was chaired by Pam from Thargomindah in western Queensland from her AVan.   
Reports were presented and accepted then the committee was re-elected.

Here is Pam’s introduction to John Taylor, our guest speaker.

John  works in IT at Strathcona Girls School. He is a very keen geocacher and he currently runs the South Surrey Park Geocache.

I worked with John Taylor over the 16 years I was working at Strathcona. In that time, and since leaving,  I have discovered he has an amazing diversity of interests. He helped me set up the first geocache in SSP. Something he now runs himself. He is actively involved with the City of Whitehorse’s Garden’s for Wildlife were he went along to discover what the program is about and now gives advice on creating an indigenous garden -Pam Welsford 

John spoke on making your backyard wildlife friendly.  Starting in 2015 he had done this with his own garden and has noted a tenfold increase in birds.  
His suggested that we have several containers of water in the garden, both high and low, for the birds and insects. He told us how to make a bee hotel by drilling extra long holes in a log with drill bit no wider than 6 mls and no smaller than 3 mls to cater for different types of bee. He has had bees in his for two years now. Another good idea to help smaller birds was to build a habitat tripod.   This has plants growing around it so that the birds can find shelter.   To see how to make this go to  https://riverconnect.com.au/assets/files/documents/education/DIY_habitat_tripod.PDF
Flowering in the park this month - pelargonium australe


we have some very vigorous pelargonium australe in the park. They are flowering at the moment and looking very attractive. 
Maggie found one which had been badly damaged by someone so she gathered up the pieces and took them home. She has planted them in pots and they have taken root really well.
 Membership of Friends of South Surrey Park

You can join in the work of the group and contribute to running expenses by becoming a member.     If you would like to become a Friend of South Surrey Park you can find the application for membership form at the end of this newsletter.


Facebook and South Surrey Park website
You can see some of what is happening in the park on Facebook and South Surrey Park website.    


Work in South Surrey Park is brought to you through the efforts of the Friends of South Surrey Park, a voluntary group working with the local community, City of Boroondara and Melbourne Water.  For information about your local Park, contact any committee member below.
 
Pam Welsford (President) - 9830 5178  - pamwelsford@gmail.com
Ursula Povey (Vice President) - 9836 6149 -  ursulapovey@gmail.com
Maggie White (Secretary) - 9888 4479 - john_maggie@hotmail.com
Lyn Read (Treasurer) - 0408 377 668 - lynmread@gmail.com
Jenine Fleming - 0418 561 238 - fleming.jenine@gmail.com
Peter Hannay - 9830 5493 - phhannay@bigpond.com
 
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Friends of South Surrey Park is supported by Boroondara Council and Melbourne Water

 







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