Biodiversity Victor Harbor

Biodiversity Victor Harbor Care for the natural environment by preserving and enhancing the biodiversity of our region.

🌿 It’s an exciting time as we move into the final planning stages for the 2026 Bluff Community Planting Festival!Today, ...
12/06/2026

🌿 It’s an exciting time as we move into the final planning stages for the 2026 Bluff Community Planting Festival!

Today, City of Victor Harbor representative Bronson met with Biodiversity Victor Harbor member Geoff at The Bluff to survey the planting site and finalise the best placement for each native species. Carefully matching species to location helps give each plant the best possible chance of survival and long-term growth.

The next stage is to pre-dig the planting holes and prepare and distribute the seedlings — so when you arrive, the hard work will already be done. That leaves the best part for you… the planting! 🌱

We’d love you to join us in helping to beautify The Bluff and strengthen biodiversity at this iconic and much-loved local landmark. In years to come, you’ll be able to look out over the landscape and know you played a part in restoring it for future generations.

🌼 Come along, get your hands in the soil, and be part of something meaningful.

👉 Sign up to take part in the Community Planting Festival here: https://www.biodiversityvictor.org.au/index.cfm?module=event&pagemode=indiv&page_id=4437125

Last week, Nangkita property owner Helen collected her plants from the Biodiversity Victor Harbor nursery. Helen is the ...
11/06/2026

Last week, Nangkita property owner Helen collected her plants from the Biodiversity Victor Harbor nursery. Helen is the first of a number of landholders to receive seedlings that will contribute to restoring vegetation impacted by the recent bushfire.

Biodiversity Victor Harbor is pleased to be able to donate native seedlings to property owners in Nangkita and Deep Creek who have been affected by the fire. These locally grown plants will play an important role in helping to stabilise landscapes, support habitat recovery, and re-establish local biodiversity.

It’s a small but meaningful step in the longer journey of ecological recovery across the fire-affected area.

The photo shows Helen with nursery guru, Jen 😃🌿

Our 2026 Bluff Community Planting Festival is just 2 weeks away! 🌱🌿Everything is set for another fantastic morning of pl...
10/06/2026

Our 2026 Bluff Community Planting Festival is just 2 weeks away! 🌱🌿

Everything is set for another fantastic morning of planting as we work together to enhance the beauty of The Bluff, strengthen local nature corridors, and support the incredible biodiversity of our region 🐦🦋

A huge thank you to the Victor Harbor Council and the many community groups who have been working behind the scenes to get everything prepared—the site is ready, and our 2,500 native seedlings are looking amazing and ready to go into the ground! 🌱✨

Now all we need is YOU 🙌

If you can spare a few hours on the morning of Saturday, June 27, we’d love you to join us in planting these seedlings and helping shape a healthier, greener future for our local environment. It’s a great day out for all ages and abilities—bring your friends, bring your family, and get involved!

Last year’s inaugural event brought together 110 amazing volunteers 💚 Let’s see if we can beat that number this year!

Find out more and sign up here: https://www.biodiversityvictor.org.au/index.cfm?module=event&pagemode=indiv&page_id=4437125

Photos from 2025 Community Planting Festival

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Last year, this community planted 2,500 native seedlings at the Bluff. This year, they're doing it again. 🌿🌊Biodiversity...
10/06/2026

Last year, this community planted 2,500 native seedlings at the Bluff. This year, they're doing it again. 🌿🌊

Biodiversity Victor Harbor's Community Planting Festival returns on 27 June; and if you were there in 2025, you already know what a morning well spent looks like. If you weren't, this is your year.

Join friends, families and local environmental volunteers above Petrel Cove for a free, hands-on conservation morning that directly protects one of the most iconic coastal landscapes on the Fleurieu Coast.

2,500 native seedlings. One community. Two and a half hours that genuinely make a difference.

Free to attend. Bookings required.

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐟𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥
📍 The Bluff (above Petrel Cove), Encounter Bay
📅 27 June | 9:30am – 12pm | Free
🎟 bit.ly/WWFplantingfestival

Today, members of Biodiversity Victor Harbor joined representatives from the City of Victor Harbor, state government org...
09/06/2026

Today, members of Biodiversity Victor Harbor joined representatives from the City of Victor Harbor, state government organisations, First Nations communities, and a range of regional environmental organisations for the launch of the 2026 Southern Fleurieu Coastal Action Plan.

