Welcome to the
Friends of Ashburton Forest web page.
Next Working Bees & Events:
Our next working bee will be on Sunday 21 April 2024 from 10-12 at the Clifford Close site. We will be weeding and tidying. Please bring gloves, weeding tools and a water bottle. Morning tea will be provided. Please bring your own mug
Big Cape Ivy weed
We are getting rid of the huge patch of Cape Ivy behind 99 Nicholas Street Ashburton. The next weeding day is TBA. Please bring gloves, secateurs, hacking tools and a mug for morning tea.
Who We Are:
We are a community volunteer group formed to protect, care for, weed, and revegetate the area historically known as Ashburton Forest. Our group grew out of Boroondara Council's Backyard Biodiversity Program. We formed in June 2011 and are currently working on weeding and revegetating 2 sites, the small reserve at 88 Ashburn Grove and a reserve in Clifford Close Ashburton [melways Ref.60 D11]
Our working bees are held once a month on a Sunday from 10-12. We welcome everyone. Our working bees are very social with plenty of time for a chat and morning tea at the end of the working bee.
We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where Ashburton Forest stands, and their continuing connection to the land, waters, and culture of this region. We wish to pay respect to the Elders of the Wurundjeri-Baluk people past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded.
