Significant Trees

Gardens
Period gardens and mature trees have been identified in the Site Schedule (Volume 3, appendix) and some cultural landscapes (gardens or parks) have been evaluated in the significant sites section of this report, either as components to a built site.1 The site schedule landscape entries are not comprehensive and precise species have not always been identified, having only generic names. Some street trees have also been evaluated.

Victorian Garden Inventory
As at December 1991, the following gardens had been listed in the Victorian Garden Inventory2 and all have been dealt with in Volume Three (Significant Sites):

Garden, lavender Lane at 13 Fenton Crescent, (classified by the National Trust);3
Rubra, Watts Road, Mt. Eliza
Ballam Park, 'Cranbourne Road, Frankston (complex classified by the National Trust)4
Marathon, 12 Marathon Drive, Mt. Eliza (classified by the National Trust).

Rare photograph of the once widespread practice of garden education in government schools early this century

13. Rare photograph of the once widespread practice of garden education in government schools early this century (lacking today): this is Frankston school c1905 [M Brody series, Armstrong Collection].

Frankston Cultural Landscape of metropolitan, regional or State significance
Additional gardens which have been identified in this study as of metropolitan, regional or State significance are5:

Frankston Oval, Bay Street South (include palms, cypress)
34 Cliff Road
58/60 Cliff Road
5 Crathie Court
17 Glen Shian Crescent
Frankston Golf Club, Golf Links Road
595 Nepean Highway.

Significant Tree Register
The following trees are from the National Trust of Australia (Vic.) Register of Significant Trees as of State/regional significance.

Classified

Trees at Ballam Park Homestead, Cranbourne Road Frankston: Quercus robur (English Oak), Ceratonia siliquo (Carob) two Olea europaea ssp. europaea (common olive) eight.
29 Bright Crescent, Mt. Eliza: Eucalyptus viminalis var. racemosa (Rough-barked Manna Gum).
Crathie Court Street Trees6: Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus (Blue Gum avenue) Frankston Council's planning scheme already lists trees at 20 Davey Street.7

Kananook Creek and rustic bridge

14. Kananook Creek and rustic bridge; a combination of natural landscape significance and man made elements which is unusual in the metropolitan area and prominent in Frankston's history.

Frankston Landscape of Local significance
The following is an extract from the Site Schedule which lists landscape elements which have not been evaluated or are considered of potential local significance. Note that elements such as bridges are also included:

Kananook Creek Bridge, [Bridge] at Allawah Avenue.
Kananook Creek Bridge, [Bridge] at Beach Street.
[landscape] Bembridge Avenue.
Kananook Creek Bridge [Bridge] at Brodie Street.
Monterey Pines [Trees] Canadian Bay Road at Nepean Highway.
Monterey Pines [Trees] 65 Canadian Bay Road.
Monterey Pine [Tree] 87 Canadian Bay Road.
Cypress row [Trees] 109 Canadian Bay Road.
Baden Lodge Garden [Garden] 5 Canning Street.
Palm (Phoenix Canariensis) [Tree] 17 Cliff Road.
Kananook Creek Bridge [Bridge] at Coates Walk.
Norfolk Island Pine Street Avenue [Tree avenue] 20, near Davey St.
Norfolk Island Pine [Tree] Civic Centre, Davey Street.
Kananook Creek Bridge [Bridge] at Davey Street.
Cypress Row [Tree Avenue] Daveys Bay Road, west end.
Sweetwater Creek [Landscape] Fenton Crescent, off
Kananook Creek Bridge [Bridge] at Fiocchi Avenue.
Street verges [Landscape] Freemans Road.
Palms (Phoenix canariensis) [Trees] 2 George Street.
Garden [Garden] 9 George Street.
Hedge and stone gateway [Garden] 71 Glen Shian Lane.
Monterey Cypress avenue, verges [Landscape, avenue] Gulls Way.
[Garden] 7 Harleston Road.
[Garden] 13 Harleston Road.
Street verges [Landscape] Harleston Road.
Beauty Park [Park] High street.
Cypress row [Trees] Jackson Road west end.
Street verges [Landscape] Jerula Avenue.
[Tree] Kirkwood Avenue.
[Landscape] Marathon Drive.
[Trees] 3 Marathon Drive.
Coates Walk [Landscape] 220 off Nepean Highway.
Armstrong Reserve [Landscape] Newton Street, off
Palm [Tree] 1 Nolan Street.
Oak Tree [Tree] 7 Nolan Street.
Garden [Garden] 109 Old Mornington Road.
Monterey pine, typical [Tree] 24 Pinehill Drive.
Kananook Creek Bridge [Bridge] at Playne Street.
Kananook Creek planting [Landscape] Riviera Street.
Monterey Pines [Trees] Rosedale Grove.
Street verges [Landscape] Thornton Road.
Street verges, brick paving [Landscape] Warringa Road.
Street verges [Landscape] Williams Road, south side.
Monterey pines on oval [Trees] Williams Street.
Eucalyptus viminalis (?) avenue [Tree ave] Williams St, west end.
[Garden] 2 Williams Street.
Palm (Phoenix Canariensis) [Tree] 54-58 Williams Street.

Recommendations
1. To preserve the gardens and trees of regional, metropolitan or State significance (as listed above) Council should add them to the table in clause 132-6 of the Frankston Planning Scheme.8

2. Council should also adopt policies to conserve the above unevaluated or locally significance cultural landscapes or elements (from Site Schedule, Vol. Three9) should be recorded and further evaluated. Owners should be encouraged to maintain their general character by expanding the Council's parks and gardens service perhaps on a fee basis aimed to recover costs only for listed gardens.

3. Council should undertake a cultural landscape study which comprehensively identifies and evaluates the 'man-made' landscape.

NOTES

1 See Vol. 3 and notes section of schedule in appendix.
2 As of Dec. 1991.
3 FN6012.
4 FN1403
5 See Site Schedule notes for description.
6 Classified using data from this study.
7 Clause 132-6.
8 Refer also National Trust of Australia model planning clause.
9 Designated as value L.