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 | Oct 14, 2024 | Advocacy, News & Events
WA’s guide of the year and local ecotourism guru Sean Blocksidge has a simple message for landholders thinking about joining Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s Arum Lily Blitz. “Sign up and get involved – you’ll have rapid results in the first year and...
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...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Jul 12, 2024 | News & Events
If there’s one thing these Augusta residents have learned, it’s that tackling the threat of invasive weeds as part of the Arum Lily Blitz is a team effort. Scott Godley owns a wetland bush block in Augusta where the toxic lilies once dominated the landscape,...