Please join the management team, volunteers, members and staff who celebrate and thank the following organisations and businesses for their invaluable and ongoing support. 

Shire of Yarra Ranges

Yarra Ranges has provided continuing patronage since the nursery began in 1993. We gratefully acknowledge council’s invaluable help with relocating from Croydon North to Mooroolbark in 2008. Special thanks to Cr. Tim Heenan and Cr. Terry Avery, who were            instrumental in securing our current home. Candlebark proudly supports the Yarra Ranges ‘Ribbons of Green’ program to provide linked wildlife corridors throughout the municipality

Maroondah City Council

Since 1994, Maroondah council has supported Candlebark by purchasing many thousands of plants for local revegetation and conservation projects. Maroondah    has also introduced many new customers to the nursery. Candlebark is currently partnering with Maroondah Council to grow and establish locally rare and threatened plants species for reestablishment in Maroondah’s bushland reserves.

Boral Quarry Montrose

Boral is a major sponsor and patron of Candlebark, having generously donated materials for drainage and concrete since we incorporated in 1994. The provision of quality crushed rock materials is essential for the safety of our members, volunteers, clients and staff, as well as drainage and weed control in our greenhouses, retail and hardstanding areas. Boral also support our objectives by allowing Candlebark volunteers access to the remnant bushland on their property to collect local native plant cuttings and seeds. This plant material is used to grow indigenous plants for revegetation and landscaping projects in Montrose and surrounding areas.

 Bendigo Bank Mooroolbark

Bendigo Bank provides us with ongoing support through its Community Grants Program. Thanks to Bendigo Bank grants, Candlebark has purchased and installed a 22,000 litre rainwater tank. This enables us to capture and use rainwater to supplement summer watering of our plants which reduces our use of potable water in the production of our precious plants. Another grant provided the shadecloth needed to provide a sheltered area for our juvenile plants to grow a little before being moved to hardstanding areas to get ready for planting.    

Please support our sponsors who so generously support us and our objectives.