| Activating Bridgewater | Activating Bridgewater Ploughshare Reserve Project | This is a small community project being coordinated and undertaken by Activating Bridgewater ('AB'), a community progress association focused on the communities of Bridgewater and Mount George. This project will undertake weed control, restoration and planting work through community participation. |
| Anthea W (Landholder) | Hidden Hill Farm vegetation corridors | This project will fence three 800 m corridors to link vegetation areas and create stock shelter belts, building on four years of revegetation work. Volunteers will grow and plant 600 native seedlings from local and purchased seed. Fencing will be cost-effective, using existing lines, with all labour provided by the community. |
| Andrew M (Landholder) | Native vegetation management and protection | Fence construction around a patch of remnant vegetation that was impacted by the Sampson flat fire to control grazing. Prior to the fire there was over forty species of orchid including Caladenia ridgida and many other species of vegetation. |
| Ashlee W (collaborated landholders) | Cudlee Creek River Torrens / Karrawirra Parri Restoration | This collaborative project spans 1.25 km of the River Torrens at Cudlee Creek, tackling invasive weeds and restoring native vegetation. It aims to enhance wildlife habitat, reduce erosion and fire risk, and improve biodiversity. Landholders are committed to long-term maintenance, building on past revegetation efforts to revitalise the river corridor. |
| Basket Range Primary School | Basket Range indigenous ecosystems | Understorey revegetation within the Basket Range Primary School with First Nations involvement. |
| Biodiversity McLaren Vale | Weedy Wednesday with Biodiversity McLaren Vale | Funding for tool to support Biodiversity McLaren Vale’s Weedy Wednesday initiative. |
| Bradbury Conservancy | Expansion of the Bradbury Conservancy footprint | The Bradbury Conservancy includes 14 clustered and 2 nearby properties, many impacted by the 2021 Cherry Gardens bushfire. This project expands the Conservancy with two new landholders, focusing on fencing, revegetation, and Gorse removal. It aims to protect Hadrian Gully and grow the group’s environmental impact across the valley. |
| Carrickalinga Rate Payer’s Association | Wildlife-sensitive lighting for homes and gardens | Carrickalinga Rate Payer’s Association will use funding to design and print a brochure promoting wildlife-sensitive lighting. Carrickalinga is Australia’s first accredited Dark Sky Community. The project will educate locals on reducing light pollution’s harmful effects on biodiversity, using tailored, evidence-based guidance to support ecological health, community awareness, and compliance with national and international lighting standards. |
| Celeste H | 'Flow' Youth Voices for Nature | Flow: Youth Voices for Nature combines conservation education, mental health support, and community engagement through school workshops and a public SALA exhibition. Victor Harbor High School students explore marine ecosystems, wellbeing, and leadership, culminating in talks and art displays. The project promotes water care, nature connection, and active community participation. |
| Central Hills Regenerative Ag Network | Monitoring Regenerative Ag Indicators | This project will educate landholders in the use of simple, cost-effective tests they can perform on their own properties, know as Regenerative Ag Indicators. These indicators include: earthworm counts, soil insect numbers, root depth, legume nodulation, rhizosheaths, the percentage of bare earth, RI (Brix, and its multiple uses), soil carbon, slaking and infiltration. |
| Colin C (Landholder) | Finniss – Giles Creek Revegetation Project | A private landholder will be fencing off Giles Creek from stock. The creek feeds into the Finniss River. The landholder has a vision for the property and has a 5-year revegetation plan. |
| Terrara Vineyards | Pink Gum Woodland Species Survey | This project aims to preserve and expand a 5ha remnant Pink Gum woodland in Blewitt Springs, enhancing biodiversity and offsetting wine production impacts. It includes a flora and fauna re-audit, seed collection for future planting, and a cultural burn with First Nations involvement. Ongoing weed and pest control continues. |
| Finniss Catchment Group | Finniss River Riparian Improvement | Now in its 17th year, the Finniss River Riparian Improvement project continues to support native regeneration by removing woody weeds along 10 km of river. Volunteers aim to maintain 20ha in 2025, prioritising high-value areas. Community involvement, partnerships, and ecological knowledge-sharing remain central to its long-term success. |
