Grassroots Grants

Recipient

Project Name

Project focus

Hills Montessori School

Yultiwirra Yarning Circle & Reconciliation Garden

Create a reconciliation garden by reinvigorating a 750 square metre existing bush area with weeding and revegetation in the Hills Montessori School and establishing a yarning circle within it. The project collaborates with First Nations man, David Booth, to gain insight into the traditional uses of native plants.

Lifeflow Meditation Centre

Bringing Back our Grasslands

Re-introducing Kangaroo Grass at 'Peppertree'.

Mid Torrens Landcare Group

River Habitats at Cudlee Creek

Improving the riparian habitat of Karrawirra Pari/Torrens River of Cudlee Creek Conservation Park, removing exotic weeds choking the riverbanks and feeding tributaries. Outcomes are aimed at recovery of threatened species like the Bassian thrush, and protection of habitats of brushtail possum, scarlet robin and rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster).

Clare E

Hatchlands Creek Restoration for Native Fish Recolonisation

Fence-off Hatchlands Creek from stock for watercourse improvement and to assist the native Galaxia and permanent pool health.

Sixth Creek Catchment Group

Re-establsihing Biodiversity in Sustainable Riparian Habitats of the Sixth Creek

Improve the Sixth Creek riparian watercourse and buffer zones to benefit native plants, animals, freshwater aquatic species and community appreciation of natural resources in the Adelaide Hills biodiversity hotspot. The landscape project includes six worksites and covers a riparian area along the creek of 31.4 hectares of public conservation park and recreation spaces, walking trails and private landholdings, with sites being established gradually since 2011.

Dina and Peter C

Protect and restore native vegetation and freshwater ecosystem.

Protect a critical environmental watercourses on a 46 hectare property at Kersbrook. There are two main watercourses which run through the property and flow into Malcolm Creek. The project will involve fencing the watercourses (an area of approximately 9 hectares representing 20% of the property) which will contribute to the preservation of the freshwater ecosystem in Kersbrook, the restoration of native vegetation and provide shelter for threatened species and wildlife.

Adelaide Hills Council

Improving habitat quality at Mylor Parklands for Osborne's Eyebright

Improve vegetation condition and habitat quality around a previously recorded Osborne's Eyebright population in Mylor Parklands, currently considered locally extinct. Through pest plant and animal management, and a prescribed burn, the project aims to stimulate regeneration of this fire responsive threatened species.

Hills Biodiversity

Willawilla Bush Regeneration Project

Bush regeneration and biodiversity monitoring project in the upper reaches of Brownhill Creek in Crafers West, Adelaide Hills. Willawilla is a collaboration between Hills Biodiversity, 11 local landholders, and volunteers, who have been working together since 2020 to reduce the significant proliferation of blackberries, broom, erica and gorse in a 30 hectare pocket of stringybark woodland.

Flaxley Landcare Group

Enhancing habitat for yellow-tailed black cockatoos

Use the plight of the iconic and much-admired yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Zanda funereus) to mobilise landholders and community members to undertake nature positive actions on private land in a highly fragmented agricultural landscape.

Karen and Chris L

Tloperi Habitat restoration project

Purchase locally indigenous tubestock from Clayton Bay Environment Group and Community Nursery to plant at Tloperi, a privately owned sanctuary located in RAMSAR wetland, adjacent to Lawarii Conservation Park.

Friends of Nurragi Conservation Reserve

Nurragi Conservation Reserve: Revegetation to consolidate the nature corridor

Purchase 300 native tube stock plants to revegetate some bare sections of the Nurragi disused train line turned walking trail.

Breathe Easy Revegetation

Middleton Creek Improvement Project - Ngarrindjeri Yarluwar-Ruwe

Further improve a section of the Middleton Creek with plantings, with a particular focus on canopy and swamp species to begin shading out the Kikuyu, provide deep soil stabilisation, improve water quality, reduce evaporation and in time provide food, habitat and entry points for native fauna.

Pampalla Farm

Revitalising Dawesley Creek: Woody Weed Clearing Initiative

Address the significant issue of invasive woody weeds along Dawesley Creek. These invasive species pose a threat to the local ecosystem, water quality, and biodiversity.

Langhorne Creek Grape and Wine

Understanding soils for sustainable vineyard management

Soil pits and workshops to fill knowledge gap and increase confidence on soil testing and soil profiles for vineyard management.

