Join local ecologist, Bianca Aquilina LIVE and ONLINE 11am Saturday 26 September as she explores the flora on your bush block!

Upper Campaspe Landcare Network is proud and excited to bring you the final part of our three part WEBINAR series – Biodiversity for your Bush Block.

Sit back in the comfort of your own home and join local ecologist, Bianca Aquilina ONLINE via ZOOM as she explores the natural beauty (and the beasts) that is the flora growing on your bush-block.

Bianca has extensive knowledge of the flora and fauna of central Victoria and has written management plans for council bushland reserves within the Macedon Ranges.

Bianca manages a bush property in Woodend and has a close connection with the Macedon Ranges and surrounds, having spent much time bushwalking the region.

Splitting her time between the Macedon Ranges and the Bellarine Peninsula, Bianca Aquilina is an ecologist, environmental planner and the Director of Atlas Ecology.

Bianca has worked with the private and public sector assessing properties, waterways and bushland reserves, conducting botanical assessments, preparing management plans, monitoring and landholder education. Bianca has significant experience in habitat restoration and ecological education and communication.

For more information, or for help with online bookings via Eventbrite, please email ucln@uppercampaspelandcare.org.au or call UCLN Facilitator, Rebekah on 0432 491 789.

These workshops are being delivered with the support of Macedon Ranges Shire Council.

Join science writer Tanya Loos LIVE and ONLINE 11am Saturday 19 September as she delves into the amazing world of fauna on your bush block!

Upper Campaspe Landcare Network is proud and excited to bring you part two of our three part WEBINAR series – Biodiversity for your Bush Block.

Come join local science writer and ecologist, Tanya Loos ONLINE via ZOOM as she explores the wonders of living alongside the fauna on your bush-block.

We are incredibly fortunate that in this part of the world we share our land and even our houses with some wonderful wildlife. In this presentation, Tanya will share ways to make sure that your property is a haven for wildlife – including tips on creating habitat, and how to solve some tricky wildlife problems such as birds attacking windows.

As an ecologist and mad keen naturalist (her words) Tanya cites the likes of Gerald Durrell and David Attenborough as her biggest influences, as both a naturalist and a writer.

Tanya lives on a bush block near Daylesford with her husband, senior dog and many rescued parrots. Tanya has worked in natural resource management locally for many years, including Connecting Country, the UCLN, and for various councils. She currently works for BirdLife Australia, and writes a nature blog with accessible stories about our natural world, and advice on living in harmony with wildlife on her beautiful website Birds, bats, beetles and blossoms at https://tanyaloos.com/

Tanya is the author of the gorgeous book, Daylesford Nature Diary: six seasons in the foothill forests. This book is a collection of nature diary articles, set to a specially devised local calendar, and illustrated beautifully throughout by Anne Mason.

For more information, or for help with online bookings via Eventbrite, please email ucln@uppercampaspelandcare.org.au or call UCLN Facilitator, Rebekah on 0432 491 789.

These workshops are being delivered with the support of Macedon Ranges Shire Council.

Join Mercedes Ramirez LIVE and ONLINE 11am Saturday 12 September as she talks about the role of pollinators in environmental health!

Upper Campaspe Landcare Network is proud and excited to bring you part one of our three part WEBINAR series – Biodiversity for your Bush Block.

Please join us ONLINE via ZOOM as Macedon Ranges local, Mercedes Ramirez talks about the worldwide importance of pollinators and her personal experience with the creation of the Riddells Creek Pollinator Corridor.

For more information, or for help with online bookings via Eventbrite, please email ucln@uppercampaspelandcare.org.au or call UCLN Facilitator, Rebekah on 0432 491 789.

These workshops are being delivered with the support of Macedon Ranges Shire Council.