SEA Landcare

29/05/2026

Landcare in Focus Magazine is now out! 🌿📖

From climate smart farming, investing in drought resilience and using AI for w**d detection, to protecting shorebirds at a globally important wetland. This edition demonstrates the diversity of landcare and the people behind it.

A special feature in this edition are the interviews with the next generation of landcare leaders working with landcare groups and other partners.

A big shout out to Intrepid Landcare, Wattle, Urban Guerrillas, Co-Exist Australia, Breathe Easy, WYLD Projects Indigenous Corporation and the many other young people taking action for care for nature.

Read the May edition online here: https://ow.ly/hK9G50Z4ZT1

29/05/2026

𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 – 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗜𝗻
Glenelg Shire Council is proud to support and promote National Reconciliation Week events, hosted by local organisations and community partners from 27 May to 3 June.

These events provide opportunities for reflection, learning and community connection.

✅ “All In” Message Rocks
📍 Glenelg Libraries – Portland | 🗓️ Thurs 28 May, 6–8pm

✅ Storytime & Craft Activity
📍 Glenelg Libraries – Portland | 🗓️ Fri 29 May, 6–8pm

✅ Coffee Cup Artwork Showcase
📍 Available at Twelvefold – Portland, Tae Rak Café – Lake Condah, Heywood Bakery, Element Café & Larder – Casterton
🎨 Designed by local primary school students

✅ Jason Walker | Mirring Exhibition
📍 Portland Arts Centre in partnership with Two Rivers Gallery
🗓️ Opening: Fri 29 May, 5:30pm | On display until 3 July

✅ Sunrise Ceremony
📍 Portland Foreshore | 🗓️ Wed 3 June, 7:30–8:15am ** Check socials for alternative location if wet weather)

These events, delivered across the shire, invite residents and visitors to engage with First Nations culture, reflect on our shared history, and support reconciliation in our community.

29/05/2026

29/05/2026

Applications are now open for the Trees on Farms Utilisation Program.

Eligible Victorian landowners can receive a free expert assessment of their timber plantations, including tailored management advice and potential market pathways.

29/05/2026

Coastcarers – this award recognises people who are caring for our coastlines and waterways The 2026 State & Territory Landcare Awards are now open, and the Coastcare Award is your chance to make a big splash. 🌊

This award celebrates community groups and networks that are making a real, measurable difference to Australia’s coastal and marine environments – from estuaries and wetlands to dunes, salt marshes and river systems.

Who can be nominated: Coastcare and landcare groups/networks, Dunecare, Rivercare, Bushcare, ‘Friends of’ groups, youth groups, First Nations organisations or any community group responding to local coastal or marine environmental issues
If your group is helping protect our coasts, or you know one that is, now’s the time to nominate and celebrate their impact.

Nominations are free, and both self‑nominations and nominations by others are welcome.

👉 Submit your nomination before it closes on July 31, 2026 here: https://landcareaustralia.org.au/state-territory-landcare-awards

28/05/2026

Victorian Parliamentary Friends of Landcare - Environmental Volunteer Showcase

Hosted by the Victorian Parliamentary Friends of Landcare and supported by Landcare Victoria and Victorian Environment Friends Network, this event gives landcare groups/networks and other environmental volunteering organisations the opportunity to bring their work to Parliament House.

The two-day showcase will be held in the Queen’s Hall at Parliament House on Wednesday, 17 and Thursday, 18 June. Present your on-ground works and demonstrate the benefits of community led on-ground action and talk to politicians about the issues that matter to you.

Please read the information on the event page carefully before registering. You must register to attend this event. Registrations close 5pm Monday, 8 June. Places are limited.

When: Wednesday, 17 and Thursday, 18 June (11am to 2pm each day)
Where: Queen's Hall, Parliament House, Melbourne
Register: https://events.humanitix.com/volunteer-showcase

28/05/2026

A big congratulations to Relle Jasper for completing her native planting refuge on her property at Narrawong. This was planted in two stages and is often the case when you have to rely on the most opportune time to plant. Which is most often Autumn here.
This project was funded by the Wildlife Habitat Fund. All the best Relle.

28/05/2026

20/05/2026

This year, in the lead up to Landcare Week (3-9 August), we’re inviting you to tell us how you experience landcare and what it means to you through the Landcare Through the Lens campaign. ✍️ 📷

We’ve already received many wonderful submissions – here is one from Bruce B from VIC.

“This is what landcare means to me. A planting taking place in a suburban setting, with a multi-cultural group of people, including two Buddhist monks, working together on winter's afternoon, to improve the biodiversity of a previously unloved piece of constructed wetland. The area has been well prepped, the holes are dug, and we will all have a cuppa after we finish and congratulate ourselves. This small patch is now a flourishing, self-sustaining native habitat, contributing to more wildlife and a better world.”

By submitting a photo to Landcare Through the Lens, you will have the chance to win $1,000 for your landcare group or community-led environmental group*.

Share a photo and tell us about your experience of landcare and why it matters to you.

Submit your photo: https://landcareaustralia.org.au/resources/campaigns/landcare-week/landcare-through-the-lens/

*T&Cs apply.