Westgate Biodiversity: Bili Nursery & Landcare

Westgate Biodiversity: Bili Nursery & Landcare Westgate Biodiversity:Bili Nursery & Landcare is the amalgamated Friends of Westgate Park & St Kilda Indigenous Nursery Cooperative.

We're transforming Westgate Park and growing great indigenous plants at our nursery in Williamstown Rd.

This Tuesday at Westgate Park, Kai Lane and the team from will be hosting a workshop where we'll get our hands dirty cr...
01/05/2026

This Tuesday at Westgate Park, Kai Lane and the team from will be hosting a workshop where we'll get our hands dirty creating Yedabila Habitat Pods for our resident population of Superb Fairy Wrens.

Join us from 12pm to 3pm on Tuesday 5th of May, and learn how to create protective habitat for our resilliant feathered neighbours!

Scan the QR code or head to the link in our bio to sign up! See you there 😇

Superb Fairy Wren photo credit goes to our superb wildlife photographer volunteer Ursula Dutkiewicz

Last Saturday our team joined forces with the good folks from to break ground on a project very close to our hearts: pl...
23/04/2026

Last Saturday our team joined forces with the good folks from to break ground on a project very close to our hearts: planting out our new seed production garden at Bili's future nursery site!

We shared a few beautiful hours in each others company as we laid down the first plants, which will go on to be our motherstock for regenerating and reintroducing some locally extinct species back into the Port Phillip neighbourhood in the years to come.

We couldn't do this work without the tireless help of our local volunteers 🫶 if you'd like to join the team at Westgate and become a volunteer, visit our website and sign up today!

We'll be hosting more planting sessions for our new seed production garden throughout the year. Stay tuned for the next one 😇

You may know Enchylaena tomentosa, the Barrier Saltbush, but did you know all the different colours of berry this plant ...
23/04/2026

You may know Enchylaena tomentosa, the Barrier Saltbush, but did you know all the different colours of berry this plant could produce?

Enchylaena is an awesome little groundcovering shrub found all across Melbourne, and is a favoured species for planting in difficult, rocky and sun-exposed positions.

Its plentiful berries are favoured by birds, mammals and reptiles, and as a local bushfood it is also a great plant for edible gardens!

From January to May our team are out in the field collecting berries, and this season has been a bumper year so we will have loads of Barrier Saltbush available for your home gardening or revegetation project 🫶

Tubestock are $4.50 each, and our April sale of 5x tubes for $20 is still in full swing 😌 Come grab yourself some of these sweet little habitat-creating gap fillers today!

Bili Nursery is open Monday to Friday 9-4 and Saturdays 10-3 💛

We're so back!!Just in time for the Autumn rains, Bili Retail is re-opening to customers on Saturdays, and we've got a n...
10/04/2026

We're so back!!

Just in time for the Autumn rains, Bili Retail is re-opening to customers on Saturdays, and we've got a nice little sale going to kick off the planting season 🥳

Our first Saturday back in business for 2026 is this weekend - the 11th of April 💚

We'll be offering:
Standard tubestock 5x for $20
Rare tubestock $5 each
140mm established plants $8 each
Clearance sale on Coastal Banksia (Banksia integrifolia) and Old Man Banksia (Banksia serrata) - $3 each!

We'll also have a few Swamp Everlasting (Xerochrysum palustre) available this Saturday only!! Limited to one per customer 😌

We're open Saturdays 10am to 3pm from April to December 💚💚💚 otherwise stop by during our normal weekday trading from 9am to 4pm.

Our Autumn sale will run through to the end of April, but some species are in hot demand so get 'em while they last 😇

Happy planting!

Last week we had the pleasure of hosting 12 keen students from Melbourne Polytechnic's Arboriculture department for a mo...
05/03/2026

Last week we had the pleasure of hosting 12 keen students from Melbourne Polytechnic's Arboriculture department for a morning session in the trees at Westgate Park.

