Strike for Borthwick Park

No, we’re not asking you to join a picket line! We just need some keen local gardeners to strike and care for a batch of Myoporum parvifolium (Creeping Boobialla) cuttings. Volunteers will plant out your successful cuttings in the winter of 2023. Yes! You can...

Care for Kensington Grants – 2023

*** HURRY! APPLICATIONS CLOSE 31st MAY! *** We have two grants available for residents to spend on any project that benefits our community! It may be environmental, cultural, artistic, social, even virtual. How could you benefit our fabulous suburb if you had a few...

Thanks!

Thanks to all the volunteers who tidied the streets and parks of Kensington as part of Clean Up Australia Day.  We had great support for the event locally.  A special thankyou to Peter Duffy for organising the event and providing delicious egg and bacon...

Borthwick Park Biodiversity Project Update 12/2022

As 2022 closed, we thought it appropriate to provide you with an update about the progress of our Council volunteer program in Borthwick Park. The purpose of the project is to:• re-establish an example of pre-settlement landscape in an urban setting, in balance with...

Creeping Boobialla Crew

If you’d like to help revegetate Borthwick Park from the comfort of your own backyard, how about striking and caring for a batch of Myoporum parvifolium (Creeping Boobialla) cuttings for volunteers to plant in the park? These ground covers thrive in Borthwick Park....

Summer waterers wanted!

Assuming the rain eases at some point and the summer heat arrives, the young plants in Borthwick Park will need some extra watering to keep them alive and thriving. If you can spare a couple of hours one week over the summer to water a section of Borthwick Park,...