24 April 2025
We headed to the La Trobe Valley this week to propagate native plants with Grade 3 and 4 students from Churchill Primary School. We’re looking forward to planting these in Gaskin Park on National Tree Day!
A big thanks to Roland from Latrobe City Council for kindly giving us a hand, and to Latrobe City Council for generously supporting our Planting the Seed program. We’d also like to thank our project partners at Ecology and Restoration Australia.
30 May 2025
We had lots of fun with Grade 4/5s from Ardeer Primary School learning how to propagate native plants. This section of Kororoit Creek is fairly disturbed, so it was great to see lots of native birds as well. We’re looking forward to planting with students along Kororoit Creek in a few months.
We’d like to thank the Brimbank City Council Community Grants program for generously funding our project, as well as our project partners at Ecology and Restoration Australia.
2 June 2025
Exciting news! Our habitat pods have landed in Warrien Reserve and Scott Street Reserve, ready for native frogs and lizards to use as shelter! We’re monitoring the pods so we can’t wait to see who uses them…
We’d like to thank the Maroondah City Council Community Grants program for generously funding our project, and our project partners Ecology and Restoration Australia.
25 May 2025
Today we showed the Sustainability Leaders from Wandin North Primary School how to propagate local native plants. We had a wander through Picnic Hills Bushland Reserve to gather our cuttings, and then back to school to propagate them. We can’t wait until our planting day later this year!
We’d like to thank the Yarra Ranges Council community grants program for generously funding our project, and our project partners Ecology and Restoration Australia.
13 June 2025
We had a great time with the Wandin North Primary School Sustainability Leaders learning about cultural heritage on a rather frosty morning!
Kai spoke about his journey from Yorta-Yorta country and coming to a new tribe in Wurundjeri country, describing the animals that he saw along the way. Everyone warmed up with a Welcome dance and then drew some amazing stories using traditional Aboriginal symbols. We had a great game of marngrook “hot potato” with lots of thoughtful questions about Aboriginal traditions from the group.
We’d like to thank the Yarra Ranges Shire Community grants program for generously supporting our Planting the Seed program.
12 June 2025
Students from Yering Primary School, Coldstream Primary School, Yarra Glen Primary School, Lilydale Primary School and St Patrick’s Lilydale have had a great time learning about Aboriginal cultural this week through Welcome ceremony dances, storytelling, Aboriginal artwork and marngrook.
Kai showed students the different echoes of the digeridoo, with a mini corroboree, and gave some tips for how to read Country. Students were able to tell their own story using traditional symbols, and sessions finished with a fun game of Marngrook “hot potato”. Session leader Kai was proud to continue his legacy through sharing and teaching the oldest living culture in the world.
A big thanks to the awesome Narrap Ranger team for all their help during the sessions! We’d also like to thank DEECA’s Greenlinks grants for generously funding our Planting the Seed program, and our project partners at Yarra Ranges Council and Ecology and Restoration Australia.
Please see our FAQ or contact us if your school would like to get involved.
8 May 2025
We had a very busy couple of weeks planting with our five Yering Billabong primary schools. Their hard work meant that we planted about 1.5km of Olinda Creek frontage – a big thanks to all our schools for a truly fantastic effort. Check out the photos and video!
We’d like to thank DEECA’s Greenlinks grants for generously funding our Planting the Seed program, and our project partners at Yarra Ranges Council and Ecology and Restoration Australia. We’d also like to thank the Wurundjeri Narrap Rangers team for all their help with our planting days – a big thanks to Yolanda and her awesome team!
Please see our FAQ or contact us if your school would like to get involved.
29 May 2025
We are excited to announce that we have received funding from the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal to run our Planting the Seed program with students in Kerang.
We will be working with students from Kerang South Primary School to revegetate North Street Reserve in Kerang. The project will enhance the biodiversity values of the Reserve and also help protect the native Chocolate Lily which grows in the Reserve.
Lyn Veall, Principal of Kerang South Primary School, says that the experience the children will gain from the project will broaden their education and help create stronger connections with the local environment. Traditional Owner representative Kai, who runs the Planting the Seed cultural heritage sessions, is a past Kerang South students, and is extremely excited to be working with his old school!
We’d like to thank the FRRR Strengthening Rural Communities grant program for generously funding our project, Gannawarra Shire Council’s Infrastructure and Development team and project partners Ecology and Restoration Australia.
North St Reserve, Kerang
14 November 2024
We are excited to announce that we have received funding from Brimbank City Council to run our Planting the Seed program with students from Ardeer Primary School.
We will be working with students to revegetate “Verdant Woodlands”, an area adjacent to Kororoit Creek, with the aim to create additional habitat and connections for local wildlife along the Kororoit Creek. Students will have the opportunity to celebrate Aboriginal culture and heritage through our cultural heritage sessions, and learn how to connect with and care for our environment using wisdom from indigenous cultures through the Wayapa Wuurrk wellbeing program.
John Mifsud, Principal of Ardeer Primary School, says that “the “Planting the Seed” program… will provide invaluable educational experiences for students while contributing to the restoration and conservation of local
native vegetation”. John believes that the program will have lasting positive impacts on the students, the local community and the environment.
We’d like to thank Brimbank Council’s Community Climate Emergency
Grants program for generously funding our project, Brimbank Council’s bushland team and project partners Ecology and Restoration Australia.
Kororoit Creek, © Friends of Kororoit Creek
14 November 2024
We are excited to announce that we have received funding from the Yarra Ranges Council to run our Planting the Seed program with Wandin North Primary School.
Our Planting the Seed program will work directly with students from Wandin North Primary School to teach them about the revegetation process and their local environment. The program will take place at Picnic Hill Bushland Reserve, opposite the school.
Laura Attrill runs the Wandin North Primary School Sustainability Leader’s program. Laura sees our PtS program as a valuable learning experience in restoring the reserve and feels that it will give students a sense of custodianship over the reserve, leading to an ongoing desire to maintain and connect with the land on a deeper level. Thanks for your ongoing support Laura, we really appreciate it!
We’d like to thank the Yarra Ranges Council Annual Community Grants Program for generously funding our project, Yarra Ranges Council’s bushland team and project partners Ecology and Restoration Australia.
Yarra Burgan, © Yarra Ranges Shire
