Woodend Landcare
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Postcards wanders Woodend
Travel and lifestyle TV show Postcards visited Woodend last week to highlight some of the wonderful food and leisure options available in town. The program included the lovely walk along Five Mile Creek through the middle of town, which has been the focus of Woodend Landcare’s revegetation works over the past 30 years. Presenter Brodie…
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Local Landcare heroes celebrated
Founding member of Golden Point Landcare Group, Marie Jones, has been awarded the prestigious Joan Kirner Landcare Award. Marie was one of several local residents recognised for their contributions maintaining and restoring the natural environment at the 2023-2024 Victorian Landcare Awards at Marvel Stadium on July 18. The Joan Kirner Landcare Award honours a long-term…
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A lasting legacy
A much-loved member of the Woodend community has left the town she loved a lasting legacy. Jo Clancy died in 2018 but left her entire estate to the Woodend Landcare group to build a new pedestrian bridge over Five Mile Creek. About 50 community members got together on Sunday to celebrate, joined by local councillors,…
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Jo’s link to Woodend
A pedestrian bridge has been bequeathed to Woodend by much-loved member of the community, Jo Clancy. Jo was passionate about the work done by the local landcare group, where her love of nature stretched beyond her garden, and her passion for activism was given free rein. Occupying many leadership roles including the presidency, she put…
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A walk on the wildflower side
Rare and striking wildflowers of the Macedon Ranges are celebrated in a combined Newham and District Landcare Group / Woodend Landcare film project. The two groups have captured stunning images of wildflowers in bloom at Woodend’s Grassland Reserve and Quarry Road Reserve, and along Newham’s rural roadsides. Newham group secretary Helen Scott said the locations…
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Community effort to restore Woodend Primary School vegie garden
Woodend Primary School’s Community Children’s Garden is having a makeover, thanks to generous locals and a Junior Landcare Biodiversity Grant. The latest addition to the space is an indigenous garden that was planted by grade four-six children. Each species in the native garden will have an informative label, making the garden an educational self-guided tour…