| Harry A (Landholder) | Carrickalinga Cliffs - native restoration (infill planting) | Infill planting to a previously completed grassroots grant - The Carrickalinga Cliffs – native restoration program aims to restore 1,256 square metres of Drooping Sheoak Grassy Woodlands, a significant vegetation type of the region. |
| Hills Environment Centre | Hills Environment Centre Seed Bank | The Hills Environment Centre (HEC) is launching a Native Seed Bank to preserve local plants and support restoration projects in the Adelaide Hills. The seed bank will be open for both seed donations and withdrawals, allowing local Landcare groups to contribute and access native seeds, so they are able to propagate their own native plants using locally sourced seed. |
| Hills Biodiversity | Springs to Summit | The Springs to Summit project continues vital habitat restoration near Mt Barker Summit, building on past Grassroots Grants. It connects biodiversity pockets, restores waterways, and supports native vegetation on private and Crown land. With strong community backing, it enhances wildlife corridors, buffers urban growth, and boosts climate and agricultural resilience. |
| Kanmantoo Callington Landcare Group | Greening the Bremer 2025/26 | This KCLG-led project continues revegetation along the Bremer River by fencing 700 m of the southern bank to exclude stock, improve water quality, and restore habitat. Volunteers will plant local species, supported by nursery-grown seedlings. Community working bees will engage 60 locals, fostering pride and visible environmental improvement near Callington Road. |
| Ian C (Landholder) | Stock fencing Glenford Gully Greek | This project is for fencing to keep grazing livestock (currently sheep and alpaca) completely out of the watercourse. This fencing will assist with improving water quality benefitting downstream flows and protect new and existing vegetation and plantings. |
| Jane M (Landholder) | Revegetating a former farm dam and spring-fed swamp to support threatened species. | This project aims to revegetate and protect 0.3 hectares of degraded land around a former farm dam that incorporates a natural spring-fed swamp. The dam and seep area is located up slope and drains into an area of critically endangered Fleurieu Swamp and creek line. |
| Kit M (Landholder) | Revegetating the wren’s playground | This project focuses on fencing off the eastern boundary watercourse that leads to the Inman River, to reduce erosion and regenerate the landscape from a former heavy stocking regime. |
| Michael C for Sunnyspring Glen Reserve | Revegetation of Sunnyspring Glen Reserve | For plants to revegetate Sunnyspring Glen Reserve, Aldgate. |
| Mid Torrens Landcare Group | Trees for Shelter | A dairy farm, impacted by the Cudlee Creek bushfire, aims to revegetate using a direct seeder to restore tree cover for shade, shelter, and nutrient management at the top of the catchment. This fast, low-labour method supports carbon sequestration and water quality while demonstrating practical restoration for productive farms. |
| Mid Torrens Catchment Group | Bird Thickets in the Mid Torrens Catchment | Woodland bird numbers in the Mount Lofty Ranges have dropped by 45% since 2001. This project aims to reverse the decline by planting dense heath thickets on public and private land. These habitats will support nesting, foraging, and protection, while engaging landholders, Traditional Owners, and the community in conservation efforts. |
| Morialta Biolink Landcare | Collaborative stewardship to protect unique biodiversity in areas of the high-altitude water sources for Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Creeks. | Morialta Biolink Landcare protects high-country ecosystems in the Central Hills, focusing on creek areas and rare wildlife. Using minimal disturbance bushcare, the group will target invasive weeds like three-cornered garlic and Spanish broom. With funding, they aim to expand weed control and revegetation, supporting habitat resilience and yellow-tailed black cockatoo food plants. |
| Mount Compass Area School | Mount Compass Area School Fleurieu Swamp Enrichment Project | The Mount Compass Area School Swamp is a vital wetland supporting endangered species and rich biodiversity. This project expands habitat restoration through weed control and planting, integrates student-led ecological workshops, and includes cultural education led by Ngarrindjeri elders—combining conservation, learning, and cultural awareness for long-term environmental stewardship. |