The students got a chance to practice their rope technique on our mature gums, and gave our habitat nest boxes some TLC 🪶

Lead by teachers Jono Summers and Ross Kite, the students were able to make some repairs to our Powerful Owl nest box 🦉 as well as removal and replacement of some microbat boxes, wood duck boxes, and the addition of two new Musk Lorikeet nest boxes 🎉

Can't wait to see the results!! If you'd like to join our volunteer crew at the monthly bird or microbat nest monitoring surveys, visit our website for registration 😌

Photo 1 - Powerful Owl nest box receiving repair work
Photo 2 - Replacing microbat nest boxes
Photo 3 - Two new bird boxes installed
Photo 4 - New look microbat nest box designed and installed by Melbourne Polytechnic students

Last Sunday our team joined forces with the good folks at and to hold an all-hands-on-deck litter collection session o...
05/03/2026

Last Sunday our team joined forces with the good folks at and to hold an all-hands-on-deck litter collection session on the Yarra corridor of Westgate Park - as part of our efforts for Clean Up Australia Day 2026 💪

In 3.5 hours our crew of 27 local volunteers managed to collect 33 rubbish bags of litter out of the Yarra's edge, for a combined total weight of 85kg!!! Stunning effort 😍

If you'd like to join the crew for a future session, become a volunteer with us today! Visit our website and complete the volunteer form, or head over to or and sign up to get engaged and involved 🫶

Join us this Monday 2nd March for a walking tour and insect at Westgate Park 🦋As part of BioBlitz week, Mars from Bil...
28/02/2026

Join us this Monday 2nd March for a walking tour and insect at Westgate Park 🦋

As part of BioBlitz week, Mars from Bili and Dr Julian Brown from Univeristy of Melbourne will be leading a walking tour and insect survey of Westgate Park, where we will explore the local Indigenous plant communities and the insects that rely on them 🐛

We'll be kicking things off at 10:30am from the BBQs at Westgate, walking counterclockwise around the freshwater lake and recording our findings on iNaturalist as we go.

When: Monday 2nd March 10:30-12:00
Where: Westgate Park (meet at the BBQs)
Bring: Wet weather clothes 🌦️ and your iNaturalist app!
RSVP: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1530091



Photo credit to Ursula Dutkiewicz via iNaturalist 💙

This Saturday the Bili team will be offering some of our favourite wildflowers for sale down at .square to celebrate the...
26/02/2026

This Saturday the Bili team will be offering some of our favourite wildflowers for sale down at .square to celebrate the launch of Insects of Melbourne guide book.

Come down to Fed Square and hear the experts banter about the best bugs and where to find them! There will also be a tour of the rooftop test garden by

The Bili stall will have a great variety of local Indigenous pollinator-attracting wildflower species available to purchase, including Melbourne's new floral emblem - the Swamp Everlasting 💛

When: Saturday 28th February 10:00-12:30
Where: 'The Edge', Fed Square
RSVP: https://events.humanitix.com/insects-of-melbourne-launch

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20/02/2026

Meet Melbourne's new floral emblem - the Swamp Everlasting 💛💛💛

This stunner of a paper daisy has been voted #1 in the floral emblem competition, and our team are hard at work propagating so that we can offer our lovely locals a steady supply of this fabulous wildflower.

The Swamp Everlasting (Swampy if you're nasty) is a rhizomatous perennial herb which was once widespread across greater Melbourne. Due to habitat destruction this species has become critically endangered in Victoria, only surviving in around 20 locations in the wild, but through the tireless efforts of our volunteer team we are thrilled to offer Xerochrysum palustre available to sell to the public!

This species loves heavy clay and waterlogged soil in full sun positions, so if you've got a wet spot in your garden, this one's for you!

We will have Swampy tube stock available for sale at next weekend's Insects of Melbourne launch at .square with .boorndap, and we're accepting orders large and small for Xerochrysum palustre, with the next batch available in early Autumn.

This work wouldn't be possible without the help of providing propagation material through their Raising Rarity program.

Join us this Friday for our first seed cleaning working bee of 2026 🥳We will be hosting weekly seed cleaning sessions 10...
09/02/2026

Join us this Friday for our first seed cleaning working bee of 2026 🥳

We will be hosting weekly seed cleaning sessions 10am to 2pm every Friday from now until the end of March, and we're looking for a few good locals to join us and get lost in the joy of seed sorting.

We'll be working through a different selection of species each week, including wildflowers, grasses, wattles, banksias, gums, aquatic plants and so much more!

If you'd like to join in for a session, RSVP via insta DM and we'll save you a seat at the table 🥰

Address

Bili Nursery: 525 Williamstown Road And Bili Landcare: 4 Wharf Road
Port Melbourne, VIC
3207

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 3pm
Tuesday 10am - 3pm
Wednesday 10am - 3pm
Thursday 10am - 3pm
Friday 10am - 3pm

Telephone

+61492972652

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