Wollondilly Weeds Project | Greater Sydney Landcare

This project integrates practices to conserve biodiversity and deliver low-impact sustainable grazing activities across multiple properties; by capacity building local communities to develop and implement a landscape-scale framework in the catchment.

Upcoming dates are planned for September 2018 onwards; keep updated via our Facebook page and monthly newsletter.

What’s happened so far:
Saturday 21st October 2017 – Farm seasonal walk & paddock plants with ID of poisonous plants.

Info sheets on each of 7 weeds.
Pasture ID of useful species, what they tell you about soils and management and problems with pastures this time of year.
ID of African Lovegrass, Serrated Tussock, Chilean Needlegrass, fireweed & GPG. ID of Green Cestrum, Fireweed, Crofton Weed, St John’s Wort.
Info sheets on each of the weeds.
Pasture ID of useful species, what they tell you about soils and management and problems with pastures this time of year.
ID of plants brought along

Saturday 25th November 2017 – Soil sampling & a presentation on weed phenology.

Info sheets on soil testing
Understanding soil opportunities and limitations
Soil depth, texture, acidity and infiltration
Soil sampling for nutrient testing
Understanding the lifecycle of weeds and why they succeed
Seed production and longevity of weeds

Sunday 25th February 2018 – Interpreting soil tests and making fertilizer decisions.

Interpreting soil tests and making fertilizer decisions – concentrating on acidity and PKS
Information sheets on soil test interpretation
How soil structure, biology and changes with depth; pasture species; and stock enterprises modifies what to do
Modifying the environment to suit the pasture or modifying the pasture to suit the environment?
Fertilizer strips

Sunday 8th April 2018 – Integrated weed management workshop – risk management & weed controls.
Integrated weed management involves using a variety of methods to; prevent weed entry and spread, to make your farm environment stronger and specifically target the destruction of weeds. Integrated weed management is not only more effective but can be more profitable.

The Field Day looked at:

Characteristics of weeds which make an integrated management approach essential
Costs of weed control and how it changes with time since invasion
Different methods available for control
Examples of integrated weed management for specific weeds such as serrated tussock, lantana and fireweed
Where to find information on the management of different weeds.
ID flowering Serrated Tussock and Chilean Needle grass
What are the tools for weed management & why multiple management tools are needed
Farm walk and discussion of current opportunities and limitations in the paddock/s for weed management.

Sunday 3rd June 2018 – Bio-scapes

Workshop looked at how biodiversity can help at the farm level. And is there more than just the feel good factor? And, is there any money in it?

On the day we will look at examples of nature working for you, including how native bird life can control large amounts of insect pests on your property, how shade and shelter can improve stock production, how wet lands can protect water supply and how native plants can improve the resilience of the pastures through drought and disease outbreaks. We will look at the advantages and how to monitor biodiversity. We will also touch on grants and stewardship payments that can help you maintain your biodiversity.

Read more about this project at our profile on the Landcare NSW Gateway.

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The Creating Canopies team added 1,600 native plants to Camden Park on the outskirts of Southwest Sydney in November 2021. Just a year later, there is now a thick understory of local flora.

Different vegetation types attract different species. The open parklands with tall trees and no understorey suits predator birds and more aggressive species. Understorey vegetation is really important for lots of smaller bird species who need to hide from predators or build nests in the bushy shrubs.

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Back in October and December in 2020 the Creating Canopies team planted 1,300 native trees at Fairfield Hospital, turning the bare grass into a small forest. Now two years on, just look at how they are thriving. Some of the trees are well over 2 meters high! Visitors to the hospital can now enjoy a greener, more relaxing visit while the native wildlife have gained more habitat to explore.

Stay tuned for some new planting opportunities you can get involved in!

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Chauvel Park, on the banks of the Georges River in Sydney’s South West, got a big boost in December 2021 when we converted large areas of grass into native habitat. We managed to plant 950 plants as part of the Creating Canopies project.

One year on and just look at the difference! Flowering native bushes and tall trees are now well on their way to cooling down the area and offering habitat to the local wildlife.

Landcare NSW has partnered with Greater Sydney Landcare to plant 100,000 trees as part of the Greening our City NSW Premier’s Priority to increase tree canopy and green cover across Greater Sydney. Supported by Department of Planning and Environment
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In November the company ADAPT joined us to plant some of the last remaining plants for the Creating Canopies project.

We planted 500 native mid and under-story species for Archer Park, in Parramatta. These plants will provide some lovely habitat and food for the birds and pollinators of the area. It was a big turnout with 30 participants from ADAPT lending their time and energy to help us with the plantings. We were rewarded with one of the first really warm and sunny days coming into Summer, and plenty of sandwiches and biscuits to keep up our energy.

@landcare_nsw has partnered with Greater Sydney Landcare to plant 100,000 trees as part of the Greening our City NSW Premier’s Priority to increase tree canopy and green cover across Greater Sydney. Supported by @nswenviromedia
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On Tuesday 6 December we held the last Creating Canopies planting day for the year at Kyeemagh Community Hub. With the help of @baysidensw , @fixitsistersshed and local community members, we planted over 600 coastal heath and Critically Endangered Eastern Suburb's Banksia Scrub species. Most of these plants were grown locally by IndigiGrow .

The Fix It Sisters - a group that empowers women of all ages with practical and creative skills - provided a great morning tea and tour of their facility where they are busy making native bee boxes, fairy penguin habitat and floating habitat rafts!

These planting days are really embraced by the volunteer community and Bayside Council used the opportunity to announce a new bushcare group which the Fix It Sister's will host and many of the volunteers signed up for.

The Kyeemagh site is at the mouth of the Cooks River and continues the long term commitment of Mud Crabs and the Cooks River Alliance's to clean up the river.

@landcare_nsw has partnered with Greater Sydney Landcare to plant 100,000 trees as part of the Greening our City NSW Premier’s Priority to increase tree canopy and green cover across Greater Sydney. Supported by @nswenviromedia
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It’s always inspiring to compare photos of our Creating Canopies sites before we planted, with ones several months down the line.

Check out these before and after photos at Mt Druitt Hospital that were taken one year apart. The recent photos show flowering callistemons and shrubs such as one of our favourites, Ozothamnus diosmifolius and look at the change from bare grass to bushy understorey! Can’t wait to see what another one year's worth of growth will look like!

@Landcare_NSW has partnered with Greater Sydney Landcare to plant 100,000 trees as part of the Greening our City NSW Premier’s Priority to increase tree canopy and green cover across Greater Sydney. Supported by Department of Planning and Environment

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