The community is invited to celebrate the centenary of historical plantings on Red Hill with Minister Mick Gentleman, the Red Hill Regenerators Parkcare group and rangers from the ACT Parks and Conservation Service.
The event will celebrate 100 years since Walter Burely Griffin issued instructions to plant thousands of red flowering native plants on Red Hill as part of his grand vision to “paint the hills of Canberra each in a single colour of flowering plants”. Callistemons, grevilleas and Darling Pea were planted and survive to this day.
The legacy of those plantings (which have been nominated for Heritage Council listing) form a mass of red blooms in spring and summer, serving as a reminder of Canberra’s history of nature conservation, as well as innovative urban and landscape planning.
Find out more about this legacy and other interesting historical facts from the Red Hill Regeneration Group website here
| WHAT: | Centenary of planting red plants on Red Hill with poetry, speeches and a ceremonial watering of plants. |
| DATE: | Friday 27 October 2017 |
| TIME: | 11.30 am |
| WHERE: | Meet at Red Hill restaurant car park for a short stroll to the Callistemon plantation |
More information: info@redhillregenerators.org.au