Edgars Creek Planting

Bust out your wide brim hats folks, spring has sprung! 

We are planting on Sunday, and the forecast is for a (relatively) warm 23 degrees.

 

So please, plenty of sun smart wear, sunscreen, and water.

We will be onsite Sunday earlier than the stated start time (10.00AM). So if it suits you, please let me know if you want to join earlier.

There will also be some Saturday arvo site preparation work if you have the extra energy or can't make Sunday. Again, please let me know.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/iHsyFgyJSoS7sEbA6

See you on the creek!

Regards,

David.

Friends of Edgars Creek Planting

Hi All,

Please amend your calendars/diaries for the final 2026 planting activity on our calendar...maintenance activities will remain unchanged in October-November.

We were listed to plant in September on Sunday the 20th.

This event will now proceed the week prior on Sunday the 13th of September at the same place and same time: 10.00 AM -12 midday, west bank of the creek near the Ronald Street footbridge.

Regards,

David.

Friends of Merri Creek @Edgars Creek in 2026

Hello again and may I present you a very late calendar of events on Edgars Creek in 2026!

We (more so I) have been very slow off the mark this year - I think that after putting in as many years of work as I have, I deserve to take a break if I need to, so I did.

We have a limited calendar of events for this year. We will plant, perform maintenance and join with Merri Bek Council as we have done for many years for a National Tree Day event (behind the Coburg Outdoor Pool).

The break has also helped me think more about what activities we will focus on in 2027 and a number of ideas are brewing already, with some possible new sites for 2027.

Please note that the time of day for our activities has changed. We will now run all of our activities routinely from 10.00 AM to 12.00 noon (not the old time slot of 1.00-3.00 PM time).

We will be doing maintenance at the Ronald Street site this Sunday May 31st - 10.00 AM - 12.00 noon. There are guards to clean up, stakes to reclaim and also some handweeding.

As per usual, please reach out to me if you have any questions.

I look forward to See(ing) you on the Creek! 

Regards,

David.

Friends of Edgars Creek

Hi All,

Please join us this Sunday for some maintenance activities at the Ronald Street area in North Coburg. 

I actually have a few plants that we can get into the ground as well - they were a bit juvenile when we last planted and they have matured nicely under care in my yard. With the significant volume of rain we have had in the last couple of weeks we will be able to plant these at the site of our last planting near the concrete channel.

Sunday is forecast to be 21 degrees and some showers in the PM.

Please remember to dress accordingly, sun protection is a must at this time of the year and also remember other personal protective equipment, food and water.

See you on the creek!

Regards,

David.

The site: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Dfd8og56YUUF3MzC6 

Friends of Edgars Creek

Hi All,

The planting season has come to a close and now the maintenance tasks begin!

On Sunday 19 October at 10.00AM until around 12 noon The Friends of Merri Creek @Edgars Creek will be conducting maintenance activities based around the Kodak Bridge site (https://maps.app.goo.gl/ETDcKtVtw9ECTuFh6).

It is a warm day forecast with a potential high in the late 20's in the afternoon so good thing it is starting early! So, plenty of water, sunscreen and other protections please.

I'll be absent on the day, Ben will be coordinating. However, please reach out to me if any questions arise.

See you on the creek! (on another day!)

Regards,
David.

Friends of Edgars Creek

Hi All,

The Edgars Creek will be the beneficiary of more of our time and energy this Sunday, 1-3PM at the site at the end of Norfolk Court in North Coburg (off Newlands Road).

We will continue with the steam verge planting of shrubs and trees at this site in the same location as the last Norfolk Court planting in June; we also have a few grasses/rushes in the mix, though not too many.

As per usual arrangements, 1-3 is the official time and me and Ben will be active from around 11-11.30 getting the trailer sorted and getting on site to make your planting experience a smooth ride. Feel free to join us earlier if that suits you; please let me know and we can directly communicate as to when we arrive on the creek.

The weather is becoming distinctly spring-like, the wattle flower is popping and we've lucked out with the forecast. At this stage a top of only 13 and the chance of showers.

Rain, hail or shine we will be on site and the plants will find new forever homes!

Hope to See you on the Creek!

Regards,

David.

PS: The plant list:

Scientific name	Common name	LCLW234
		16/Aug/25
Acacia acinacae	Gold dust wattle	12
Acacia verticillata	Prickly moses	12
Acacia implexa	Lightwood	6
Acacia melanoxylon	Blackwood	12
Acacia paradoxa	Hedge wattle	12
Allocasuarina verticillata	Drooping sheoak	12
Bursaria spinosa	Sweet bursaria	12
Callistemon sieberi	River bottlebrush	12
Correa glabra	Rock correa	18
Dodonea viscosa	Wedge-leaf hop bush	12
Eucalyptus camaldulensis	River red-gum	12
Eucalyptus viminalis	Manna gum	12
Goodenia ovata	Hop goodenia	12
Lomandra longifolia	Spiny-headed mat-rush	54
Leptospermum lanigerum	Wooly Tea Tree	12
Melicytus dentatus	Tree violet	12
Poa labillardieri	Common tussock grass	54
Rhagodia parabolica	Fragrant saltbush	6
Rubus parvifolius	Small-leaf Bramble	12
Themeda triandra	Kangaroo grass	18
	TOTAL PLANTS	324

Friends of Merri Creek @ Edgars Creek

Hi Folks,

We are planting again this Sunday at the Norfolk Court site.

Usual times/set-up with Ben and me on site earlier than the advertised 1-3 PM time slot.

Let us know if you want to help earlier in the day and we can liaise to make it work!

It's looking like proper winter weather with a top of 14 degrees and perhaps just a shower or two at this stage (though that is likely to change between now and Sunday).

Sunday 15th June 2025, 1:00pm - 3.00pm.
Planting: Stream bank revegetation at the Norfolk Court site.

Hosted by the FoMC @ Edgars Creek, supported by Melbourne Water  - LCLW Grant.

Meet creekside at the Norfolk Court site, Coburg North – access via the gate at Norfolk Court (and turn left; or for the more intrepid, just go straight down over the escarpment!).

This will be a planting of mainly trees and shrubs. See the plant list below. 

Hope to "See you on the Creek!"

Regards, 

David. 

Plant list: 

Acacia acinacea - 18 (gold dust wattle)
Acacia verticillata - 6 (prickly moses)
Acacia implexa - 6 (lightwood)
Acacia mearnsii - 6 (black wattle)
Acacia melanoxylon - 18 (blackwood)
Acacia paradoxa - 18 (hedge wattle)
Bursaria spinosa - 18 (sweet bursaria)
Callistemon sieberi - 24 (river bottle brush)
Dodonaea viscosa - 18 (wedge-leaf hop bush)
Eucalyptus camaldulensis - 30 (river red gum)
Eucalyptus viminalis - 30 (manna gum)
Goodenia ovata - 12 (hop goodenia)
Leptospermum lanigerum - 18 (woolly tea tree)
Melicytus dentatus - 18 (purple tree violet)
Poa labillardierei - 78 (copmmon tussock grass)
Rhagodia parabolica - 6 (fragrant salt bush