Our Mission ...

The Geographe Community Landcare Nursery aims to enhance our local biodiversity by supplying local native plants for revegetation projects and to provide consistent opportunities for volunteers to help achieve this.

Our Volunteers ...

The success of the nursery is largely due to many dedicated volunteers. Nursery Coordinator Ann Bentley works closely with community volunteers (including people with disabilities), school groups, individuals, and volunteer groups like Green Corps teams.

Ann can be contacted on 0429 644 885, Richard on 0427 385 551.

Nursery hours are Mondays and Tuesdays 8.00a.m. to 4.00p.m. but you can volunteer for an hour a week, or three hours a week, ...

Volunteers perform many different tasks at the nursery.

• working with plants - potting seedlings, dividing plants, taking cuttings, repotting plants, ...
• washing pots
• weeding pots
• mixing potting media
• keeping the nursery tidy
• cleaning seed
• sowing seed
• looking after the seed bank
  
• helping to maintain records (germination, stock numbers, ...)
  
• helping to maintain the watering systems
• over the last few years, many volunteers have helped build the nursery - benches, fences, watering systems, sheds, potting houses, ...
• general maintenance
  
  

• During the wetter months, revegetation project planting opportunities abound! The nursery usually has a fair idea when and where and can refer you to the project or project officer. They are always grateful for a helping hand.
  
• You can become involved in weed mapping and weed control
• Many community groups welcome help with maintaining reserves (weed control, cleaning up rubbish, planting, taking off tree guards, etc.)
• Monitoring wildlife and protecting wildlife habitat