Finniss Catchment Group

Finniss River Riparian Improvement

Continued protection and maintenance of the Finniss River through weed control activities in difficult areas to access.

Riverdale Rewild Farm

Riverdale Rewild Farm - A community hub for connection & environmental restoration

Support the establishment of a native nursery by purchasing seed sorting benches for native grasses and forbs to be managed by local community volunteers.

Mount Compass Area School

Mount Compass Area School (MCAS) Fleurieu Swamp Monitoring

Purchase a range of equipment to support important work on the Fleurieu heritage listed swamp for kids across all year levels to engage in. Equipment includes swamp nets, hand-held microscopes, loupes and magnifiers as well as water testing equipment to measure pH, salinity, turbidity and phosphate.

Annabelle M

BellaFord Swamp, creekline and woodland restoration

Restore an area of rare swamp, creekline and remnant woodland on our property, BellaFord, by fencing off these areas to exclude stock and then implementing our restoration plan. This requires approximately 1.3km of fencing and gate access.

Kanmantoo Callington Landcare Group

Greening the Bremer 2024-2025

Complete a restored, connected and protected biodiverse corridor along the Bremer River from the SE freeway to Plantation Rd, Kanmantoo. Project involves 900m of fencing across two private landholder properties protecting the Bremer.

Riverdale Rewild Farm

Ecological restoration of a river/ pastoral block for community education and environmental benefits

Riverdale Rewild Farm, local community groups, landholders, Birds SA and Seeding Natives are embarking on a project to restore/reconstruct at least one kilometre of the Bremer River's terrestrial ecosystems with a focus on on-ground work and education. This project includes site preparation (weed control) and restoration activities (direct seeding, propagation, growing and planting) of the riverbank vegetation zone and the adjoining grassy woodland vegetation communities.

Yundi Nature Conservancy

Nature repair network and activities to restore & manage swamps of the Fleurieu Peninsula

Increase the speed and scale of implementation, including sharing the cost of aggregated contracting for complex works for public good (e.g. Phragmites and woody weed removal from biodiverse areas), nursery planting stock, fencing and restoration of swamp hydrology.

Peninsula Providore Farm

Nangkita Olive Grove Biodiversity Enhancement Project

Improve the Nangkita Grove’s natural environment into a model ecosystem, setting a precedent for similar endeavours across the Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu Peninsula.

Investigator College

Currency Creek Eco Center eastern long-necked turtle basking platforms and nest protection

Habitat improvements, predation protection, monitoring, surveying and interpretive and educational/promotional signage. This region has an aging turtle population demographic with limited numbers of younger turtles in the population due to predation. Turtles are an important part of the freshwater ecosystem and are threatened. This projects compliments other research projects at this location and is supported by First Nations people and researchers.

Girl Guides SA Inc.

Weed eradication and revegetation of the Blewitt Springs creekline adjacent to heritage area

Remove weeds in particular boneseed, broom, olive, watsonia and Acacia longifolia along part of the Blewitt Springs creekline (Pedlar Creek catchment) adjacent to the Douglas Scrub Heritage agreement area.

Fleurieu Marine Education

Coastal Custodians

A school holiday coastal engagement program of 18 workshops for children 8 to 12 years old over 9 months. The project aims at educating and creating experiences for participants through immersion and investigation highlighting the importance of marine biodiversity, and the local iconic species that are vulnerable, under threat and recovering.

Bio-R

Seed Cleaning and Storage: Addressing a gap in the large- scale restoration of Woodland understorey on the Fleurieu Peninsula

Install a seed cleaning and storage area to provide community volunteers an efficient and usable space to process the seeds they collect. This area will consist of essential equipment for seed cleaning and storage, and a construed rodent-proof room inside an existing shed for storage. Workshops will be held focusing on proper seed cleaning and storage protocols. Invitation to these workshops will be extended to members of other community groups with similar interests.

GT Viticulture

Pedler Creek woody weed removal and native revegetation

Continue existing creekline restoration by removing invasive/woody weeds, undertaking revegetation and fencing the area to protect it from seasonal grazing and deter native pests.

Willunga Hillsface Landcare Group

Second Stage of "Revegetation of SA Water Plains Road Aldinga site", part of the larger "Caring for the Washpool Wetland Catchment" project

Plant 2,000 native plants in the Washpool wetland catchment, addressing the persistent silt build-up issue. Situated at the SA Water Aldinga Wastewater Treatment Plant, the site covers a 600- meter section leading to the Washpool in the Willunga Basin Conservation Park.