After an unusually dry winter, the Bureau of Meteorology is predicting warm but wet conditions this spring.
We need the rain! cross fingers it keeps up.
We've been flat out in August and September. RS volunteers
visited Winter St Early Years Service in Malvern for a planting session with the kids;
distributed over 700 flyers and participated in community information sessions and meetings for the 3 Regenerate! project sites on Council land;
delivered workshops and helped out at Council's Plant Giveaway Day in Prahran Square.
We had a lovely day for our regular working bee at BEAMI park on 14 September.
And there's more ...
Induction sessions conducted by Council staff at 46 Osborne St and WM Dane Reserve, 24 September
Upcoming Events: Please put these dates in your diary!
Next Sunday 12 October 2025: Working bee at Prahran station 10am-12 noon.
AGM 2025: Members, friends and supporters are cordially invited to the Rewilding Stonnington Inc. Annual General Meeting 7pm 15 October 2025 at Midnight in Paris, 71 High St Prahran. Please RSVP to rewildingstonnington@gmail.com Teams meeting details available if you would prefer to attend online.
Working Bees
Sundays
10am - 12 noon
Regular program:
12 October: Prahran station
9 November: Tooronga station
14 December: BEAMI Park and Christmas picnic
Regenerate! Project
Updates coming soon!
Everyone welcome!
Regenerate! Project update
Good news! We're digging dirt at last. Agreements with City of Stonnington and Melbourne Water covering four new project sites have now been signed, with detailed discussions in progress.
The OK to start work in the pocket park at Osborne St SY came through from Council on Friday afternoon. We celebrated with our very first scratch working bee for the project on Sunday morning 5/10! A small but doughty crew of RS volunteers got stuck into weeding and pulling out ivy, cheered on by a stream of passing locals and a couple of curious magpies.
Thanks to everyone who has stepped up to get us this far: more details (and hopefully a schedule for work on all 3 Council sites) coming very soon!
In Other News
- RS members were lucky enough to be invited to a day with Wurundjeri cultural educators Joe Costello and Tully Gibbons at Geboor/Mt Macedon on 1 October. The event was sponsored by DEECA/Melbourne Water. It was a great opportunity to learn more about country, culture and community.
- Our friends at Kooyongkoot Alliance have proposed setting up a working group to promote further action on nature strips across our region. If you are interested please contact Graham Ross kooyongkootalliance@gmail.com
For Rewilding Stonnington Inc Committee of Management 2024-25: Alison Richards, Nadine Samaha, Mary Mahoney, Jason Whyte, Elvyn Dear, Bob Hale, Julie Laidler, Jack Rickards, Kirby Roper, Graham Ross, Grace Warner
