RUN THE MARSH

Following the success of last years’ event, The Deans Marsh Community Cottage is delighted to announce Run the Marsh and Open Day will be held again on Sunday, November 19 at the beautiful Frogwood Arboretum.

The event is designed to bring local and neighbouring communities together in the great outdoors to enjoy the benefits of physical activity. We know that moving our bodies, connecting with nature and each other, strengthens our mental and physical wellbeing.

This year the event will not only see a repeat of the 5km and 2km runs, but will also incorporate the biennial Frogwood Arboretum Open Day.

Frogwood Arboretum, frogwood.com.au, is located on 40 hectares of a former dairy farm in the Otway ranges. Since 2007 Architect and owner of the Arboretum, James Maund, has planted over 2,000 trees. The trees have been divided into 120 different groves, with each grove only containing trees of a single species. Each tree species has been selected for its outstanding beauty, its usefulness to humanity or its spiritual/symbolic meaning. In addition to the groves of trees the Arboretum contains a number of interesting landscape scale features such as the large stone circle, the “Ancestors Henge”, which can be seen by drivers passing on the Deans Marsh-Lorne road.

Check in, coffee and warm up activities will once again kick off at The Deans Marsh Cottage at 9am. We will be keeping a tighter schedule this year and expect all runners to be finished by around 11.30am when presentations will take place on site. We hope to see the Deans Marsh School back serving hot soup and bread to participants and spectators.

We then wish to invite all participants and spectators to stay on and enjoy the wonderful surrounds of Frogwood Arboretum. Family activities will kick off from noon

The event is sponsored by the Deans Marsh Community Cottage, Bendigo Bank and Lorne Community Hospital.