by Trevor Paddenburg | Nov 1, 2024 | Arum Lily Blitz, News & Events, Protecting Biodiversity and Habitat
A once-degraded, coastal cattle grazing property infested with arum lilies is returning to a forested wildlife habitat thanks to the determination of two local Arum Lily Blitz champions. Rod Sherwood and his wife Gaynor have been on a decade-long journey of...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Oct 14, 2024 | Advocacy, News & Events
The battle against invasive arum lilies in our region received a major shot in the arm thanks to WA Government funding totalling $368,000 over the next three years. The funding – for Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s Arum Lily Blitz – means landholders will...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Aug 17, 2024 | News & Events
Leon Pericles is one of the most visited artists during Margaret River Open Studios, but this year he is using his high profile to campaign for Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s Arum Lily Blitz. A prolific printmaker, painter and sculptor whose celebrated...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Jul 29, 2024 | News & Events
Anyone with a holiday home in the Margaret River region is being urged to attend a free arum lily control workshop to help in the fight against the toxic invasive weed. Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s Arum Lily Blitz coordinates 2000 landholders as well as...