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Here we share resources created by other organisations to help you integrate nature into the city. We provide links to other organisations who provide activities in nature and guidance on biodiversity for your backyard, your suburb or your city.

Go to: Fun Activities in Nature
Go to: Biodiversity in your Backyard
Go to: Biodiversity in your City

Fun Activities in Nature

NaturePlay WA

Find the best places to play outside in WA, as well as lots of fun and easy nature play ideas and activities for getting the whole family out into nature.

https://www.natureplaywa.org.au/category/families/

Educated by Nature

Educated by Nature offers nature-based programs for families and children that facilitate connection to self, nature and community.

https://educatedbynature.com/programs/nature-based-programs-for-families/

Biodiversity in your Backyard

ReWild Perth

Join Perth in bringing nature home. ReWild Perth provides you with advice on how to build eye-catching gardens with local wildlife in mind. Being part of ReWild Peth is an immediate action to improve biodiversity across our city whilst beautifying your own home.

https://rewildperth.com.au/

SERCUL: Grow Local Plants Project

The Grow Local Plants Project provides Perth residents with a brochure containing lists of local native species suitable for your soil type as well as information on maintaining local plants.

https://www.sercul.org.au/our-projects/fertilise-wise/

Backyard Biodiversity

Check out this amazing video with Simon Cherriman as he shows you how to support and enjoy biodiversity in your own backyard. Hosted by the Shire of Mundaring, it showcases the local natural environment in the Perth Hills but these ideas could easily be adapted for anywhere in Perth.

Backyard Buddies

Welcome wildlife to your garden by building them a home. Backyard Buddies share some great DIY projects to create a place to live for bees, butterflies, bats, frogs, lizards, birds… Share some quality time with the kids creating these habitats and enjoy for years to come.

https://backyardbuddies.org.au/create-habitats/home-diy-projects/

Lake Macquarie Backyard Habitat Planting Guide

Okay so this comes from NSW, not local content, but some great information and ideas in easy to read format – the recommended species will be for the Eastern States though, so check out ReWild Perth or SERCUL for good local native plant species.

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Biodiversity in your City

Greener Spaces, Better Places

Greener Spaces Better Places is a movement that brings together community, growers, government, business, and everyday people just like you to make our homes, streets, and suburbs the greenest in the world. Great resources for your home or suburb.

https://www.greenerspacesbetterplaces.com.au/

Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub

The CAUL Hub began in 2015 with a focus on practical research to improve urban environments in Australia. It has a wealth of resources to improve nature in the city under various different programs.

They have a great infographic on the benefits of urban greening.

https://nespurban.edu.au/

Benefits of urban greening link:

https://nespurban.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/GTW0026_StonyCreek_BenefitsCase_FINAL_noUSCstudy.pdf

Playbook on Urban Biodiversity

This Playbook is intended to inform practice and policy on biodiversity in cities, with a particular focus on Melbourne and other Australian cities. Content sourced from the Urban Nature: Urban Myths Symposium May 2023 and supplemented by an extensive literature review.

https://www.unimelb.edu.au/cities/research/projects/current-projects/playbook-for-urban-biodiversity