Newham and District Landcare Group
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Hear six peaks speak
Newham and District Landcare Group is hosting a free presentation by Honorary Professor Barry Golding AM on November 7 in the Newham Hall. Professor Golding will reference his recently published book, Six Peaks Speak – Unsettling Legacies in Southern Dja Dja Wurrung Country, co-written with geologist Clive Willman. The book seeks to connect some of…
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Integrating permaculture and landcare principles
Newham and District Landcare Group is hosting what promises to be a fascinating illustrated talk on Friday September 12 at Newham Hall. Permaculture’s co-founder David Holmgren will talk about his 12 permaculture principles and how they integrate into landcare’s aims on small to medium sized landholdings in the Macedon Ranges. “David’s observations and practical experience…
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Learn about living with wildlife
Join Newham and District Landcare Group on Friday April 4 for a presentation by Tanya Loos on Living with Wildlife. Tanya Loos is a field naturalist, writer and science communicator who lives in the Wombat Forest near Daylesford. Copies of her book will be available for purchase Living with Wildlife: A Guide for Our Homes and…
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Local Landcare heroes celebrated
Founding member of Golden Point Landcare Group, Marie Jones, has been awarded the prestigious Joan Kirner Landcare Award. Marie was one of several local residents recognised for their contributions maintaining and restoring the natural environment at the 2023-2024 Victorian Landcare Awards at Marvel Stadium on July 18. The Joan Kirner Landcare Award honours a long-term…
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The wonderful world of fungi
“Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” wrote Keats, and as autumn approaches, so does the emergence of hundreds of different fungi. Newham and District Landcare Group has invited world fungi authority and photographer, Alison Pouliot, to give a free talk and display at Newham Hall on Friday, March 3 from 6pm. Alison’s new book, Underground…
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Newham Landcare tops awards
Newham and District Landcare Group has won the Australian Community Media Landcare Community Group Award at the 2021 Victorian Landcare Awards. The award acknowledges an outstanding community group that is improving sustainable land use and/or is undertaking on-ground action to protect, enhance or restore the natural values of an area on behalf of the community.…
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A walk on the wildflower side
Rare and striking wildflowers of the Macedon Ranges are celebrated in a combined Newham and District Landcare Group / Woodend Landcare film project. The two groups have captured stunning images of wildflowers in bloom at Woodend’s Grassland Reserve and Quarry Road Reserve, and along Newham’s rural roadsides. Newham group secretary Helen Scott said the locations…
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Nation’s best at Newham
Newham Primary School has bee named the winner of the 2021 Woolworths Junior Landcare Team Award at the National Landcare Awards Gala on August 5. With 106 students, the small rural school that sits in the shadow of Hanging Rock has achieved great results with its environmental and sustainability programs. Newham students have planted indigenous…