Grow Wild: Guide to improve backyard biodiversity

Along with public parks, gardens on private land can help enhance biodiversity and improve our wellbeing. Download our free Grow Wild backyard biodiversity guide to find out which plants to choose to support urban wildlife in your garden or balcony.

This brochure was produced as part of the City of Port Phillip NatureSpot Project, funded by the Department of Environment Land Water and Planning, Caring for Our Local Environment grant program. Produced by Port Phillip EcoCentre, May 2020.

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One year of sharing stories at the EcoCentre
Reflections by Ryan Abramowitz, EcoCentre Communications and Marketing coordinator  Story-telling and story-sharing connect us to ourselves, each other, our past and our dreams for the future.  Stories cross time as whales cross oceans. As today marks my one year anniversary of being a weaver of stories at the Port Phillip EcoCentre, it felt fitting to […]
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City Nature Challenge
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The City Nature Challenge and Citizen Science Photography Tips
Earlier this year in April, people all around the planet contributed to citizen science by participating in the City Nature Challenge. They then recorded their observations of living (or once living) things in their local area to the iNaturalist citizen science database. I was blessed to join smiling volunteers under the crystal blue skies at […]
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Progress and action for our blue planet on World Ocean Day
by Vanessa Shambrook, Impact Team Leader We live on a blue planet, with oceans and seas covering more than 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface. Our oceans and seas are a vital part of planetary health and help regulate our climate, feed us, support our economy and provide roughly half of Earth’s oxygen. Today […]
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Beachkeepers of the Tea Tree
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Being among the Beachkeepers
After what felt like a decade in COVID lockdowns, I was looking for something to do to feel connected back into society again. I signed up to volunteer with the Beachkeepers to do some weeding and planting on the beach. I figured that was perfect – I had gotten really into houseplants during the lockdowns […]
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The EcoCentre acknowledges the Kulin Nations, including the Yalukit Willam clan of the Boon Wurrung language group, traditional custodians of the land on which we are located.

We pay respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to other First Nations and Elder members of our multicultural community.