The national list identifies 1036 naturalised garden plant species and taxa that are an actual or potential environmental and agricultural weeds. Available on the WWF Australia Website. Click here to access the report
Download the Paying the Price of Garden Escapes report. Download the Media Release Help Support Change Send a letter to support the call for better support for AABR in the battle against garden escapes Help make a difference: urge the NSW Ministers for Environment and Primary Industries to declare the garden plant invasion pathway [...]
This publication is the outcome of a Cooperative Research Centre for Australian Weed Management project, and is aimed at a large range of users from Commonwealth, state and local government officers, to researchers, horticulturists, nursery owners, farmers, landscapers, consultants, groups of volunteers looking after remnant bushland to home gardeners. Everyone who uses plants needs to [...]
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These notes were created by Danie Ondinea for a Sydney Metropolitan Wildlife Services seminar “Urban Wildlife Ecology - The Balancing Act”. Why be concerned about wildlife? What is the role and value of wildlife in our bushland and gardens? Native wildlife is an essential part of a balanced ecosystem. Flowers are pollinated by: birds flying-foxes small [...]
Do you have a garden that is full of invasive plants like Fishbone Fern, Asparagus, Wandering Jew, Spider Plant or Impatiens? Birds, wind and water spread some of these plants far from your home where they invade and damage bushland. Some plants escape through fences or spread from material dumped in the bush. You can [...]
Some guidelines for assessing isolated and/or degraded potential habitat areas such as gardens and industrial sites. Elements that increase the habitat value of an area Proximity to bushland reserve Mature trees particularly eucalypts Intact understorey particularly indigenous species Native fauna present Exposed rock, logs and leaf litter present Clean water present. Elements that decrease the [...]
To attract the greatest variety of wildlife to your garden you need to provide habitat with a range of different sizes of plants as well as different species. What does this mean? It means that a garden with only trees and lawns is not very inviting to most small creatures. They also need shrubs and [...]
Some strategies to help protect and restore habitat during bush regeneration and revegetation activities. Guiding Principles Protect existing wildlife habitat and create new habitat for existing and restorable wildlife. Control problem weeds while allowing new habitat areas to mature. Restore existing degraded habitat once new habitat areas are providing shelter and food resources. Link areas [...]
Strategies to protect and restore existing habitat areas and their wildlife Consider the habitat potential of weeds, unwanted trees and shrubs and garbage before removal. Limit clearing, heavy pruning, “clean ups” and weed removal in bushland areas or parks and gardens to no more than one third of the total area at any one time [...]