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Hilltop Park


Hilltop Park

 

This Park includes wildflower meadows consisting of a mix of indigenous grasses and wildflowers. The site was sown in January 2008, wildflowers were planted in winter 2009 and the site was handed over to Melton City Council in February 2010.


The park prior to sowing

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The Microlaena stipoides lawns had started to germinate in winter 2008, but the site was too dry to sustain this species successfully as a lawn.


Five months later the grasses have established even though there was negligible rainfall since sowing. In another year there will be a thick cover of native grass.

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Close up the extent of the native grass is more apparent.


After a very dry summer/autumn the site is looking reasonable. Some good rain this winter should see the grasses bulk up and start to really dominate the garden.

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By spring 2009 the sowing looked very good, promising a great display of wildflowers and native grasses.


Unfortunately the park was slashed just before flowering. We can only imagine it was an accident, but everything was cut to the ground.

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Luckily we got plenty of rain and the sowing made a partial recovery before being handed over to the local Council.


Although cut close to the ground, most of the wildflowers made a quick recovery after the rain.

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The Spear grass also made a quick recovery.