Working Bee

Pictured above is not an actual working “bee”, it is a native insect known as the hoverfly, however it is performing an important role in pollinating this once widespread culturally significant bush tucker plant, the Yam Daisy or Murnong (Microseris scapigera).

Working Bee – Saturday 24th November @ 10am-12pm - Meet at the Murnong Patch (gate 6)

Come along and see the Murnong Scar Tree created by Wuurndjeri Narrap team members earlier this month and lend a hand to weed and prepare the Murnong site for our Harvest day.

RSVP to Sustainability Coordinator Andrew Vance: avance@mgc.vic.edu.au

In 2017, MGC was awarded a Community Partnership Grant to strengthen partnerships with the Traditional owners of our land, the Wurundjeri People with a specific goal to develop our community bush tucker garden on the banks of the Yarra. We have developed a tradition over the past 8 years where year 7 students participate in a Welcome to Country Ceremony on Tree day and they plant their own bush tucker plant into our reconciliation garden. The space is open to the public, located on the eastern fence of the boundary between the bike path and the main building.

MGC would like to acknowledge to ongoing support of the Yarra Council in facilitating this habitat restoration and cultural awareness work and invite you to share in the knowledge we have developed since we first started planting Murnongs on the site eight years ago.