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BURWOOD LINK INFORMATION SESSION

Proposed Landscaping & Vegetation Works: Gardiners Creek

SETTING THE SCENE

Proposed Bridge Alignment

EXISTING LANDSCAPE CHARACTER

swathes of mown grass

• pen view lines

large islands of indigenous vegetation on organic mulch bed

Filtered views through- limited mid storey Mid storey to margins Paths bleed into landscape- no edging

Limited mid and understorey allows fi ltered views through to opposite bank Fallen tree trunks retained for habitat

Informal edges and borders mid storey more predominant closer to creek

• ngoing planting and

management

Steep slope with heavy weed coverage scattered overstorey on slope Poor quality soils with old building rubble and concrete rubbish close to surface

EXISTING LANDSCAPE CHARACTER SUMMARY

• Open swathes of mown grass provide informal access and help passive

surveillance

• limited mid storey allow views through the vegetation
• Informal park like character, with no formal borders or edges to paths and

planting

• Greater density of mid and understorey nearer the creek
• Existing vegetation and all new plantings are locally indigenous
• Felled branches and trunks kept on site for habitat
• Organic mulch spread throughout planting islands
• Any proposed re-vegetation works to follow the guidelines above

SNAPSHOT OF EXISTING VEGETATION SPECIES

Overstorey

Yellow Box (Eucalyptus melliodora) Swamp Paperbark (Melaleuca ericifolia) Common Tussock Grass (Poa labillardierei) Swamp Gum (Eucalyptus ovata) Hop Goodenia (Goodenia ovata) Spiny Headed Mat Rush (Lomandra longifolia) Manna Gum (Eucalyptus viminalis) Common Cassinia (Cassinia aculeata) Black anther Flax Lily (Dianella revoluta)

Midstorey Understorey

DESIGN INTENT & ASSUMPTIONS

• The design intent for the new revegetation works is to match with the current

informal bushland landscape character of the creek and park.

• This character is typifi

ed by large areas of mulch with scattered overstorey

• f Acacia and Eucalypt species and scattered pockets of understorey of Hop

Goodenia, Lomandra, Cassinia and Dianella planting.

• These observed species have been topped up with other species from

DEPI’s online Ecological Vegetation Classes (EVC) benchmark maps.

• The following bioregions were identifi

ed as relevant to this section of Gardiners Creek and were referenced to select species: EVC 127 - Valley Heath Forest EVC 83 - Swampy Riparian Woodland EVC 47 - Valley Grassy Forest

• Although the species listed in the EVC’s have been used, the percentage

cover of each vegetation type (described by the EVC) has been altered to ensure the current open character of the park is maintained.

• All new areas of vegetation are above the Gardiner Creek top of bank and
• nly a small portion is within the the 1:100 year fl
• od overlay. Therefore

the species have been selected are suitable for terrestrial planting with only

• ccasional fl
• oding rather than aquatic species.
• Species selected for planted nearer the creek were sourced from recent

work completed with Melbourne Water at Box Hill Golf Club along Gardiners Creek - which is just upstream from this site

DESIGN INTENT & ASSUMPTIONS

PROPOSED REVEGETATION PLAN

PLANTING SCHEDULE

Schedule 1: Proposed areas of scattered indigenous understorey on mulch beds Schedule 2: Proposed areas of indigenous planting close to top of creek bank Schedule 3: Proposed areas of indigenous planting in isolated jute matt squares

• n steep slope

Schedule 4: Scattered overstorey planted to compliment planting in Schedule 1

PROGRESS & NEXT STEPS

• Council Offi

cers have provided in-principle agreement on the scale of the

• verall scope of the Proposed Revegetation Plan
• Take on board suggestions and changes from today’s information and

feedback session

• Preference would be to start planting soon to take advantage of the

upcoming planting season, approx. May- August