Get along to the Collingwood Library for a screening of the documentary series "Eucalypt". Did you know there are 82 significant habitat trees in Yarra’s parks and reserves, and they’re all Eucalypts? Grab your movie snacks and join Yarra Council's biodiversity team and Cinema Yarra to delve into the wonderful world of eucalypts for National […]
The Friends of the Melton Botanic Gardens are celebrating National Eucalypt Day with a number of activities at the garden on Sunday 23rd March 2025: 1) Nature Sketching Workshop in the Dryland Eucalyptus Arboretum 10am-noon - Early bird registration ($36) closes 2nd March otherwise $45. (see separate event) 2) Grow the Garden Day - working […]
To mark National Eucalypt Day, renowned local artist, Dawn Stubbs, will share her skills and passion in this full day workshop exploring the unique features of eucalypts. Spend the morning drawing some of the amazing local examples of eucalypts then apply the distinctive colours of these familiar and much-loved trees If you are already painting […]
This 2-hour nature sketching / nature journaling workshop is suitable for complete beginners and those experienced. Come along and explore the amazing Eucalypt Arboretum at Melton Botanic Garden in a new way. You might be curious about our eucalypts, wanting to spend some time in nature or trying something creative. Workshop facilitator Kathleen is very […]
The Eucy Museum, in the heart of blue mallee eucalypt country at Inglewood, hosts a presentation by acoustic ecologist Andrew Skeoch, about how to better hear the communications of nature, showing, through evocative recordings and spectogram analyses, how nature functions to achieve sustainability.
This 2-hour nature sketching / nature journaling workshop is suitable for complete beginners and those experienced. Come along and explore the amazing Eucalypt Arboretum at Melton Botanic Garden in a new way. You might be curious about our eucalypts, wanting to spend some time in nature or trying something creative. Workshop facilitator Kathleen is very […]
Join multidisciplinary artist Dean Cross and make living art that will travel beyond the gallery as part of celebrations for National Eucalypt Day. You'll be guided to shape seed balls from paper and gum tree seeds that will form part of Dean’s new commission in the upcoming exhibition Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree. […]
This free event celebrates National Eucalyptus Day and is held in conjunction with the Friends of Melton Botanic Garden. This 2-hour nature sketching / nature journaling workshop is suitable for complete beginners and those experienced. Come along and explore the amazing Eucalypt Arboretum at Melton Botanic Garden in a new way. You might be curious […]
A series of four "walk-shops" celebrating the diversity of the Eucalypts of the Yarra, Birrarung river. The "walk-shops" will uncover the key characteristics of Eucalypts, their place in the riparian ecosystem and their interactions with other species. Participants will be invited to slow down, look closely and uncover the hidden stories held in bark, leaves […]