Thanks to Bupa Australia’s generosity, we are launching Project SPROUT: Sustaining Parks, Restoring our Urban Terrain.
We are thrilled to have received a Bupa Australia Landcare Grant for our project and to be part of the planting of over 80,000 trees, shrubs, and grasses nationally, linking environmental health with community wellbeing.
In 2025, we will plant 5,000 trees, shrubs, and grasses across Wodonga at 10 locations stewarded by our Landcare groups, building on the past 12 years of work by environmental stewards across Wodonga. Community planting days will see the broader Wodonga community join with Wodonga Landcare volunteers. The native plants funded by this project will be grown from locally sourced seed by Our Native Garden Nursery, a volunteer-run nursery located in Wodonga.
Project SPROUT will increase awareness of Landcare and the importance of green spaces in Wodonga as wildlife corridors and areas to increase biodiversity and support threatened species, including the threatened Squirrel Glider (Petaurus norfolcensis). It will highlight the importance of these spaces as mitigators of the impacts of climate change while providing climate resilience, and it will also highlight the importance of our parks, rail trails, and reserves as recreation areas and contributors to the health and wellbeing of our community.
We can’t wait to connect with the community on this exciting project.
More information on Project SPROUT, including dates for upcoming events, will be on our sites soon.
