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  1. Celebrating Excellence: the 2024 SMCT Awards

    • 23 October 2024

    Each year, Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (SMCT) holds an Awards night, recognising outstanding achievements across the organisation.

    • Careers at SMCT

  2. Community Comes Together for “Grassroots” Planting Day at Melbourne General Cemetery

    • Melbourne General Cemetery
    • 23 October 2024

    This special event, part of Project Cultivate, saw community members of all ages getting a hands-on experience, enhancing the biodiversity of our historic cemetery in the heart of Melbourne.

    • Project

  3. 127,000 native plants to be sown at Melbourne General Cemetery

    • 9 October 2024

    As part of the Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust’s (SMCT) horticultural pilot Project Cultivate, Melbourne General Cemetery is being revegetated with 127,000 native grasses, wildflowers and groundcovers, to create a flourishing grassland in the heart of the city.

    • Project

  4. Supporting community together: Miscarriage Information Support Service

    • Bunurong Memorial Park
    • 8 October 2024

    Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (SMCT) has collaborated with Miscarriage Information Support Service (MISS) for many years, co-hosting events and creating an inclusive space to acknowledge miscarriage and early-pregnancy loss.

    • Events

  5. Creating community and connection: Grieving Together Grief Retreat

    • Springvale Botanical Cemetery
    • 12 September 2024

    The annual retreat intends to bring together people to gain greater knowledge and understanding of grief and how to process it.

    • Community Care & Wellbeing Program
    • Events

  6. Renovations to the reception areas at Springvale Botanical Cemetery and Bunurong Memorial Park

    • Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Bunurong Memorial Park
    • 28 August 2024

    We wish to advise that the reception areas of both Springvale Botanical Cemetery and Bunurong Memorial Park will be undergoing construction works in early September 2024.

  10. Exploring Design and Death: Time Immemorial event at Bunurong Memorial Park

    • Bunurong Memorial Park
    • 30 July 2024

    On 1 June 2024, Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust partnered with Open House Melbourne to host a series of panel discussions, tours and workshops on design and death at Bunurong Memorial Park.

    • Events

  11. Recent wet weather update

    • 17 July 2024

    With the recent high rainfall across Victoria and continuing wet weather, some areas within our grounds have become affected by saturated soils and the impacts of continued and prolonged rain.

  12. Promoting plastic-free floristry at SMCT

    • Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Bunurong Memorial Park
    • 28 June 2024

    Our florists at SMCT are dedicated to reducing plastic waste and understand the detrimental impact the industry has on our environment. We have this at the forefront of our minds.

    • Sustainability

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