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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
    • Contact us
  • Find us
  • Support us
    • Donate
    • Make a bequest

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.

News and events

Microbats at Westgate Park, 7 Oct

Microbats at Westgate Park, 7 Oct

Sorry, this event is now fully booked. Register here for the next! Join us for an exciting evening of microbat monitoring at ...

event: 9 Sept – bird tour

event: 9 Sept – bird tour

Join us for an exciting Walk and Talk Bird Tour, meeting at the Westgate Park BBQ Shelter, Todd Road, Port Melbourne 9am-...

Microbat nest box monitoring

Microbat nest box monitoring

The Wildlife Conservation Society at Melbourne Uni came to the Park in force on Saturday. Their tasks were to finish microbat...

event for kids: 24 Sept – bird nestboxes

event for kids: 24 Sept – bird nestboxes

Some birds in Westgate Park like the Sacred Kingfisher and the Southern Boobook (owl) prefer to nest in tree hollows but thes...

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Rhagodia and Clematis on special $3.50

Rhagodia and Clematis on special $3.50

We have excellent stocks of Rhagodia candolleana – Seaberry Saltbush (a semi-succulent scrambler good for hed...

Gift of nature vouchers

Gift of nature vouchers

Surprise your friends or family with a voucher so they can choose from the many lovely indigenous species we have in stock.

Biodiversity among the high rise

Biodiversity among the high rise

We put on a great display with our stall at Victoria Harbour for the opening of the new garden beds on the concourse, ju...

New in

New in

We have in stock these high-quality terra-cotta-coloured plastic pots, filled with plants that are perfect for balcony garden...

Bird surveys

September 4 bird survey

September 4 bird survey

Water levels have risen, with the overall species number obviously high from the survey today and the efforts of several othe...

August 7 bird survey

August 7 bird survey

This survey yielded a higher numerical tally than usual. The several highlights were the return of Black-winged Stilts; a hun...

July 3 bird survey

July 3 bird survey

The count is low because the day was unpromising, and the top guns in terms of bird identification were unavailable. Moreover...

June 5 bird survey

June 5 bird survey

Although conditions were unexceptional, and a few common species were not observed, the surveyors had a wonderful day. The ap...

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Buy a gift voucher from Bili Nursery

These make great gifts for friends and family keen to add biodiversity to their garden with native plants

$25 and $50 Gift Vouchers

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, volunteering Monday and Wednesday

Bili Nursery  – 525 Williamstown Road Port Melbourne, open 9-4 pm Mon-Fri, 10-3 Saturday. Volunteer Tue and Wed 9-4pm

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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