| New Springs Landcare Group | New Springs revegetation initiative | After the 2019 Cudlee Creek bushfire, the New Springs Landcare Group was revitalised to support landscape and community recovery. They plan to renovate a 30-year-old tree seeder for cost-effective, large-scale direct seeding. The project aims to boost biodiversity, carbon sequestration, water conservation, and regenerative agriculture while strengthening community collaboration. |
| New Springs Landcare Group | Jasmine’s tree guards | The New Springs Landcare Group will instal 30 strong cattle-proof tree guards on the late Ron Sealth’s property which is now owned by his children. This planting will be in an area where there is slight salinity and will assist in reducing the impact of same on the catchment. |
| Peter S (Landholder) | Revegetation of a buffer zone for an existing Heritage Agreement | This project comprises revegetating 10,000 m2 of cleared grazing land with native local plant species as an extension of an existing Heritage Agreement area on the landholder’s property in Hindmarsh Valley. |
| Philip S (Landholder) | Protecting the riparian habitat of Yoho Creek, Salt Cliffs Farm | Salt Cliffs farm spans 700 hectares on the Fleurieu Peninsula’s western slopes. After years of overgrazing, new management is restoring native habitat through low-intensity grazing, fencing, and revegetation. Recent efforts include protecting remnant woodlands and planning 2,000 tubestock. This grant supports fencing 1.1 km of Yoho Creek to aid regeneration. |
| Renate V (Landholder) | Restoring native vegetation to provide habitat for the black-chinned honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis gularis) | This project aims to restore a patch of native vegetation to provide habitat for the black-chinned honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis gularis), which has been sighted in the area. Multiple landholders are engaged in the project. |
| Riverdale Rewild Farm | Growing the Future: A Seed Nursery/ Orchard & Workshop Series for Threatened Native Flora | South Australia faces a native seed shortage, limiting restoration of vital ecosystems. This project will establish a seed orchard at Riverdale Farm to grow threatened native species, boosting biodiversity. It includes community workshops and volunteer involvement, building skills and capacity for habitat restoration across the state while supporting ecological resilience. |
| Seeding Natives | Community native grassland seed production/landholder income diversification site management | Supporting landholders to diversify income and restore landscapes with native grass crops. Funding will go towards a flail mower. With more landholders joining the program and an additional 10 hectares currently in site preparation, it means demand for access to this essential piece of equipment is high. |
| Sue N (Landholder) | Bremer riverbank regeneration requiring giant reed removal | The goal of the project is to enable regeneration of the riverbank through the removal of a large stand of giant reed (Arundo donax). This stand is approximately 110 metres in length and runs down the steep riverbank for approximately 4-6 metres. This stand of giant reed is preventing natural regeneration of the riverbank of small reeds and river red gums, and has reduced habitat for native animals. |
| Second Nature Conservancy | Conserving Mt Bold Threatened Plant Populations | This project will restore habitat in Mt Bold’s Thomas Gully, supporting rare native flora after the 2021 bushfire. It involves weed control, revegetation, and community volunteering to boost awareness of land management. Partnerships with local groups will help deliver environmental and educational benefits to this high-value conservation area. |
| Tatachilla Lutheran College | Connecting plants, pollinators, and people in a living classroom | This project aims to support the conservation and awareness of native pollinators by enhancing habitat within the Tatachilla EcoClassroom Sanctuary, a 3.5-hectare predator-proof environmental education site in McLaren Vale on revegetated farmland. The site includes a well-equipped ‘EcoClassroom’ that can host up to 50 people. |
| Threatened Plant Action Group | Protecting threatened flora and ecosystems in Cleland National Park | Funding will be used for weed control, propagule collection and population monitoring at two sites of high conservation significance in Cleland National Park. |
| Uraidla PS | Cultural Learning Garden | Funding for a Cultural Learning Garden in the school grounds where ongoing cultural learning can occur for the students, staff and surrounding community. A space where we can collaborate with and walk together with First Nations people in an ongoing capacity. A space to incorporate and learn about Aboriginal Pedagogies to build cultural responsiveness in the students and their families. |
