- Plants Society Groups
- Local Friends,
- Landcare and other Groups
- Nurseries
- Flora and Fauna
- Smartphone and Tablet APPS
- TV and Radio Gardening Programs
- Publications and Newsletters
- The Environment
- List of Useful Resources
Plants Society Groups
ANPSA – Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) – National body.
- Victorian APS District Groups
- APS Victoria (Australian Plants Society in Victoria)
- Other States & Territories
- ANPSA Study Groups (e.g. Acacia, Pea Flower, Food Plants, Australian Plants for Containers, Banksia, Correa, Dryandra, Eremophila, Eucalyptus, Fern, Garden Design, Grevillea, Goodeniaceae, Hakea, Isopogon and Petrophile, Wallum and Coastal Heathland).
Alternative link is Study Groups of the APS Victoria
Non ANPSA Group (in Victoria):
- Victorian Native Bonsai Club
- Victorian Carnivorous Plant Society (VCPS)
- Australian Native Orchid Society (ANOS) in Victoria
ANBG – Australian National Botanic Gardens (Canberra)
Friends, Landcare and other Groups
For an extensive list of local Friends and Landcare groups, go to the Landcare Australia or Green Wedges Coalition members list.
Local groups with web sites include:
- Jacksons Creek EcoNetwork Inc.
- Friends of Kororoit Creek
- Friends of the Maribyrnong Valley
- Friends of the Melton Botanic Garden – Dryland Eucalyptus Arboretum
- Friends of Newell’s Paddock – Facebook
- Friends of Organ Pipes National Park
- Riddells Creek Landcare
- Friends of Royal Park
- Friends of Stony Creek – Facebook.
- Wybejong Park
Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria” has two volunteering programs running:
- Stationeers (sponsored by Victrack, VLine, Metro Trains and Victorian Dept of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure)
- Adopt a Roadside (sponsored by Vicroads and Regional Roads Victoria)
Nurseries
- Click this link for a list of Local Indigenous Plant Nurseries in Melbourne.
Nurseries selling mostly Australian Plants or Seeds that are close by
- Melton Botanic Garden. Plant Nursery: 21 Williams St (near corner of Tullidge St and Williams St), Melways Map 337 Ref: C10 and D10.
The nursery is open 10am-1pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays, 2nd and 4th Sundays. - Kuranga Nursery (118 York Road, Mount Evelyn, VIC 3796, Ph. (03) 9760 8100,
Email: info@kuranga.com.au) - Austplant Nursery & Gardens, 249 Purves Road, Arthurs Seat, VIC 3936 Melway Ref: 171:F503 Ph. (03) 5989 6120
Email:admin@austplant.com.au) - Victorian Native Seed (Denver, VIC; contact via website)
Other nurseries in Victoria with a website (in order of proximity)
- Goldfields Revegetation (230 Tannery Lane, Mandurang, VIC 3551, Ph. (03) 5439 5384,
Email: info@goldfieldsrevegetation.com.au) - Wildtech Nursery (PO Box 170, Heyfield, VIC 3538, Ph. (03) 5148 2635,
Email: enquiries@wildtechnursery.com.au) - Vaughan’s Australian Plants (Facebook) (3322 Ararat Halls Gap rd, Pomonal, VIC 3381, Mobile: 0412 632 767
Email: vaughans.plants@jollymac.com.au) - Australian Native Farm Forestry (6 Cobrawonga Road, Cobram East, VIC 3644, Mobile: 0417 123 432)
- Wimmera Native Nursery (60 Nhill Road, Dimboola, VIC 3414. Ph. (03)5389 1193).
- A list of other nurseries in Victoria can be found in ANPSA website.
Nurseries with limited range of Native Plants:
- Bunnings
- Poyntons Nursery (Cnr Vida Street & The Boulevard,Essendon, Vic.) ph. 03 9337 8111
You can buy a selection of native plants (incl. grafted & unusual plants, grown by our members) at our Monthly Meetings.
