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Reg. No. A0032167S

Friends of the Prom Nursery

Following discussions with the Park staff at Tidal River, an application for funding for a native nursery was lodged in 1994, as the natural vegetation at numerous sites in the Park had been degraded.

The funds were granted in 1996 and the area around the old glass house at Tidal River was levelled and a poly house was purchased and erected. Since then a watering system in both houses has been installed and over the last 3 years many other improvements have been made.

The operation of the nursery has been very successful with many thousands of plants being raised from both seeds and cuttings taken from the areas needing revegetation. Planting has been done both by the Friends and also others including school groups supervised by Park Staff.

A small group of the Friends work at the nursery every second Thursday under the expert guidance of a member of the Park Staff. It is worthy of note that although most of the Friends who attend are from the local area, two of our members travel down from Melbourne each work day. We have been very fortunate during the project, having had two very competent and enthusiastic Rangers in charge.

There is always plenty of work to be done at the nursery and volunteers never go astray. Should you be interested, Please contact Friends of the Prom for more information.