Grow West turns 20

Community driven collaboration Grow West turns 20 this year, and the group is celebrating by planting 20,000 new indigenous plants across the Moorabool and Melton areas, and holding a celebration event in October.

Key to the celebration event will be an exhibition of artworks representing the unique landscapes of the upper Werribee, which have been collected by Grow West over the last 19 years through acquisitions via the annual Rotary Club of Bacchus Marsh art prize, held on the King’s Birthday weekend, (10-12 June).

This year, Grow West will acquire another artwork to add to the collection, and the prize on offer has increased to $700. Given this is the 20th anniversary, the committee are encouraging as many entries from established and emerging artists as possible. Entries close on 22 May 2023.

Grow West officially started in 2003, and is an ambitious landscape restoration program that works with local communities to create a sustainable future.

Grow West’s vision is to rejuvenate 10,000 hectares of land by connecting the Brisbane Ranges National Park, Werribee Gorge State Park, and Lerderderg Gorge State Park through a mosaic of restoration works on private and public property.

For more information, visit growwest.com.au/artprize2023 and www.bacchusmarshrotary.org.au/art-show-2023.