Newham Landcare
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Braemar plants for a purpose
Samantha Lisle and Lucy Sykes, year eight, Braemar CollegeTerm three has been busy for a group of year eight students at Braemar College who worked in partnership with Newham Landcare to plant 180 indigenous plants at the school’s Woodend campus. This project was a part of a community service initiative to replenish an area of…
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A new national park
Three new national parks will be created following the Victorian Government’s tabling of its response to the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council’s Central West Investigation report last week.The Wombat State Forest will become a combination of national, regional and conservation parks. Wombat Forestcare campaigner Gayle Osborne said the new Wombat-Lerderderg National Park was a great result.“Areas…
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Community effort to restore Woodend Primary School vegie garden
Woodend Primary School’s Community Children’s Garden is having a makeover, thanks to generous locals and a Junior Landcare Biodiversity Grant. The latest addition to the space is an indigenous garden that was planted by grade four-six children. Each species in the native garden will have an informative label, making the garden an educational self-guided tour…
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Protecting precious species
The unassuming little basalt peppercress plant, a nationally endangered species, is being given a new chance of life at the iconic Hanging Rock Reserve. As a result of funding from the state government, Newham and District Landcare group is propagating and planting the nationally endangered basalt peppercress and the matted flax lily. The two species…