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About Deep Creek Landcare Group
Coming Up:
September 5 10:00 - 12:00 Tree Project Workshop
September 14 AGM. Mechanics Institute Lancefield, Annex. Guest speaker. All positions vacant.
September 27 (Note change of date) 9:00 - 11:30 Working Bee. Five Mile Creek, Romsey (see Projects)
September 29: eDNA Community Event Doggetts Bridge -details TBA
For all events see our Events page.
Rabbits: Rabbits are a problem everywhere at present. Our group and our council are very aware of the problems they pose as calicivirus seems to have lost its affect. For more information see Projects.
Tree Project: If you are interested in being a grower -see Projects.
Schools Tree Day 2026 Friday, July 24
St Mary’s Primary School Junior Landcare Group helped plant a series of insectarium corridors at Lyons Will Estate in Lancefield, joining up patches of remnant vegetation surrounding the grapevines. The insectarium plants were supplied as part of a trial they are doing with Ecovineyards and Melbourne Water. The purpose of the planting is to create an insectary in the vineyard to support beneficial insects and observe increases in insect life, reduction of pests and support biodiversity and sustainability.
Our Junior Landcare facilitator, Emma Stevens organized the day where students worked with DCLG and Lyons Will Estate to plant and tree-guard 100 tubestock and 150 haiku cells.
It was a great day with lots of hard work to keep everyone warm in the icy conditions!
We are very keen to visit the planting site in 6 months to see how the plants and insects are thriving!
Revegetation Products
If you are planning revegetation projects and need information on products such as tree guards, weed mat etc, the latest catalogue from Global Green might be useful. You can find it on their website. Feel free to contact us for advice.
Global Green
T: 03 9967 1970 M: 0488 056 174 E: jelena@globalgreen.com.au
71-75 Redwood Drive, Dingley Village, VIC 3172
Junior Landcare, October
Junior Landcare, October
Our Junior Landcare Facilitator, Emma Stevens worked with us on two plantings in October. At Bolinda PS, with help from staff and students we planted over 100 indigenous shrubs and grasses with an emphasis on providing food for pollinators. The working bee kicked off an initiative to significantly add to the biodiversity of the school’s garden. On October 31 we worked with St Mary’s and Lancefield PS to extend previous plantings along the eastern boundary of Lancefield Park. We added 113 indigenous shrubs and grasses to the site. Good follow up rain will help the new gardens get off to a good start.
Deep Creek Landcare Group
Deep Creek Landcare Group
Deep Creek Landcare Group (DCLG) was one of the first groups established when the national Landcare program launched in 1989. It covers the towns and surrounds of Lancefield, Romsey and Monegeetta (an area of 22,451 hectares.)
VISION: Our vision is to enhance biodiversity and natural ecosystems within the local environment.
MISSION: Our mission is to raise awareness of, protect and enhance the local environment.
DCLG runs regular schools activities, clean up days, planting days and working bees. You'll also see the display at the Lancefield Agricultural Show and monthly farmers market.
Meetings: We meet in the annex of the Lancefield Mechanics Institute on Monday evenings from 7:30 to 9:00 followed by a quick supper and informal chat. Except when public holidays intervene, we meet on the second Monday of each month, with a break in December.
Benefits of being a Member
Learn
About local plants and wildlife and how to conserve our native flora and fauna
To understand water catchments and healthy waterways
How to control invasive weeds and pests
About improved agricultural techniques and environmentally sound farming strategies
From locals with practical experience in this district
Enjoy
Getting to know locals with a common interest
Cooperative activities on public and private land
Access to funding opportunities
Subsidized courses
Being able to purchase local, native trees and shrubs at discounted prices through our involvement with The Tree Project
Impact
By being a local solution to a global problem
By lobbying governments to enhance environmental outcomes
Become a member by filling out a membership form via the link below
About Landcare
About Landcare
Landcare began in 1986 when farming neighbours recognised that they could be more effective and have a greater impact if they addressed common natural resource management concerns together. From its perennial roots in production agriculture, Landcare has branched out to encompass land stewardship and improved land management practices on both public and private land – in the bush, along the coast, and in peri-urban and even urban areas.
Landcare is many things to many people, but it is still about a simple idea; people organising to come together to discuss shared land management issues, and to design and implement practical solutions to address these issues.
There are currently more than 600 community-based Landcare groups in Victoria, working to improve the quality of the land, biodiversity, and waterways. These Landcare groups have around 60,000 members who contribute their time and resources to undertake local action to care for the land.
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