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WHETHER your Ballarat home has minimal outdoor space, or acreage, a community organisation exists to make it a haven for local wildlife.<\/p>\n

Gardens for Wildlife Ballarat is a program offering free support, ideas and resources for anyone keen to attract Australian animals to their property.<\/p>\n

Sharon Gwynne is a volunteer, helping residents adapt their yard so wildlife like insects, bees, frogs, butterflies, lizards, bats, possums, and sometimes kangaroos, wallabies and koalas, can roam comfortably.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf people are interested, a couple of us have a walk around their garden and talk about what they\u2019d like to achieve,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe give them a report with a list of indigenous plants that might suit their property, and a good rundown of what they\u2019ve got already.<\/p>\n

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An Eastern Rosella hanging out beside a bird box in Sharon Gwynne\u2019s garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe then give participants a number of plants for their garden from the City of Ballarat indigenous nursery.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joining the group last year, Ms Gwynne achieved a goal of her own.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really wanted to see wrens. I hadn\u2019t seen any for ages. Gardens for Wildlife discovered we had an indigenous grass that we\u2019d been mowing for years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe stopped mowing it, and we\u2019ve got wrens back,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

However, welcoming wildlife is not all about natives. Being mindful of groundcovers, medium and higher-level plantings, and mulching, while having bird baths and boxes is an easy start.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of subdivision, more trees coming down and habitat getting destroyed. Whatever we can do on our little patch helps the wildlife that\u2019s left continue on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Visit facebook.com\/gardensforwildlifeballarat<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WHETHER your Ballarat home has minimal outdoor space, or acreage, a community organisation exists to make it a haven for local wildlife. Gardens for Wildlife Ballarat is a program offering free support, ideas and resources for anyone keen to attract Australian animals to their property. Sharon Gwynne is a volunteer, helping residents adapt their yard […]<\/p>\n

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