Children and families are invited to the launch of the Healthy Active and Safe Children Municipal Early Years Plan – April 2015.

The vision from the Plan is for a child friendly Hepburn incorporating a need to strengthen local venues, facilities and ‘spaces’ where children are active, healthy and safe together with receiving basic services of health care, child care and education.

Come and share in the fun with many children’s activities including storytime, baby massage, live music and more. Local early years service providers will also be attending to provide information.  A light lunch will be provided.

Daylesford
Date: Wednesday 2 September 2015
Time: 10.00am to 1.00pm
Venue: Daylesford Town Hall, 76 Vincent Street Daylesford

Creswick
Date: Tuesday 8 September 2015
Time: 10.00am to 1.00pm
Venue: Doug Lindsay Reserve, Creswick

Please RSVP to Dianne Van Der Veer on 5321 6461 by Wednesday 26 August 2015.

Council is preparing a Master Plan for the historic Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens.  Established in c.1863, these Gardens include many rare trees and were originally designed by the celebrated 19^th century landscape designer William Sangster.  The Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens are a popular tourist attraction and an important part of Victoria’s collection of 19^th century regional Botanic Gardens.

The Master Plan for the Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens will guide its development over the next ten years, providing a structure for future works and management.  It will build on the historic gardens, maintaining their heritage significance and well-loved features, while proposing new works which with further enhance these much loved Gardens.   This document will be produced by Laidlaw & Laidlaw Design, who have been engaged by the Council and have extensive experience working on Victoria’s many Botanic Gardens.

As part of the Master Plan process Council is inviting input from various individuals and groups with a connection to the Gardens to complete the attached questionnaire and return to Hepburn Shire Council by the 30 September 2015. Surveys can be emailed  to cwright@hepburn.vic.gov.au  or mailed to PO Box 21 Daylesford 3460.

Click here to download a copy of the questionaire