Click here for a list of Native Plant Nurseries from all over Australia (ANPSA web site).
Flora, Fauna and Arts
- Plant Photos
- Plant Information
- Garden Design
- Weed Information
- Fauna Information
- Flora Artwork and Illustration
Plant Photos
- ANPSA Native Plant Profiles (excellent photo collection & detailed info on each plant)
- ANPSA Common Genera Families
- Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG)
- Main Photo List (National Plant Photographic Index – listed by Family – a massive collection of photos!)
- Digital Camera Images by Genus
- Search for Photos of Plants in the ANBG database (a fantastic resource)
- iNaturalist Australia
- NatureShare (This is an archive website. No new entries can be added).
- The Atlas of Living Australia Flora and Fauna database.
- Victorian Flora
Plant Information
- Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG – Lots of Info on Everything!)
- ANPSA Resources(Back Issues Magazines and Links to other resources.)
- Eucalypts of MBG Eucalyptus Arborteum (Describes the eucalypts in Melton Botanic Garden.)
- Flora List from “Plants of Melbourne’s Western Plains: A Gardener’s Guide to the Original Flora, 2nd Edition”
- VICFLORA – Flora of Victoria: On-line resources for plants in Victoria, including:
- KeyBase from Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria: Interactive on-line identification.
- Multi-access key to the Eucalypts of Victoria
- Multi-access key to the Asteraceae of Victoria
- Muelleria On-line Journal published by Royal Botanical Gardens, Melbourne
- Small Eucalypts for the Garden.
- Victorian Government Advisory List of Rare or Threatened Plants in Victoria a PDF file
- WATTLE Acacias of Australia By B.R. Maslin On-line Acacia identification from Lucid Central.org
Garden Design
- APS Victoria (Garden Design)
- ANPSA Garden Design Group,
Weeds Information
Fauna Information
- Attracting Birds to Your Garden Using Native Plants. (Birdlife on-line article)
- Bird Finder from Birds in Backyard
- BirdsLife Australia (Merger between Bird Australia and Bird Observers Club of Australia)
- Birds (With link to iNaturalist Web Site)
- Canberra Ornithologists Group
- CSIRO publishing has guide books to fauna
- Victorian Government Advisory-List-of-Threatened-Vertebrate-Fauna – a PDF file
- Victorian Government Advisory List of Threatened Invertebrate Fauna– a PDF file
- Eremaea eBird (for information about rare bird sightings.)
- NatureShare(Archive website. No new entry added).
- What Bug is that? from CSIRO
Flora Artwork and Illustration
Radio and Television:
- ABC1 TV: Gardening Australia (Friday 7.30 PM to 8.30 PM, repeated on Sunday 1.30 PM to 2.30 PM)
- 3CR radio (AM dial 855MHz) Gardening Show (Sunday 7.30 AM to 9.15 AM).
Smartphone and Tablet APPS:
- BirdLife Australia Field Guide to Wetland Birds. (for Apple devices only)
- Ecolinc: Biodiversity of the Western Volcanic Plains Flora and Fauna Field Guide App. (for Apple devices only) – free
- Museum Victoria: MV Field Guide to Victorian Fauna (for Apple and Android devices) – free
- Michael Morcombe and David Stewart: eGuide to the Birds of Australia (for Apple and Android devices)
- Pizzey & Knight: Birds of Australia Digital Edition (for Apple and Android devices)
- Australian Museum: FrogID Project. (Apple and Android devices)
Periodicals/Newsletters (On-line or downloadable)
- Muelleria online from Herbarium (Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne)
The Environment and Sustainability
- Brimbank City Council – Environmental Web Site
- Bush Heritage (conserving biodiversity in Australia)
- Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies (CERES)
- Greening Australia
- Land for Wildlife Victoria
- Landcare Victoria
- Merri Creek Management Committee Incorporated (MCMC)
- Permaculture Victoria (formerly Permaculture Melbourne).
- TreeProject
- Trust for Nature (buy your dream home or covenant your property)