Doreen's Grassland's Friends

06/02/2022

We have had to start a new page.
Our admin can no longer access this page, as they have been locked out of their account, and all avenues to recover the account through facebook have been exhausted. This page will no longer be used, please follow the link to our new page. Thanks, Susie Inglis (page moderator)

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Doreen wandered through Altona's grassland as a child, she collected, pressed and painted specimens and preserved them in a book.

06/02/2015

Ready for recognition in 2016 MELWAY street directory; vote 1 Doreen's Grassland. And let's see Cherry Creek concrete drain restored to it's natural riparian beauty!

01/11/2014

A Talk and also a Walk about Doreen and her grasslands

09/10/2014

We will be holding a walk at Doreen's grassland on Sunday 30th of November at 11am. More details to come.

09/10/2014

Page 4 of Doreen's book

20/08/2014

Photos from a walk today in Doreen's Grasslands

08/06/2014

Doreen's book made it into The Age

Being flat and sometimes brown, Victorian grasslands are not the most coveted of landscapes.

08/05/2014

Page three

19/01/2014

Page two

16/12/2013

Page one,

16/12/2013

In the 1940's a young girl wondered over the paddocks of Altona, collecting the wildflowers the grew there. Without realising it, she was making a botanical record for future generations. She pressed and painted the flowers that she found and put them in a book. Now Doreen's book has become the starting point of a project to conserve the flowers of Altona's Grasslands. We would like to share with you some of the images from Doreen's book and will start with the Tuffed Blue Bell

14/11/2013

Colleen, Susie and Neil are excited to invite friends for a walk on Doreen's Grassland, (northern end of Grieve Parade, Altona), this Saturday November 17 at 10 am. A paddock of native grassland is being conserved and planted with flowers indigenous to Altona.
Doreen Eddison identified many beautiful local flowers when she rambled in this place during the 1940s. Doreen created a book with pressed flowers and coloured sketches. Now the Grassland's Friends are using her book as the starting point for fresh planting on the paddock. See you on Saturday morning!