Seed Collection and Nursery Project – funded from sources other than VBRRA
Anyone who has been watching the development of our Community Recovery Plan over the last 18 months may be wondering what happened to the application for this project.
Stringybark Community Nursery - $30,000 to St Andrews Landcare Group
Our initial application was taken by VBRRA to the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal who granted St Andrews Landcare Group $30,000 to establish the Stringybark Community Nursery Project. The grant is being used to establish a community nursery to provide indigenous plant stock mostly for use by Strathewen, Christmas Hills, Arthurs Creek and St Andrews Landcare Groups and other interested community members.
The Stringybark Community Nursery (the name given to it by the funding body) is up and running beside the Diamond Creek just behind the St Andrews Community Centre on School Road. They are having their first working bee 10AM Sunday 13thFebruary.
Kylee Woods is our representative on the steering committee and would welcome more support from Strathewen. Contact her on 9714 8292.
Seed collection and nursery support - $5,000 to SCRA. Spent: $2,314.77
In parallel to the Nursery grant application both St Andrews and Strathewen recovery committees received a $5,000 community volunteer group grant from Nillumbik Shire Council to assist with the project.
The indigenous ‘garden pretties' that have been given to fire affected residents for their gardens and letterbox projects were grown using this grant.
