Greenbrook Association

Location and History

Mid-morning sunshine brightens the Brook

The Greenbrook Association is a Bushcare group formed in 1983.  It operated initially in Hickey Park, Stafford. The group moved upstream to a large area of derelict land opposite the Stafford Tannery site in 1983, between Mornington St and Blandford St.  The area was subsequently named Grange Forest Park.

Grange Forest Park is located south-west of the Brook where it winds behind the Stafford City Shopping Centre. It lies somewhat equidistant between Stafford, Grange and Alderley communities. (UBD Ref 139 H8)

A separate page shows the early progress of the Association in the Park in the 1980s.

Recollections of a local resident, Robert Dunlop, who was a youngster growing up in the Grange in the 1930s, may be viewed as a 13 KB pdf document.

Cleaning up after garden waste dumping

About the Group 

The Greenbrook Association has the objective to establish a plant community at Grange Forest Park which:

•  is typical of that which may have existed along Kedron Brook before European settlement, and
•  which supports as much native wildlife as possible, especially those species that are facing increasing difficulty living in the suburbs.

With the passing of time, the second objective has become increasingly important, in that many species which were once common in the surrounding suburbs are now found only in the park.

The group works under the broad umbrella of a shared concern by its members for the quality of our natural environment.  There are no membership fees, no office-bearers and no regular meetings apart from working bees.
      

Greg Smith with Russell Gentle at a recent planting

Group Contact

The group works (generally) every 3rd Sunday morning between 8.30 am and 11.30 am, meeting at the Blandford St entrance to Grange Forest Park. The billy is boiled at 10 am. Every member is reminded by email/telephone about one week before a working bee.
    
For more information, contact:

Group Leader: Greg Smith
                           3356 0000 (W)
                           3356 7375 (H)