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Green Spaces

These are some natural spaces in Melbourne, including parks and gardens, which use native plants. You can learn more about them on their space page, including the plants we observed and our experiences in the space.

Australian Native Garden

Parkville, VIC

The Australian Native Garden is located in the south-east corner of Royal Park and features distinctive plants native to different regions of Australia. It is wide and open to mimic the routinely burnt and managed landscape present in Melbourne before colonisation and has walkways, benches and facilities.

Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary

Bundoora, VIC

The Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary is a 30 hectare “living laboratory” that fosters restoration of native flora and fauna. This is supplemented by a native plant nursery, which sells to the public both wholesale and individually.

CERES Community Environment Park

Brunswick East, VIC

CERES is a not-for-profit community farm, education hub, and meeting ground. The organisation's aim is to “make people fall in love with the Earth again” through environmental and sustainable methods, with a focus on implementing and maintaining Indigenous practices.

Wurundjeri Gardens

Hawthorn, VIC

The Wurundjeri Garden are a small garden located in Hawthorn along the bank of the Yarra River. They displays a multitude of locally native plants which were traditionally used by the Wurundjeri-woiwurrung.

Yarra Bend Park

Fairfield, VIC

Located between Abbotsford, Kew and Abbotsford along the Yarra River and Merri Creek, Yarra Bend Park is the largest area of bushland in inner Melbourne, harbouring hiking trails, picnic grounds, sporting facilities and natural bushland.

Acknowledgement of Country

The University of Melbourne and the sites listed on this website are located on unceded land belonging to the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Boonwurrung peoples of the Kulin nation, and we pay our respects to the traditional custodians of the land. As students of the University of Melbourne, we benefit from the continued effects of colonisation. We also recognise that decolonisation is a necessary and active process all must participate in, and we hope that the Native Garden Project can highlight ways that our communities have and can contribute to the physical decolonisation of the land. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

An Arts Discovery Research Project

By Charlie Bamford, Finn B, Thomas Delany, Oskar Lelia, Lee North-Connor and Flynn Slater

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