by Trevor Paddenburg | Jul 16, 2025 | Arum Lily Blitz, Bush Regeneration Team, Citizen Science Weed Mapping, Environmental Weed Control, News & Events, Protecting Biodiversity and Habitat
With a property just a stone’s throw from the Margaret River, local GP Graham Velterop and his wife Toni say that keeping invasive arum lilies at bay is a key responsibility for landholders like them. The couple are just two of hundreds of landholders who are now part...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Dec 9, 2024 | Arum Lily Blitz, News & Events
Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s Arum Lily Blitz has come to an end for the year and 2024 has gone down as the most successful yet, with major inroads made into fighting our region’s worst invasive weed. Since launching in 2019, the Blitz has now achieved:...
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 | 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,...
