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- Biodiversity Month: Join a Friends Working Bee
September is Biodiversity Month and what better way to give back to your community than joining one of our local environmental groups’ working bees.
Working bee activities include:
- Revegetating degraded bushland by planting indigenous species
- Observing and recording local wildlife, supporting local citizen science projects
- Helping restore animal habitats
- Helping reduce the impact of invasive species by removing non-native plants
- Supporting your local community volunteer group.
Boronia
- 9 am – 11 am, Sunday 6 September, Friends of Old Joes Creek
- Meet at the corner of Army Road and Market Street, Boronia
- 9 am – 11 am, Thursday 17 September, Friends of Old Joes Creek
- Meet at the corner of Army Road and Market Street, Boronia
Wantirna
- 9.30 am – 11.30 am, Sunday 13 September, Friends of Blind Creek Llewellyn
- Meet at the corner of Coppelia Street and Blind Creek Lane, Wantirna
Ferntree Gully
- 10 am – 12 pm, Tuesday 8 September, Friends of Blind Creek Billabong
- Meet at the end of Jacobus Walk, Ferntree Gully
- 10 am – 12 pm, Saturday 12 September, Friends of Koolunga Native Reserve
- Meet at the parking space on the corner of Hutton Avenue and Old Forest Road, Ferntree Gully
- 10 am – 12 pm, Sunday 20 September, Friends of Blind Creek Billabong
- Meet at the end of Jacobus Walk, Ferntree Gully
- 10 am – 12 pm, Saturday 26 September, Friends of the Gully
- Meet at Chatham Avenue Reserve, Ferntree Gully
Learn more about groups: Environmental volunteer groups | Knox
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When
Sunday, September 06, 2026 - Saturday, September 26, 2026
09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Where
Various, per above
Cost
Free
Contact
For more information, contact Kylie Cohen at [email protected].
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