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A NEW fence will be constructed along the Koroit Botanic Gardens’ High Street boundary.
The fence will be the same as the one in place at the Camperdown Botanic Gardens, with a top rail and metal mesh.
Original plans were to install a picket fence, however, Moyne Shire director of physical services Trevor Greenberger said those plans were re-evaluated and changed.
“There were some issues with the picket fence, including it would be prone to vandalism, would block the sight lines to the gardens from High Street and would be costly to maintain,” Mr Greenberger said.
“Like the Koroit gardens, the Camperdown gardens were designed by William Guilfoyle, so the fence will be a good fit for Koroit.”
The Moyne Shire is funding the fence and is working on an application to Heritage Victoria to get permission to build it.
The Koroit Botanic Gardens Restoration Group has backed the new fence and work is hoped to begin early next year.
Heritage Victoria has granted permission to pull out the newest plants in a row of cypress trees along the garden’s northern boundary.
These trees were planted to replace the old cypress trees taken out earlier this year.
The restoration group has successfully lobbied for the removal of the trees, which will be replaced by Aleppo pines that were part of the original plan of the gardens.
The cypress trees have been relocated to the caravan park, with the relocation and planting work carried out by the restoration group.
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