About us
What is Landcare?
Landcare is a grassroots movement of groups and individuals across Australia with a shared vision to protect, enhance or restore the natural environment in their local community through sustainable land management and conservation activities. Landcare enables people to actively care for the natural environment in their community.
Farmers and conservationists came together in 1989 to form the national Landcare program with a purpose to help protect the landscape for future generations.
Over three decades later, Landcare has evolved into a movement of over 6,000 groups and hundreds of thousands of volunteers across rural and urban Australia, all playing a central role in sustainable agricultural practices and conservation activities, while also developing and enhancing community spirit.
Our network and groups
The Nillumbik Landcare Network is a volunteer-based organisation that brings together and supports the eleven Landcare groups operating within Nillumbik Shire.
The network is governed by a volunteer board made up of representatives of each of the member groups.
The network is supported by a part-time Landcare Facilitator position hosted by Nillumbik Shire Council and funded through the Victorian Government Landcare Facilitation program.
Our member groups
There are currently eleven active Landcare groups within Nillumbik, primarily operating within the rural areas of the shire. Groups range in size from less than 10 to over 150 members. The total number of Landcare group members within Nillumbik is well over 700.
Several of the groups in Nillumbik started in the early 1990’s while the most recently formed group, Hurstbridge Landcare, was founded in 2015.
You can view the names and location of our member groups by visiting our Find a group page.
Focuses
Landcare groups within Nillumbik are focussed on the management of biodiversity and agricultural assets on private land within the shire. A “Landcare” group differs from a “Friends of” group primarily in that Landcare groups typically focus on private land while Friends groups tend to focus on public land.
Our projects and activities often include educational events, pest plant and animal control, monitoring, revegetation and regeneration, installation of nest boxes and a range of other activities.