Friends of the McKay Gardens

Friends of the McKay Gardens These Heritage Listed gardens are the oldest remaining "industrial gardens" in Australia. They are the oldest remaining "industrial garden" in Victoria.

The McKay Memorial Gardens are a heritage listed gardens in Sunshine Victoria. Established in 1909 by the industrialist HV McKay, the gardens designed to provide relaxation for the workers of the Sunshine Harvester works, at the time the largest industrial manufacturing plant in Australia, employing over 3000 workers.

Spring flowers are glorious in the Gardens at the moment. Well worth a visit to see the colour and texture. Also pleasin...
17/08/2026

Spring flowers are glorious in the Gardens at the moment. Well worth a visit to see the colour and texture. Also pleasing to see the recycling addition to the rubbish bin.

A 'monkey puzzle' tree is soon to be located into the McKay Gardens.
14/08/2026

A 'monkey puzzle' tree is soon to be located into the McKay Gardens.

by Mike Lloyd Republished from The Local Arboretum: Noticeable trees and their stories One of Wellington’s very few monkey puzzle trees. Source: Author, August 2026 Stories of trees falling in and …

Locals might be interested in this lecture by Dr John Lack on the history of Sunshine. Brimbank Library, 301 Hampshire R...
14/08/2026

Locals might be interested in this lecture by Dr John Lack on the history of Sunshine. Brimbank Library, 301 Hampshire Road, Sunshine, Room 5. When August 30th at 2pm: Presented by Sunshine & District Historical Society

First eight participants on the day - pastries and coffee. The first session of our Bird Count coming soon. If you would...
06/08/2026

First eight participants on the day - pastries and coffee.

The first session of our Bird Count coming soon. If you would like to join the Friends of the McKay Gardens for some fresh air and engagement with the local bird life, we will be conducting a bird count on Saturday 5th of September from 8.30am-9.30am in the Gardens. This is part one of our bird count. Hopefully it will give us an idea of how many birds use Gardens before the sculptures and water features are installed and then we will have another bird count as part of the Citizen Science project in October. A free bird app can be downloaded onto your phone. eBird - Discover a new world of birding... (for ongoing monitoring of birds, simple easy to use checklist on app eBird Mobile) Merlin Bird ID – Free, instant bird identification help and guide for thousands of birds – Identify the birds you see (Great Bird Identification app – use this alongside eBird.) Go to our events to register your interest.

30/07/2026

New Winter Newsletter out now.

24/07/2026

by Mike Lloyd Reposted from: The Local Arboretum: Noticeable trees and their stories Robert Percy Moore is regarded as New Zealand’s greatest panoramic photographer.1 Particularly during the 1920s,…

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