What you can do for Maroondah's natural environment

Volunteer with an environmental group

Maroondah has many volunteer community groups that help preserve and maintain the local natural environment.

Environmental events calendar

See upcoming nature related events including planting days and working bees that aim to restore and enhance the natural environment in Maroondah.

Create a nature haven

Make your garden more wildlife friendly by creating habitat stepping stones for native animals such as birds, insects, lizards and small mammals.

Connect with nature

Connecting with nature can improve mental health, reduce stress, and increase overall well-being.

Discover your local biodiversity

The more we can reveal and record our local biodiversity the better informed we are to protect and improve the habitats that support it.

Support environmentally significant locations

Residents who live close to environmentally significant locations have an additional opportunity to support Maroondah’s natural environment.

Protect our bushland

Bushland reserves are fragile and human disturbance can have long lasting and often irreversible consequences. Help protect bushland reserves and biodiversity in Maroondah.

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Upcoming environmental events

Friends of Ainslie Park Working Bee

Saturday, 11 April 2026 | 09:30 AM to 11:30 AM

5 more dates

Join our friendly volunteer group working to improve biodiversity at our local park, enhance the natural environment in Croydon, and build community.

Ainslie Park, Ainslie Park Ave, Croydon 3136

Tagged as: , Education, Environment, Natural environment, Volunteer

Friends of Parkwood Working Bee

Saturday, 18 April 2026 | 09:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Come along to our first mulching day for 2026, in preperation for exciting new plantings. Connect with community, move your body and help us shape our beautiful Parkwood Reserve into something even better. Come for the working bee, stay for the morning tea.

Parkwood Reserve, 35-39 Tortice Dr, Ringwood North 3134

Tagged as: , Children & families, Community, Environment, Health & Wellbeing, Intergenerational, Natural environment, Volunteer

Australian Native Rain Gardens workshop

Saturday, 18 April 2026 | 10:00 AM

This workshop will provide details on how residents can use rainwater on their gardens - creating habitat, increasing biodiversity and helping to reduce pollutants and excess stormwater affecting our local creeks.

Maroondah Federation Estate, meeting room 4, 32 Greenwood Avenue, Ringwood 3134

Tagged as: , Community, Environment, Natural environment, Workshop

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