environment
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Big day at the orchard
By Joanna Catalano Werribee Park Heritage Orchard is bearing fruit – in the form of its annual summer grafting and tree sales day. Grafting and…
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MY WYNDHAM: Lisa Field
Lisa Field is the Community Engagement and Fundraising Manager at the Werribee Hospital Foundation. She is also passionate about the environment and started the Love Our…
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Council works on plastic ban
Wyndham council has ordered a second report into a proposal to ban most single-use plastics at its events and facilities. The council considered a report…
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MY WYNDHAM: Bruce Boddington
Bruce Boddington was named as a Wyndham Community Volunteer Award winner earlier this year, in the category of environment or sustainability, by Wyndham council. He…
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Developer eyes reserves
A property developer wants to clear two Williams Landing conservation reserves and use the land for residential and commercial activities. Galway Holdings, a subsidiary of…
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Eco-friendly fashion
Hoppers Crossing fashion student Katelyn Stephenson will have her designs showcased on the catwalk in Chadstone next week. Stephenson, 21, is studying for a bachelor…
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Tree protection takes root
Wyndham council has introduced a Significant Tree Register to help protect historic trees in the municipality. At a meeting last week, the council voted to…
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Platypuses found dead in illegal net in Werribee River
By Melissa Cunningham, The Age Seven platypuses have been found dead inside an illegal bait trap in the Werribee River out of a local population…
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Tip plan gets green light
A decision to approve the Werribee tip expansion has been described as “seriously flawed” by its opponents. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal last month…
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Clean up a shore thing for 3030 Beach Patrol
A group of volunteers who clean up rubbish at the Werribee South beach are celebrating their third anniversary. The 3030 Beach Patrol, which regularly cleans…
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Destroyed trees bill tops $20,000
Wyndham ratepayers will foot the bill to replace hundreds of trees which have been destroyed by vandals. The council’s environment and sustainability portfolio holder, Cr…
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Victoria State Rose Garden blooms
In 1993, a band of volunteers rose to the occasion to save one of Werribee’s biggest assets. Twenty-five years later, the Victoria State Rose Garden remains…
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