Planting Country: Restoring What Belongs

The Urban Ripple Native Habitat Restoration Workshop is for Urban Ripple site leaders, Landcare group members, and tree-planting volunteers.

The short presentations will focus on:

·       Identifying the plants that originally existed on local properties; and

·       Using the Corangamite Management Catchment Authority NRM planning portal Floristic Mapping Units (FMUs) and the new Bunanyung Native Habitat Restoration Guide.

Program:

·       Introduction: Mr Geoff Howard, Chair, Bunanyung Landscape Alliance, and Ms Kate Martin Urban Ripple Project Officer

·       What are Floristic Mapping Units (FMUs): Mr Tim D’Ombrain, FMU developer, Sci Link Pty Ltd.

·       Using the Habitat Restoration Guide on local properties: Mr Bob Hartmann, Nature’s Stewards Program

·       Sourcing and matching plants to revegetation sites: Ms Gillian Armstrong, Wine Barrels Banksias Nursery.

·       Questions

Tickets are LIMITED (Please let us know if you can’t make it) and FREE via Humanitix  

Enquiries: bunanyunglandscapealliance@gmail.com

This project is part of the Urban Ripple revegetation project which is funded from the Victoria Government’s, Green Link fund. A grant of $701,000 has been awarded to the Bunanyung Landscape Alliance, and in partnership with the Yarrowee Leigh Catchment Group to revegetate waterways in Ballarat.