This is the first updated plan since 2007, and it brings together the latest research on the region’s coastal flora and fauna, along with an updated understanding of the key pressures affecting our coastline. Importantly, it also outlines priority actions needed to support the long-term health, resilience, and sustainability of this unique and much-loved part of the Southern Fleurieu.

The launch marks an important step forward in coordinated coastal management, grounded in current science, local knowledge, and collaborative stewardship of our natural environment.

The Southern Fleurieu Coastal Action Plan may be accessed via https://hf.landscape.sa.gov.au/about-us/our-plans-strategies-and-publications/southern-fleurieu-coastal-action-plan?fbclid=IwY2xjawSU7_RleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE1Vmc0eHhiR0FvT0VHREpKc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHq3Nk8nTfPQGC3xYKVC0WMl6vHYYqkNVyNSnLasM8yvvgErkYg66riTKfMzs_aem_vVt5w9U_I7fdVCtBcYYsSQ

Attention farmers 🚜and landholders 🚜 across Victor Harbor and the Fleurieu Peninsula, particularly those with a Native V...
07/06/2026

Attention farmers 🚜and landholders 🚜 across Victor Harbor and the Fleurieu Peninsula, particularly those with a Native Vegetation Heritage Agreement 🦔🌿.

As planting season continues, our nursery is now completing the final dispatches of the 25/26 propagation season. These orders represent another successful year of growing locally sourced native tubestock for restoration and revegetation projects across our region.

Planning is now underway for the 26/27 propagation season, and we encourage landholders to get their orders in early. Early planning helps ensure we can grow the right species, in the right quantities, for your property and project needs.

If you would like Biodiversity Victor Harbor to propagate native plants for your property, please get in touch with our nursery team at [email protected].

On the evening of World Environment Day, 5 June 2026, the Conservation SA SA Environment Awards brought together an insp...
06/06/2026

On the evening of World Environment Day, 5 June 2026, the Conservation SA SA Environment Awards brought together an inspiring showcase of environmental leadership from across the state.

It was particularly encouraging to see strong representation from the Victor Harbor region, with Investigator College and Phytoplankton of South Australia - Recovery named as finalists in the Working Together Award category. In addition, local community member Mark Richards was recognised as a finalist for the Pelzer Prize.

For a regional community, these results reflect the depth of environmental commitment and collaboration happening locally—we are certainly punching above our weight.

Congratulations to all finalists for their outstanding contributions to protecting and restoring our natural environment.

On World Environment Day, 5 June 2026, members of Biodiversity Victor Harbor were pleased to attend the celebration host...
06/06/2026

On World Environment Day, 5 June 2026, members of Biodiversity Victor Harbor were pleased to attend the celebration hosted by Kumarangk Hindmarsh Island Landcare Group Inc marking a remarkable milestone—750,000 plants established on Hindmarsh Island.

This outstanding achievement reflects decades of dedicated on-ground effort to restore habitat, strengthen nature corridors, and support the return of biodiversity across the island.

Congratulations to all members, past and present, whose sustained commitment has helped make this restoration work possible.

Winter has well and truly arrived, bringing with it Victor Harbor’s much-loved Winter Whale Festival—a celebration of th...
03/06/2026

Winter has well and truly arrived, bringing with it Victor Harbor’s much-loved Winter Whale Festival—a celebration of the annual return of the Southern Right Whales to our local nursery waters.

Among the many fantastic events on offer, we’re especially excited to invite you to the 2026 Bluff Community Planting Festival!

This is a hands-on, feel-good morning open to everyone—young or old, families, friends, and people of all abilities. Together, we’ll be planting 2,500 native seedlings that are indigenous to the area, helping to restore and strengthen the natural landscape of The Bluff.

If you enjoy getting your hands in the soil, connecting with your community, and making a real difference for local wildlife, this is the perfect event for you. Your efforts will not only enhance the beauty of The Bluff but also improve vital nature corridors that support the region’s unique biodiversity.

Bring your family, invite your friends, and be part of something meaningful this winter.

Find out more and register your attendance here: https://www.biodiversityvictor.org.au/index.cfm?module=event&pagemode=indiv&page_id=4437125

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