Natural environment community groups

A number of environmental community groups are active in the Maroondah municipality. These groups are mostly volunteers who contribute many hours to preserve and maintain the local natural environment.

Why join an environmental group?

Joining an environmental group is a great experience for those who would like to help the environment, or want to get experience in an environment related field of work. No previous experience is necessary, groups are made up of people of all ages and students can often complete compulsory work experience hours with a group  

Benefits of joining a group include:

  • Meeting a variety of interesting people and useful contacts
  • Gaining skills in article writing, drawing and or publishing (if the group has a newsletter)
  • Obtaining plant identification skills
  • Gaining additional skills from field work such as revegetation works, seed collection, plant propagation and weed control
  • Learning general ecology principles
  • Preserving invaluable flora and fauna

Apply to be a volunteer

How to plant

Visit an Indigenous Nursery 

CRISP Nursery

Address: 17 Greenwood Avenue, Ringwood  
Phone: 9879 3911 
Email: info@crispnursery.org.au 
Website: http//www.crispnursery.org.au/  

Candlebark Community Nursery

Address: 308 Hull Road, Mooroolbark 
Phone: (03) 9727 0594 (office – 10am to 2pm Tuesday to Friday) Mobile 0494 088 804 BH
Email:info@candlebark.org.au
Website:http://candlebark.org.au/

For further information on Maroondah’s environmental volunteer groups and opportunities please contact the Maroondah Bushland team via email nature@maroondah.vic.gov.au or maroondah@maroondah.vic.gov.au or call 1300 88 22 33.