News from the Arboretum

Arboretum Anniversary BYO Picnic Sun 17 August 11.30am - 3pm.

The Crommelin Native Arboretum was established in August 1976. Each year members and friends come together to celebrate the Arboretum with a BYO lunchtime picnic. All welcome. Cake, tea and coffee supplied.

Arboretum Working Bee Sun 17 August 9-11am

One morning each month, usually the third Sunday, volunteers, new and old, meet up at the Arboretum for a community Working Bee. It’s also a nice opportunity for new members and volunteers of the Arboretum to meet everyone and learn more about our conservation work.

We will provide all the tools you will need to help us at the Arboretum, but we suggest you bring your own gardening gloves, hat, bottle of water, and wear sunscreen. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Our New Patron - Robert Payne Ecologist

Robert Payne has been appointed as the new patron for the Crommelin Native Arboretum (known locally as The Pearl Beach Arboretum). Robert is a well respected ecologist and was one of those responsible for the study and mapping of the Umina Coastal Sandplain Woodland, an endangered ecological community located on the Umina-Woy Woy Peninsula. Robert was a member of the Arboretum inaugural committee in 1976 and has continued as a member of the committee until today. Robert's background as a surveyor was a most useful talent in helping to control what was then a fairly wild and overgrown four hectares of bushland. His subsequent post graduate university studies in botany and ecology allowed him to bring to the Arboretum a professional understanding of flora and fauna. Robert collected different native plants from across eastern Australia which were propagated and planted in the Arboretum thus helping to create our diverse range of species. He has surveyed and listed the flora and fauna of the Arboretum on several occasions. Robert and the Arboretum have also benefited from the strong support of his wife Maggie who was herself a committee member.

Our new map and entrance signs

On your next visit to the Arboretum you wil lnotice our new entranc epath from the tennis courts under construction. We also have new entrance signs going in over the next month. Here is our new map and entrance signs have been generously designed pro bono by Andrew van der Westerhuyzen of Collider - an award winning film production company and design studio based in Sydney, Melbourne and New York. Learn more about Collider HERE.

The Arboretum Rocks! - West Coast 70s music by the Album Show. Sat 11 Oct 2-5pm.

Playing the iconic hits of Jackson Browne, The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Fleetwood mac, Jame Taylor, Warren Zevon, America, Carly Simon and many more... . Bring your rugs, chairs and a picnic and enjoy an afternoon of great music. We even allocate a space to get up an dance. No pets or smoking allowed sorry. Proceeds support the Pearl Beach Progress Association and the Arboretum. Tickets available HERE.