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  • About us
    • Our vision
      • Our Rules and Purposes
      • Annual Report 2020-2021
    • Our logo
    • What biodiversity means to us
    • Funding
    • Our history
      • SKINC’s story
      • Westgate Park 1 – Early history of the land
      • Westgate Park 2 – From construction site to neglect
      • Friends of Westgate Park story
  • Nursery
    • Bili Nursery
    • Plant list
  • Plant info
    • Threatened species
      • Species rare in Melbourne area
    • Wildflowers A – D
    • Wildflowers E – M
    • Wildflowers O – Z
    • Trees and shrubs A – E
    • Trees and shrubs G – P
    • Grasses, sedges and rushes
    • Groundcovers and climbers A-G
    • Groundcovers and climbers H-Z
  • In the Park
    • Plants
      • Coastal headland scrub
      • Coastal saltmarsh
      • Coast Banksia
      • Heathy woodland
      • Plains grassland
      • Plains grassy woodlands
      • Riparian woodland
      • Sand Heathland
      • Sedgy wetlands
    • Birds
      • Bird list – land-based
      • Bird list – wetland-dependent & raptors
    • Bees, beetles & bugs
    • Fungi
      • Fungi list
      • Gilled fungi
      • Bird’s nests, corals, cups, earthstars, jellies, leathers, polypores & resupinate fungi
      • Stinkhorns, Puffballs & Slime moulds
  • Get involved
    • Membership
    • Volunteer
    • Subscribe
    • Donate
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  • Find us

Westgate Biodiversity: Bili Nursery & Landcare - We grow and sell indigenous plants and are transforming Westgate Park into a biodiverse, bush-like habitat for people to enjoy.

Blogs and news

New Manager for Westgate Biodiversity

New Manager for Westgate Biodiversity

A warm welcome to Rhod Cunningham who joined the team this week as Manager of our operations. She has a wealth of plant nurse...

Big ACF effort

Big ACF effort

Members of the Australian Conservation Foundation – Macnamara Chapter – are very good friends of Westgate Biodive...

Volunteers bounce back at WBBNL

Volunteers bounce back at WBBNL

After two difficult, COVID-affected years, Westgate Biodiversity and Bili Nursery Landcare is set to relaunch its volunteer p...

Yabbies’ many roles in ecosystems

Yabbies’ many roles in ecosystems

Whether eating or being eaten, yabbies play a vital role in wetland ecosystems such as Westgate Park. Yabbies have been recor...

July 4 Bird survey

July 4 Bird survey

In all, 44 bird species were recorded, including opportunistic sightings. Some highlights were the two Australian Pied Oyster...

Westgate Park bird survey 2 May

Westgate Park bird survey 2 May

There were two notable sightings in the park over the past month as well as many familiar species. Habitat on land and water ...

Westgate Park bird survey 4 April

Westgate Park bird survey 4 April

Highlights of the April survey were the high number of Grey Fantails – possibly four separate groups. And a sighting of an ...

Westgate Park bird survey 7 Mar

Westgate Park bird survey 7 Mar

Forty-six bird species were sighted along the Westgate Park survey route on a humid but clear March day. When added to opport...

Indigenous plants - wildflowers

Wildflowers A – D

Wildflowers A – D

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Wildflowers E – M

Wildflowers E – M

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Wildflowers O – Z

Wildflowers O – Z

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Indigenous plants - trees and shrubs, grasses

Trees and shrubs A – E

Trees and shrubs A – E

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Trees and shrubs G – P

Trees and shrubs G – P

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Grasses, sedges and rushes

Grasses, sedges and rushes

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Indigenous plants - groundcovers and climbers, rare and threatened

Groundcovers and climbers A-G

Groundcovers and climbers A-G

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Groundcovers and climbers H-Z

Groundcovers and climbers H-Z

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Threatened species

Threatened species

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Bili Landcare – Westgate Park – Todd Road, Port Melbourne (postal address 4 Wharf Road), volunteering generally Monday and Wednesday

Bili Nursery  – 525 Williamstown Road Port Melbourne, open 9 am to 4 pm

Call 0492 972 652 for more information

 

Partners

Melbourne Bushfood | Parks Victoria, Park Managers | Port Phillip EcoCentre | Landcare Australia | Conservation Volunteers Australia | City of Port Phillip | City of Melbourne  |  The Heart Gardening Project

Acknowledgements

We acknowledge the Elders and members of the Yalukit Wilam clan of the Boon Wurrung language group, who are the custodians of the land on which we work and meet.

We value our ongoing relationship with the Boon Wurrung Foundation.

We support adoption of the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

 

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