South Surrey Park, Surrey Hills, Australia

The working bee of Sunday 28 August put in around 1200 seedlings along the embankment down from the playground and the sides of the creek.  A committed group of twelve kept going until nearly all the plants were gone. Adrian's powered hole digger certainly speeds things up. It was quite a long site so we had two planting parties quite separate from each other. A special mention for Suet Mon and her son Thomas, who is in Prep grade - both worked very hard the whole morning. We finished, as usual, with a well earned morning tea.

Sunday Working Bee Report - 26 June 2016 We planted lots of grasses and some shrubs in the bush area just below Delta Street.  The soil was quite moist after the recent heavy rain so punching holes with the Hamilton tree planting tools was easy. As always, we finished with morning tea and a good chat. Our next working bee is Sunday 31 July (also National Tree Day) so come to the park to help with some planting and enjoy the free BBQ lunch provided by the City of Boroondara to participants.

Our next working bee is 10:00am Sunday 25th October As we have come to the end of the planting season this Sunday will be a "seek and destroy" day and we will be targeting weeds.   Meet at the Information Board near the big bridge wearing suitable clothes for being around plants and to cope with whatever weather comes up! We will stop work at around twelve noon and enjoy a chat and morning tea together. The Contact person is Peter Campbell 0409 417 504

Sunday Working Bee Report - 27th September We had a great day with fourteen people enthusiastically planting at Peter Tucker's direction in the area beside the path from Union Road.  It was good to see Gordana McHugh at her second working bee. We hope she enjoys coming for many more.  Peter talking about the plants and how we go about the working bee. Chloe Campbell has been coming since she was a baby and now she is able to use the Hamilton planter. Here she is at work. One last photo of Peter with Gordana and Fran, our newest members.

Today we planted many native grasses and herbs near Delta Street, "infilling" areas that have been previously planted.   The plants were then watered in and we had our tea, coffee, cake and biscuits.

For our first weekend bee in 2015, we spread mulch next to the path that runs between the Riversdale Road shops and the big bridge to prepare this area for later planting. There was a good turnout despite some passing showers. The next Sunday working bee is 31 May.

Our last working bee will be held on Sunday 30 April 2014, our last one for the year. Meet at 10.00 a.m. at the big bridge. Everyone is welcome to come to celebrate a good year's work with a couple of hours of weeding (not mulching as previously advised). Afterwards we will all go to Maggie and John's house for lunch.  Bring something to share, such as snacks, salad or sweets, and your own meat and beverage.  Tea, coffee, crockery and glasses will be supplied. Maggie will have an esky on site for any perishables while you are at the working bee. Contact Pam, 9830 5178 for any further information. Our last Tuesday working bee will be on 16th December followed by lunch at Café Biscotti.  Work will resume on 3rd February, 2015 in Zone 1 and Stuart is coordinator.

Our next working bee will be Sunday, 26th October at 10.00 a.m. Meet at the Union Road end of the park ready to plant over nine hundred little plants in the area beside the creek, the alluvial flats!   At 12.00 noon there will be coffee, tea, biscuits, drinks and a relaxed chat.   Everyone is welcome. Come along wearing appropriate clothes and ready to make a contribution to our lovely park. Contact person for this working bee is Maggie - 9888 4479

Our next Sunday working bee will be held on 28th September from 10.00 a.m. to 12 noon.  We will be planting the area behind Café Biscotti, on the Verdun Street edge of the park.   Meet here at 10.00 a.m wearing sensible clothes and ready for Melbourne's changeable weather. It is our Spring Planting Festival and Adrian has well over one thousand little seedlings for us to plant. Bring your family and friends for a rewarding day and stay for morning tea and a chat afterwards.  Contact person is Stuart 0418 533 181

We had ten people working very hard to plant over one thousand little plants in holes Adrian had dug with his auger. The sun was shining and the park looked really good. The bank at the end of the park below Delta street now has some bluebells, bulbine lilies, lomandras and various other plants filling in the spaces between the existing plants. We all lingered over coffee, tea and biscuits enjoying the sunshine. Ursula Povey, organiser.

We had a lovely day for our National Tree Day working bee in South Surrey Park.  Many newcomers tried their hand at planting and did a fantastic job. We planted an area just down from the Scout Hall and a small area next to Riversdale Road. Everything was planted by 10:15.  We had a great BBQ provided by Boroondara Council. Another large group of planters arrived from Back Creek to share the food.