WHAT’S ON
Coming up in and around our community.
Catch up on Landcare goings on in and around Trentham, from upcoming planting days to past tree-planting triumphs. Dive into events past and future meet ups that bring our community closer to the land.
Planting day - Bright-Eyed Brown Butterfly Restoration Project
Join us in celebrating the Bright-eyed Brown Butterfly by taking steps to protect these significant butterflies and the vital ecosystems they call home.
Talk - Weed Management & Snow Gum Rehabilitation Project
Join us for this talk by Brian Bainbridge - Hepburn Shire Council Biodiversity Officer to discuss weed management and habitat rehabilitation including a discussion around a proposed project for the Snow Gums located at the entrance to Trentham
Managing Foxes as a Pest in Victoria
Impacts and Solutions for Landcare, Environment and Traditional Owner Groups. Hosted by Landcare Victoria.
Bright-eyed Brown Butterfly Restoration Project Launch
Join us to here about a project to restore habitat of the Bright-eyed Brown Butterfly along the upper Coliban River in Trentham
Coming out of hibernation! Enders Bridge working bee
Time to get busy as spring arrives. Let’s get some work done!
Creating healthy soil and your own edible garden
TRENTHAM SUSTAINABILITY GROUP together with TRENTHAM LIFE ACTIVITIES CLUB invite you to an evening with Craig Castree on creating healthy soil and your own edible garden.
Macropod awareness for Land Managers
Join us for a social gathering and presentation by Helen Round on kangaroo rescue and rehabilitation
Residents for Riparian Rehab - East Trentham
Please join us to check progress of Carolyn and Simon’s revegetation efforts and help our residents progress their vision further.
Traditional Owners Land Management Tools and Practice & AGM
A talk from Oli Moraes - Galk-Galk Dhelkunya (Forest Gardening) Program Manager leading DJAARA's implementation of forest gardening across Djandak.
Spring back to Enders Bridge
We’re back for spring - Join us for some weeding, planting, mulching on either or both weekends!
Enders Bridge - pre-hibernation working bee
Let’s get a bit more mulching and weeding done before we hibernate for winter!
Residents for Riparian Rehab - working bee
Come along and spend a couple of hours planting trees, shrubs and grasses in Newbury as part of our Residents for Riparian Rehab program.
Mulch, mulch, mulch!
Enders Bridge needs mulch - come along and help us load up a couple of trailer full!
Residents for Riparian Rehab - working bee
It’s planting time at Carolyn and Simon’s property in East Trentham, along the Little Coliban. Please join us and lend a hand to improve biodiversity values around our important local waterways.
Back to Enders Bridge - working bee
Our plots at Enders Bridge need some love - come down and help with some weeding and tidying, maybe even a bit of planting! Address will be sent to members via email.
Walk & Talk - Bertrand's Conservation Covenant Property
Graeme and Ina Bertrand have invited members and friends to visit their 300 acre Spring Hill property which is under a Trust For Nature Conservation Covenant and has been under Graeme and Ina’s care for many decades.
More info here
Residents for Riparian Rehab working bee
Our next ‘residents for riparian rehab’ are Carolyn and family who have a property along the Little Coliban River in East Trentham. Please join us and lend a hand to prepare the site and remove weeds
AGM & Pollinator Corridors, Pathways to Greater Biodiversity
Join us for our Annual General Meeting followed by a talk from Upper Campaspe Landcare Network president John Walter discussing pollinator corridors and benefits to biodiversity.
Pre-hiberation working bee!
Come on down and give us a hand with some weeding and tidying down at Enders Bridge on Saturday 25 June 9.30am.
Working bee at Liseux
Get involved in our first ‘Residents for Riparian Rehab’ project!
Spring Blitz II - Enders Bridge
This Saturday's working bee will be our last gathering until November. So, if you can brave the cold and spare some time on Saturday morning please join us!
Our Basalt Peppercress garden needs some love!
Would you like to be involved with the national recovery of an endangered species?
Annual General Meeting & talk by Karl Kny
Trentham District Landcare Members are invited to join us for our AGM and a talk by guest speaker Karl Kny
Post-storm tidy and planting - Enders Bridge
Some Landcare groups put working bees on hold for winter but not us!!
New tool demo & Working bee
We’d love to see you at Enders Bridge next Saturday 1 May for:
• Maintenance of our vegetation plots
• Demonstration of two new tools
Main photo, top of page © Sandy Scheltema
Birds in the bush
We’ve invited Tanya Loos back for our third bird walk. Members are invited to join us and full details will be shared in our April newsletter coming soon!
Kookaburra photo: © Sandy Scheltema