Port Phillip Rotary was involved in the creation of a pollinators garden at the Bank Street Towers. The Park Towers MPC site has been going for almost 5 years now and has established well, particularly over this last year despite massive dogs rampaging through at all times and all sorts of human movements.
There are always have interesting finds in this garden - one of HeartScape volunteers, Gill, found an onion the other day and we have also found a printer, a street sign, some fitness equipment, a phone, bananas and more! The removal of the 3 established Myoporum petiolatum was a grand idea a year back - they were bullying the rest of the garden. Since removing them the garden has flourished!
As far as clearing dead vegetation, we are thoughtful about what stays and goes for various reasons. Though some plants get a great clip back, we will leave others to die back and create structure for habitat and barriers - eg if a dog runs through and breaks off a large branch we will leave it in place for as long as possible as it will help shield the space while the vegetation grows back.