What we're doing
Coffee and weeds
Join us for great company over a coffee then a weeding session amid gorgeous scenery. Free a tree from getting smothered. You’ll help rehabilitate our beautiful Yarra embankment and prepare it for planting. Check out the wildlife too. Tools supplied or bring your own.
Plant one for the Yarra
Come down and plant one for the Yarra! You’ll be putting back indigenous vegetation that hasn’t grown here for 150 years. We supply the bushes, grasses, climbers, covers and trees. You do the planting and get the satisfaction. We’ll keep an eye on progress for you. Tools and plants supplied.
Coffee and plog
If plogging is your thing, there are plenty of reed beds and marine life along the lower embankment that need you. Every good plog should start with a coffee, so join us for a drink and come on down. We’ll supply bags, pickers and gloves or bring your own.
Muscle and haul
If you’re up for something a bit more ‘heavy duty’, we need strong arms to haul and firmly stake branches for terracing. This work packs a powerful punch – it keeps the embankment from eroding, helps plants grow and helps improves the soil. Tools supplied and also welcomed, if you can contribute.
Sharing economy
Sometimes we need to borrow an SUV, a power tool or a heavy hand tool like a mallet. Or just a good old helping hand with a carrying cart to shift rubbish bags or plants. We’re all for sharing resources, so if you can help out with equipment, give us a hoy!
Mark and map
Help us identify the existing (and new!) plants and fungi along the Yarra River in Abbotsford and map it to the Atlas of Living Australia or inaturalist. A historic bit of tracking and sleuthing, this!
Latest Happenings
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Our Mission
Abbotsford Riverbankers was formed to advocate for and nurture our Yarra riverlands in Abbotsford.
Our mission is to help transform this degraded, weed-infested ribbon of riverland into a healthy riparian corridor as part of Melbourne’s most important river system.