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    Abound Communities proudly supported International Volunteer Day (IVD) on the 5th of December 2022, to raise awareness of the important role volunteers play in responding to challenges facing the world. 2022 Theme: Solidarity through Volunteering IVD is a day to celebrate and promote volunteering. There are millions of volunteers in Australia and the contributions that they make to communities around the country are enormous. IVD ...

So long La Niña and thanks for all the weeds.   It is difficult to begin talking about gardening without mentioning the extraordinary wet winter, spring and now summer that we’ve had so far. The BoM has predicted that we may see some relief from the rain brought to us by the La Niña weather system in early 2023. And although the high precipitation rate has been beneficial to the establishment of the 2000 indigenous tubestock planted at ...

MEDIA RELEASE 15/12/22   A new President for Abound Communities Abound Communities is pleased to announce that on 7 December 2022, Carl Maissan was appointed as our 32nd Chair Carl has been Treasurer of Abound Communities since 2015. An experienced non- executive director, CFO, and board adviser, Carl is a Chartered Accountant and a graduate of the Institute of Company Directors. We congratulate Carl on his new position. Carl said in a ...

Abound Communities is pleased to present its 2022 financial statement

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The importance of gardens in re-creating a sense of place in new environments. Just after moving into a new place during the first year of Covid lockdowns, I ripped out most of the existing garden to start over. To begin with I decided to work on the small areas either side of our front door. It wasn’t until about 6 months later, when the plants I’d put in began establishing, that it dawned on me that I’d recreated the garden that was ...

AN UPDATE FROM JON Abound Communities Property Manager Property is a large portfolio in Abound Communities operations with differing site-specific complexities. Rushall Park renovations and works were put on hold for several months whilst we sorted out work exemptions with Heritage Victoria. Since we have been granted some exemptions and engaged a consultant, we have been able to recommence some of these dormant jobs. Some of these works ...

On Monday 11th of July there was a cross village meet and greet with 2 x RP residents attending Leith Park.

The objective of this meeting was so the newly founded resident garden group at Rushall Park can see how our established Leith Park Garden group operates, and the wonderful projects that both residents and staff at Leith Park have been a part of.

Besides the wealth of knowledge that was shared from both ...