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  • About us
    • Our vision
      • Our Rules and Purposes
    • 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
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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

Endangered Tussock Skink

Endangered Tussock Skink

This week, for Threatened Species Day, we are celebrating the discovery in our 2nd heath of the beautiful Southern Grass Tuss...

Peas, fabulous peas

Peas, fabulous peas

August and September are the best times to see peas in the Park. Dillwynia, Aotus, Eutaxia, Davesia and Bossiaea species put ...

Melbourne Pollinator Corridor

Melbourne Pollinator Corridor

Westgate Park is set to play a key part in an ambitious new project to boost indigenous insect life and pollination. Emma Cut...

Port of Melbourne on board

Port of Melbourne on board

Bili Nursery recently grew and supplied 8000 plants for the Port of Melbourne to fill in gaps in the Todd Rd linear landscape...

Bird Survey 2 Aug

Bird Survey 2 Aug

The park has had good rain, and water levels have risen in the lakes and wetlands. The day of the survey was windy, whic...

Bird survey July

Bird survey July

The park looks good, thanks to a reasonably wet June. Waters level are high in the two main lakes and the dam, but all other ...

Bird Survey 31 May/1 Jun

Bird Survey 31 May/1 Jun

48 species were observed including and a pair of Dusky Woodswallows seen flying overhead – the first record of this spe...

Bird survey April

Bird survey April

Water levels have dropped over the last month. Nevertheless, none of the larger waders were present. However, encountering bo...

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 Nursery or Bili Landcare – 525 Williamstown Road Port Melb. Call 0492 972 652.

 

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Parks Victoria, Park Managers | Port Phillip EcoCentre | Landcare Australia | Conservation Volunteers Australia | City of Port Phillip | City of Melbourne

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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