august 2017

Newsletter of the Merri Creek Management Committee (MCMC)

The Elder Mother

The native White Elderberry, cousin of Europe’s Black Elderberry, is now a rare plant along the Merri Creek. The European plant has a rich folklore and a new MCMC project aims to secure the local plant’s future. Read more.

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Wildlife Gardening - in Summer

Lessons from a suburban front yard:  
Over summer, a fascinating array of insect life visited the wildlife garden at the Merri Creek Management Committee (MCMC) depot in East Brunswick. Their presence in the garden illustrates some valuable principles of wildlife gardening. See the pdf article.

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Keeping the Merri on the Map

Merri Creek Management Committee (MCMC) has been awarded $45,000 from the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation to update our mapping capabilities. The 90 year-old charity aims to make ‘a real and lasting impact on the big challenges facing Melbourne’. Currently, one of its key areas is protecting water eco-systems. 

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Help Merri Creek’s future by leaving a bequest

If you love Merri Creek and wish to help protect it beyond your lifetime, please consider making a gift in your will to Merri Creek Management Committee. Your gift  could help turbocharge our habitat restoration program, enable more kids to get involved in learning about the creek, support our partnership with Wurundjeri Traditional Owners, help protect endangered species, and more. Interested? Read our Bequests Brochure