by Trevor Paddenburg | Sep 8, 2026 | Biodiversity Assessments, Environmental Weed Control, News & Events, Protecting Biodiversity and Habitat, Woody Weeds
A herd of happy goats is helping tackle blackberry, kikuyu and woody weeds at Island Brook Estate, as the wine producers begin an ambitious project to boost the health and biodiversity of their farm dams and catchment. Owners Paul and Jill O’Callaghan bought the...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Aug 20, 2026 | News & Events
The best defence is a good offence when it comes to invasive weeds, according to four former West Coast Eagles greats who are leading by example in Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s Arum Lily Blitz. And they’re hoping to be part of a movement...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Jun 30, 2026 | Arum Lily Blitz, Bush Regeneration Team, Citizen Science Weed Mapping, Environmental Weed Control, News & Events
Local landholder, conservation volunteer and Five Senses Coffee founder Dean Gallagher is helping lead the fight against invasive arum lilies in one of the South West’s most precious landscapes. Dean and his family live on 50 acres of thriving native forest at...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Jun 30, 2026 | Bush Regeneration Team, Environmental Weed Control, News & Events, Protecting Biodiversity and Habitat
When Anke and David Lasserre moved from Perth to their five-hectare property on Roxburgh Road in Margaret River six years ago, they quickly fell in love with its bushland, wild orchids and natural beauty. What they didn’t realise was how quickly invasive weeds...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Jun 11, 2026 | Arum Lily Blitz, Biodiversity Assessments, Bush Regeneration Team, Cape Naturaliste Conservation Enterprise, Citizen Science Weed Mapping, Environmental Weed Control, News & Events
Nature Conservation Margaret River Region is celebrating another powerful local success story from its Arum Lily Blitz, with local landholder, complimentary therapist and nurse Sarah Moore seeing the return of abundant native wildflowers and orchids after several...
