Yarra Valley Tree Group has been operating since 1989, and is a diverse group of volunteers who are committed to working with local landholders and authorities responsible for public lands, to revegetate with indigenous plants of local provenance, particularly along waterways.

Planting is mainly concentrated in the Yarra River catchment between Yering Gorge which is downstream of Yarra Glen, and Healesville.

In recent years we have carried out numerous plantings along the banks of Steels Creek, Dixons Creek, Stringybark Creek, Badger Creek and the Yarra River as part of the Stream Frontage Management Program/Healthy Waterways Scheme.

We have been heavily involved in ensuring the survival of Eucalyptus yarraensis (Yarra Gum), which is of state botanical significance because of its rarity, with plantings at many sites within its natural habitat.

We have also been involved in revegetating the National Trust classified and Trust for Nature protected Eucalyptus crenulata (Buxton Gum) site on the Yarra floodplain at Yering.

As part of the lead up to the Sydney Olympics we held an Olympic Landcare 2000 planting beside Maroondah Hwy at Coldstream, which was part of the torch relay route.

Contact Details

http://yvtg.friends.melbournewater.com.au/