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 SUSTAINABLE GARDENING OVER SUMMER – MULCHING
| Free Tree Mulching Days in November | | Council holds free Mulching Days at reserves throughout the City. Tree branches can be taken to any of the scheduled mulching days for mulching free of charge. Residents are welcome to take the mulch home with them or leave it for removal by Council.
Locations and dates listed below.
The following conditions apply:
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| A maximum of four cubic metres (four small trailer loads) loose volume per vehicle is permitted | | All material must be clean | | Freshly cut wood up to a maximum diameter of 120mm is accepted | | Proof of Hume residency must be produced to utilise the mulching service | | Residents are welcome to take the mulched material from the reserves at their own risk
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| The following materials will not be accepted:
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| Dry timber or weed | | Wire, grass clippings, thorny plants, vines, bracken, palm trees and foreign material | | Plastic bags, pots, concrete or soil
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| The next mulching days will take place from 9.30am to 2.30pm at the following locations and dates:
Greenvale - Sunday 8 November 2009
Greenvale Recreation Centre
Barrymore Road, Greenvale
Melway Ref: 179 B11
Sunbury - Sunday 15 November 2009
Sunbury Leisure Centre
Elizabeth Drive, Sunbury
Melway Ref: 382 A4
Tullamarine - Sunday 22 November 2009
Tullamarine Reserve
Micheline Street, Tullamarine
Melway Ref: 15 H2
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| SUSTAINABLE GARDENING OVER SUMMER – MULCHING | | For some plants, particularly seedlings, a mulched garden over summer can mean the difference between survival and fatality. Mulch is beneficial to plants as it holds moisture in the topsoil that would otherwise evaporate, trapping water around plant roots.
Council will hold mulching days throughout 2010, allowing residents to bring their woody garden clippings along to their nearest location for processing into fine-textured mulch for the garden.
Proposed Mulching Dates for 2010:
Broadmeadows - Johnstone Street
Reserve 17 January, 2 May, 10 October
Craigieburn - Craigieburn Leisure
Centre 31 January, 16 May, 17 October
Dallas - Gibb Reserve
7 February, 23 May, 24 October
Greenvale - Greenvale Recreation
Centre 14 February, 30 May, 7 November
Sunbury - Sunbury Leisure Centre
21 February, 13 June, 14 November
Tullamarine - Tullamarine Reserve
14 March, 29 August, 21 November
Contact Council on 9205 2200 to confirm times and locations closer to the proposed dates. For more information on mulching, drop into one of Council’s customer service centres to collect a Hume Sustainable Gardening booklet.
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