All Categories - Friends of Glenfern Valley Bushlands

Community Group of the Year Award

30/1/2023

Last week we received the very exciting news that Friends of Glenfern Valley Bushlands would be awarded an Australia Day Award by Yarra Ranges Council for Community Group of the Year, shared with the Philanthropic Collective.

On Thursday a group of us attended the award ceremony at the new council chambers in Lilydale to be presented the certificate and trophy by the Councillors and Mayor. The award is wonderful recognition for the important work undertaken in rehabilitating the bushlands and the contributions to the community the Friends Group has made over the years.

I wanted to thank and congratulate you all for your part in making the friends group such a success. Your efforts are appreciated and our achievements will be evident in the reserve and the community for years to come.

Below is an image of the group following the award ceremony and below a link to the Star news articles.

"Australia Day Awards recognises Hills community groups"

Jackson Ellis
President

2023 Twilight Picnic & Night Walk

25/1/2023

A happy 2023 to all of you!

As in the past few years, instead of a pre-Christmas picnic in the busy month of December, we will be having a Welcome New Year picnic on Saturday 11 February, from 7:30pm onwards, followed by a walk through the reserve not before 8:15pm.

You and your families are very welcome to join the picnic, the walk, or both. For the picnic we meet at the amphitheatre and it's BYO everything.

On the twilight walk we hope to see some of our local nocturnal wildlife! Please wear sturdy shoes for the uneven tracks, and bring a torch if you can. We hope to see you there!

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Upcoming: Bush Restoration Nov 2022

16/11/2022

This coming Sunday November 20th we're having our last Bushland Restoration morning for the year 2022, from 9:30am - 12:30pm, with morning tea at 11am and an informative talk about a plant, animal or other aspect of Glenfern.

We meet at the central car park. We'll provide you with morning tea, tools and hand sanitiser. Please bring sturdy shoes, long pants, garden gloves and drinking water.

Hoping for a break in the rain! If too rainy, we'll inform you via email and Facebook.

Our last Midweek Conservation & Conversation for 2022 will be held on Wednesday December 7th, 9am - 11am.

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Midweek Conservation & Conversation Photos, Nov 2022

9/11/2022

With all the heavy rain we have had recently, our ponds needed a bit of work done on the overflow points.

Thank you volunteers. The ponds are looking fantastic and the frogs love them.

Photos by Linda F

GVB Newsletter #46 Spring 2022

31/10/2022

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Midweek Conversation & Conservation Morning, 1 Nov 2022

31/10/2022

Just a reminder that our Conversation and Conservation morning is planned for this Wednesday 2nd November at 9am. The task will be removing the sleeves and stakes from the plantings in Area 14. These plants were planted by the Fairhills students in April 2021 and they have grown so well and need freeing from their sleeves.

Area 14 is actually on the other side of Ferny Creek a 100m or so along Ferndale Road and it would be easiest to meet there. See the map below.

Please bring gloves and sturdy shoes. We will have tools and some morning tea.

We are not quite sure what the weather will be like so we will keep in touch and let you know if the working bee has been cancelled. 🌿

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21st Birthday Celebration Photos

24/10/2022

The rain stayed away for our 21st birthday celebration. Thank-you rain. So we got to celebrate and partake in some guided tours of the bushlands to appreciate the flora and fauna.

Thanks to past members for making the journey back to Upwey to join us. It was great to catch up again, and to show you what improvements have been made since you were last here.

And thanks also to the passionate volunteers that have played a part over the last of twenty-one years to help transform Glenfern into what we see today. The reserve is enjoyed by many people every day because of those mammoth efforts, as well as assistance and grants from Yarra Ranges Council and Melbourne Water.

If you’d like to read up on some of the recent history pre-Glenfern Valley Bushlands and then what has taken place since, visit Our Reserve.

Photos by Daniel Jackson

21st Birthday Celebrations!

16/10/2022

The Friends of Glenfern Valley Bushlands have turned 21!

We are celebrating the occasion with a get-together at Glenfern Valley Bushlands on Sunday 23rd, 9.30am - 12.30.

There will be children's activities, badge making, free plants, as well as guided bird and plant walks.

Morning tea and 21st birthday cake will be at 11am.

Hope to see you there.

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Annual General Meeting 2022

9/10/2022

Our guest presenter is Mike Sverns, who is part of the Helmeted Honeyeater Recovery Team (DELPW) and a FGVB member. Mike will introduce us to this beautiful endangered bird and the work various organisations are doing to save it from extinction.

Following the presentation is our AGM and a brief general meeting.

Thursday 13th October, 7pm, Upwey Township Hall (opposite skatepark).

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Midweek Conservation & Conversation Photos, Oct 2022

9/10/2022

Wednesday's Conservation and Conversation saw us tidying up the entrances and quarry area for our upcoming 21st birthday celebration on October 23rd.

Plenty of mowing, whipper-snippering and weed removing action followed by a tasty morning tea and a chat. Thank you to everyone that came along, and to Marleen for the providing the morning tea.