August Working Bee

After a few weeks of welcome rain and with spring just around the corner, the weeds are growing strongly so this working bee is a perfect time to get them back under control. But its also only 6 weeks to the village Open Garden where eight of our gardens will be open to the public (check out the details on our OGV2019 page here) so there's another level of excitement this time.

​In Edna Walling Lane, Jan completed the mass planting of Correas on the Devon Cottage side of the Lane where some overly enthusiastic vibernams were thinned out over recent months.

These and others plants which were planted outside Whistlewood and Badgers Wood were kindly supplied by Yarra Ranges Council (thanks Aaron Roberts) and arrived just in time for the working bee. Great job, Coral, to organise this with Aaron!

On The Barn side of Edna Walling Lane, it was no so much a mass planting as it was a steady pruning and weeding.

And all the hard work in cleaning up the Edna Walling Lane 'triangle' is starting to pay off. It's looking clean and neat now and should look really good later this spring.

Outside Abbotsley, it was really about pruning to keep the road clear and restaking the young Golden Rain wattles with two wooden stakes rather than the one star picket that was there before.

​The birches outside Littlewood are still dormant for the winter but Colin's hard work today had certainly paid off.
Love those daffodils!

Further along Bickleigh Vale road, Homeleigh is looking good with Russel's re-mulching and the pot holes in the road from the recent rain have all been filled as part of our regular maintenance program.

Outside The Sheilan there was a need for a bit of pruning amongst the cotoneasters keeping Josh and the kids busy.

Great work by Claire, Gary and Don to at the entrance to Bickleigh Vale Road outside Hurst and Mistover. This area had needed a bit of TLC over the past couple of years as old trees have died and been removed but things are starting to grow in their place.

And as always, getting together for morning tea is a highlight of the morning - this time in the Devon Cottage carport.

​Another very satisfying village working bee!