Land data and knowledgeare currently insufficientto sustainably manage the environment and implement climate actions. CSDILA’s recent work for the World Bank has highlighted the urgent need for interdisciplinary solutions. Climate actions like regeneration, reforestation and renewable energy targets require land – much of which is already used for other purposes. We need to work together […]

Event description Sow and Tell: Writing the Garden Gardens are rich and fertile places for writers. They are places of uncertainty, where things stir under the surface and we are not sure what will emerge. They are places of creativity and vitality, where new life blooms. Gardens hold their own stories too, and listening to […]

Event description Come and learn about native wildflower meadows with Katherine Horsfall whose research in grasslands restoration at the University of Melbourne has lead to planting millions of native seeds to create nurturing, inspiring, biologically and culturally important grassy floral wonderlands in small urban spaces. These include threatened indigenous species. We will meet at our […]

Learn how to grow Tomato's within small spaces and balcony settings. You will leave with top tips and a Rooftop grown seedling to look after!

This is a cracking little grassland in a powerline easement. It was mown for years, but that stopped in 2019 and now it’s bursting with a range of native wonders, including Critically Endangered Spiny Rice-flower, Kangaroo Grass and Lemon Beauty Heads. It was burnt last year, so we’re looking forward to a great show this […]

Join us for our second tour of these truly magnificent grasslands out towards Bacchus Marsh, between the rail line and the Werribee River. Bursting with flowers, Featherheads and swaying grassheads, this privately owned country property is a real eye-opener. If you’ve been before, come again! See the season’s progression! To get there, drive across the […]