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Working Bees

Upcoming working bees in the Garden are:
  • 24 Feb 13
  • 24 Mar 13
  • 28 Apr 13
  • 26 May 13 Cancelled - construction work
  • 30 Jun 13
  • 28 Jul 13
  • 25 Aug 13
  • 29 Sep 13
  • 27 Oct 13
  • 24 Nov 13
Timing: 10am-1pm

Please bring your own drinks and snacks, tools and protective clothing.

Location: Heysen St Weston, close to Streeton Drive, turn into the Islamic School entrance.

Weston Creek Community Council

WCCC is not a local government body. For government matters contact CanberraConnect.

The WCCC holds open public meetings on last Wednesday of the month - see Meetings for a timetable.

The meetings are held at The Weston Club, Liardet Street, Weston at 7.30pm (map). We regularly have invited speakers, politicians and other representatives, with other organisations (eg ACT Policing) also regularly attending.

There are no membership fees for the WCCC and any resident of Weston Creek is able to contact the WCCC to seek assistance or advice. All members of the committee are volunteers and no one receives payment for any activities. The Council also receives financial support from the ACT Government.

For more details about us click here

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Notice: The Gardens are not yet open to the public.

Article posted on Sunday 23 January 2011 | Leave a comment »

The gardens are not yet open to the public while volunteers and the ACT Parks and Land authorities work together on bringing them back to good condition.There are currently no services or facilities available at the gardens (for example, no toilets). Anyone who wishes to become a volunteer or seeks additional information click here »...

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FETHERSTON GARDENS, WESTON - SUBMISSION FOR PRELIMINARY SKETCH PLAN PROCESS

Article posted on Friday 29 July 2011 | Leave a comment »

Anyone interested can read the WCCC Gardens Working Group and Fetherson Gardens Friends group submission on the future development of the gardens, to see the suggestions that have already been conveyed."

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Gerald Henry Fetherston aka Tony Fetherston

Article posted on Monday 10 January 2011 | Leave a comment »

Tony FetherstonTony Fetherston, perhaps more than any other individual, made an enormous contribution to horticultural education in the ACT. Tony Fetherston was head teacher in horticulture, and later head of the School of Horticulture  at the Canberra Institute of Technology (and its predecessor institutions) from 1947 until his retirement in 1979. He occupied this position when the School of Horticulture first moved to its own campus at Heysen Street, Weston in early 1974. As head of the School ,Tony Fetherston was responsible for much of the design and planning for the Heysen Street campus.
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Proposal to Name the Former CIT Gardens

Article posted on Thursday 30 September 2010 | Leave a comment »

The Weston Creek Community Council and the Friends of the CIT Gardens Group have proposed to the ACT Place Names Committee a suitable name for the former CIT Gardens community facility. A proposed name for the gardens should be distinctive and appropriate for future generations. It has been proposed that the gardens be named “Fetherston Gardens” in honour of Mr Gerald Henry Fetherston MBE, the longest serving head of the CIT School of Horticulture who was deeply involved in the creation of the gardens.

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CIT Park/Garden Working Committee 22 Apr 10

Article posted on Tuesday 20 April 2010 | Leave a comment »

The First Official Meeting of the Community Council Working Group on the CIT Park and Gardens is on Thursday, 22 April 2010 at 7.30pm in the Hawkes room at the Weston Club.

Stephen Alegria from Conservation and Lands, Territory and Muncipal Services will join us to talk about how we can work together to achieve a great park for the community. Click for a draft agenda »...

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Fetherston Gardens - Background

These gardens were designed and developed as the former Canberra Institute of Technology Horticulture College in Heysen Street, Weston which was opened in 1974.  In the gardens, which have been named after the first and longest serving Head of the Horticulture College, Tony Fetherston, there is a well-established arboretum, a woodlands garden, and an enclosed "secret garden".  The CIT's Weston campus was closed in 2002, and the gardens ceased being a purpose-built educational facility.  Several years later, in 2009, in response to representations from the WCCC, the ACT Government dropped its plans to redevelop the site for residential purposes, and handed the land back to the Weston Creek Community for use as a community facility, while the former classroom buildings became part of the Canberra Islamic School.

The WCCC is working with the Friends of the CIT/Fetherston Gardens to coordinate the community's participation in the garden redevelopment project. The current goal of the WCCC and the Friends of the Gardens, in conjunction with the Parks, Conservation and Lands Department of the ACT Government, is to bring the gardens back to a condition where they can again be open to the public.

The Friends of Fetherston Gardens hold regular working bees to continue with the Garden development and also to ensure that it is well maintained for use by the community.

Dates and times are published in the Council's 'Community Event's' Calendar (see left hand column). You can also place yourself on a mailing list to receive the latest updates on happenings.

You can contact the Friends here

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