Grasslands

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum 8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall , Melbourne, Victoria Adrian Marshall tells a joke and introduces the Forum co-hosts, AABR Vic, Merri Creek Management Committee and Grassy Plains Network along with presentations from the Gold sponsors, Native Seeds and EcoSkills.

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum 8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall , Melbourne, Victoria Presenters: Indi Jennings, Billie Eyers, Matthew Kneller Basalt Buddies is a loose collective of people advocating for grassland conversation in the inner-west and inner-north of Naarm. growing locally-native plants and trying to get young and marginalized people involved [...]

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum  8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall , Melbourne, Victoria Michael Goddard Michael is a Senior Associate Botanist and Technical Lead at Biosis. He conducts flora and fauna surveys, ecological monitoring and impact assessments in a range of ecosystems, specialising in the Victorian Alps and Victorian Volcanic Plain bioregions. [...]

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum  8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria John Delpratt John is an Honorary Fellow with the University of Melbourne. He lectured in plant production, seed technology and weed management at the University’s Burnley Campus for more than three decades. In retirement, John advises on native [...]

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum  8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria Gidja Walker AOM Gidja Lee Walker is an ecological consultant and natural systems teacher based on Victoria’s Southern Mornington Peninsula. Her specialties include restoration ecology, threatened species management, endangered ecosystems including Moonah Woodland and wetlands, coastal and saltmarsh [...]

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum  8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria Taylor Gundry While Taylor was undertaking his PhD on plastic pollution, he attended the Conservation and Habitat Management course then ran by Greening Australia, now by the Darebin Creek Management Committee, which he highly recommends. While doing his [...]

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum  8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria Tim Connell & Alex Hodgson – City of Whittlesea Tim Connell has been driving environmental planning and public land management in one of Melbourne’s fastest growing municipalities for over two decades. Tim leads a team who manage important [...]

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum  8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria Presenter: Lauren Talbot Lauren Talbot has a background in environmental science and over a decade working in park management. Starting in bush regeneration and seasons as a Project Fire Fighter, before stepping into the role of Park Ranger. [...]

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum  8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria Presenter: Lincoln Kern Lincoln is an ecologist with a keen interest in indigenous biodiversity conservation and environmental issues. He trained in botany and environmental science in the USA, before studying environmental management at Deakin University in Melbourne. After [...]

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum  8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria Presenter: Ben Courtice Ben Courtice has a degree in botany, with honours in plant ecology. He was a founding member and past convenor of the GPN, and is a member of AABR. He works as a bush regenerator [...]