Nature at Home
Living with nature at home enables you to benefit from it daily while supporting our biodiversity. Planting locally native species in your garden or verge brings a local species another patch of home in the city, and all its pollinator and bird friends. Native plants are waterwise and climate resilient reducing the cost and effort of your garden.
As some of the resources below will show you the key is diversity. Plant a garden full of different plant shapes and sizes, different leaf types and colours, different flower types and colours that flower across the Noongar seasons so you always have flowers in your garden for you and for wildlife.
This section provides resources to help you learn about or empower you to bring nature into your home and provide a home for our wildlife.
Resources
Reimagining Naturestrips: a guide to creating native verge gardens
Kayla Tribbeck with Jane Chambers - A NatureLink Perth Intern Project
This easy to use guide provides links to all the information you need to design and install a native garden on your verge, including your local council regulations and incentives.
To access a flyer to link to this resource, click here.
Boosting Backyard Biodiversity
Rachael Graham and Jane Chambers A NatureLink Perth Intern Project
Boosting Backyard Biodiversity provides a fascinating, visual guide packed with information on how to create a more beautiful garden where you can enjoy birdsong, entice pollinators to come and make your veggie garden more productive and generally feel good about doing your bit for local wildlife by pushing back biodiversity loss in the city.
To access a flyer to link to this resource, click here.
Biodiversity for Cycleways and Walk Trails: a Guide
Rachel Peterson with Jane Chambers A NatureLink Perth Intern Project
This engaging, visual presentation provides a comprehensive guide on all aspects of how to create a cycleway or walk trail in an urban area, that enables people to connect with nature on their journey while also providing vital connectivity (NatureLinks) for our wildlife.
Please note: it is a large file (11MB) so be patient while it loads. It will be worth it!