This activity is booked out. Join other wild families to create your very own habitat for supporting native insects. Most of our native bees, wasps, flies, and beetles live solitary lives, each specialising in building nests for their babies or hibernating during the cold season. Some native bees and wasps make nests in mud and […]
Keen to find ways to help nature? Meet other like-minded people? Explore new study and career options? Build your networks in the environmental industry? Come join us for a 10-week Nature Stewards program! Learn more and register here Saturdays, 6 April - 15 June excluding Easter and King's Birthday long weekends Lucas Community Hub and […]
This month's Grassy Talk from the Grassy Plains Network is by Graham Jury and is all about Victoria’s Golden Sun Moth: The challenges and complexities of managing a cryptic invertebrate. Graham is an Ecologist with TREC Land Services. Last year he completed a knowledge synthesis on the Golden Sun Moth for Trust for Nature, incorporating […]
Ann McGregor and Michael Longmore from the magnificent Friends of Merri Creek and Merri Creek Management Committee will talk about how these twin organisations got to be so fabulously effective at protecting and restoring the Merri and beyond – and bringing in so many people. They have been truly instrumental in creating change. Their online […]
Allison Menzies will give us the buzz on pollination in our grasslands – from forester moths to flower wasps, small black beetles to leafcutter bees. Her current Latrobe Uni Masters project is looking at invertebrate pollinators of five key floral plants at Illabarook Grassland Flora Reserve. Her talk with be followed by our usual monthly […]
This activity is fully booked. Join this field trip and explore the dynamic nature of our coastal and marine habitats on the shores of Beaumaris, Port Phillip Bay. Geologist Dr. James Driscoll (Assistant Lecturer, Monash University) and coastal geomorphologist Rob Gell AM (The Royal Society of Victoria President), will dive deep into: - Climate change […]
This month's Grassy Talk from the Grassy Plains Network is by Ben Cullen. Ben will tell us about Grassy Eucalypt Woodland and the issues surrounding its protection, particularly in Melbourne's north as part of the Melbourne Strategic Assessment. Ben oversees Trust for Nature's conservation initiatives in the Port Phillip and Western Port region of Victoria. […]
Climate change and our coastline – the third instalment of our Nature of Change webinar series! Join us as we explore the ever-evolving nature of Port Phillip Bay's coastline. From storm surge events to king tides and rising sea levels, we'll uncover the fascinating dynamics shaping our coastal landscapes. Dr. James Driscoll will delve into […]
Emeritus Professor John Webb from La Trobe University will reveal what lies underneath our great grassy land – the geology and geomorphology of the Victorian Volcanic Plain. Cue stony rises, lava flows and heavy clay soils! His talk with be followed by our monthly Grassy Plains Network meeting. Join using the link below. Zoom Link […]
This month's Grassy Talk from the Grassy Plains Network is by Prof. John Morgan – and we're excited! John is one of Australia's leading grassland ecologists. He'll be talking about a favourite subject of his – 'inch flora' – the tiny, glorious plants less than a few cm high that are vital to our grassy […]