For updates on community meetings, the Recovery Hub, clean‑up, and relief and recovery support, visit the January 2026 fire event page.
Castlemaine Botanical Gardens is home to the Flora and Fauna Reserve which contains numerous important ecological features and has state biological significance as a habitat to the endangered species, Eltham Copper Butterfly.
The plan identifies and describes the values of the reserve, and formulates a ten-year action plan to guide future management.