Plants and animals at the Garden
The Garden is a vibrant sanctuary teeming with biodiversity. It provides a diverse range of natural habitats and nourishment for local native birds, animals and insects.
The Garden's ongoing development program aims to augment these habitats and food sources for our wildlife. The program is important as this wildlife plays a vital role to help keep the Garden's ecosystems healthy.
Observations on iNaturalist
When you visit the Garden, you'll have the chance to see a variety of local wildlife - birds, kangaroos and reptiles are abundant.
If you're patient and quiet, you might be lucky enough to spot an echidna, swamp wallaby, long-nosed bandicoot or a lyrebird.
If you're not sure of the type of plants or animals you see around the Garden, the iNaturalist nature app can help you identify these. When using the app, you can also record your observations and learn from others:
Animals that can damage the Garden
The Garden plays an important role in the conservation of our region's threatened and endangered species, and we need to protect it.
While we do enjoy and appreciate our local wildlife, some animals can damage the Garden, and we need to restrict or remove these species. We have built an external fence around the site and nursery to minimise the impact of these animals.
Swamp wallabies have caused a major problem at the Garden. Their numbers have increased since the bushfires of 2019. After the fires devastated the region, new secure fencing, and lush regrowth of trees and shrubs created ideal conditions for these animals to thrive.
As you walk through the Garden, you'll also notice cages around many plants. These cages help to protect the young plants from our native wildlife. We will remove these cages as the plants grow taller and become less appealing to our native residents.
Contact us
If you have questions, you can contact us at:
- T: 4471 2544
- W: Online enquiry