Andrew Yandell Habitat Reserve

The Andrew Yandell Habitat Reserve set aside in 1959 at St Helena Road, Greensborough, and comprising 6 hectares of indigenous bushland and remnant designed playground landscape by Gordon Ford, is significant. The community buildings within the Reserve are not significant.

The Andrew Yandell Habitat Reserve is of local historic, scientific, social and aesthetic significance to the City of Banyule. It is also of State scientific significance.

Why is it significant?

Andrew Yandell Habitat Reserve is of local historic significance for its ability to demonstrate a growing community recognition of the importance of open space and bushland reservations in the post-war period, especially in light of rapid suburban development in the area from this time. (Criteria A & G)

Andrew Yandell Habitat Reserve is of local social significance for its ongoing importance to the Greenhills community, as demonstrated by the formation and continuing involvement of the Friends of Yandell Reserve group in its maintenance and care.

Andrew Yandell Habitat Reserve is also of local historic significance for its association with Winifred Waddell, noted naturalist, and Gordon Ford, a prominent landscape designer of the 1960s and 70s and the originator of the 'bush garden'. (Criterion H)

It is of local aesthetic and scientific significance for its Yellow Box woodland, which is an important remnant indigenous landscape.

Andrew Yandell Habitat Reserve is of scientific significance at a State level as one of the very few breeding grounds of the rare and endangered Eltham Copper Butterfly. (Criterion F)

Group

Parks, Gardens and Trees

Category

Reserve