Native Plants-A-Plenty Fundrasier

The CPPA is having a native plants-a-plenty fundraiser to keep the local landcare program kicking along after the 30/6/18 when the Threatened Species project winds up. There is a selection of local plants available, 3 for $10, a good price for tubestock that will make your garden low maintenance, dry-time tolerant and habitat friendly.

Over the past six years the landcare group has grown from 5 to 12 weekly volunteers who protect and preserve our bushland assets through weed management and planting when appropriate. Ten reserves, including the big ones at Stansfield and the West Ridge, covering the majority of the bushland in our community, are on a recovery trajectory thanks to the 14,614 hours this group has contributed in the past six years, conservatively valued at $438,430.

It’s not only the public land that benefits from the landcare crew by controlling and removing weed worries, the group is reducing the weed incursions into private gardens. The TSLS project has been able to cover the costs of tools, resource books, PPE, morning tea and a fuel subsidy for volunteers that carpool from Newcastle. We are aiming to raise $2500 annually to keep the crew together.

You can complete an order online or via a downloaded hardcopy. The plants will be available for collection at the Art & Craft Show.