Yarra Ranges Landcare News

Members of the LGBTIQ+ community, their family and friends, are invited to join the Yarra Ranges Landcare Network and Yarra Ranges Council to plant in Queens Park, Healesville, from 10 am - 12pm to improve the biodiversity of the area. Morning Tea provided, BYO gloves and a change of footwear. We will provide pizzas for lunch afterwards.  Contact our facilittor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information. Bookings required. 

Wednesday, November 20

Mycologist, Melvin Xu, gave a talk on the diversity of fungi in the Yarra Ranges. Light dinner and refreshments were provided. Our new committee members are Karen Garth - President (Mt Tooolebewong & District LG), Sally Everitt -  Secretary (Southern Dandenongs LG), Tom Day (Upper Yarra LG) and Ray Malins (Montrose Upper LG) - committee members. Ron Sawyer (Macclesfield LG) joined the committee in March 2025.

Yarra Ranges Landcare Network will have a stall in the pavillion at this year's Wandin-Silvan Field Days. Stop and have a chat, and we'll give you an indigenous plant to take home.
For more information: https://www.wandinsilvanfielddays.com.au/

Yarra Ranges Landcare Network has produced a short brochure for new residents of the Yarra Ranges Shire. The brochure gives basic information on living with wildlife, protecting our waterways, native vegetation, dealing with weeds, pest animals, fire preparedness and pets & livestock. Thanks to Yarra Ranges Council, Nangana Landcare Network, and Northern Yarra Landcare Network for assistance.

Click here to view the brochure.

Learn about sustainable farm dams and their role for biodiversity and the carbon cycle.  https://www.bluecarbonlab.org/farm-dams/  

Register via https://events.humanitix.com/unlocking-your-farm-dam-s-potential