Caring for Your Patch in the Kinglake Ranges

In 2023, members of the Kinglake Landcare Group produced a booklet ‘Caring for Your Patch in the Kinglake Ranges’ to assist residents to connect with the local natural environment and learn how to protect and enhance their 'patch’.

The publication is an adaptation and modification of an earlier booklet ‘Sustainable Gardening in the Kinglake Ranges’, created and published by Sustainable Gardening Australia (SGA) and Kinglake Landcare Group (KLG) in 2012.  In recognition of the change in residents and needs since that first publication, ‘Caring for Your Patch’ seeks to inspire, educate and appeal to young and old.

Beautifully designed, the booklet features front cover artwork and wildlife characters illustrated by local Kinglake artist, Michelle Bolmat.  Its contents include backyard garden design, food growing, plant selection, weed and pest animal management and more.

Available for free download here and at Landcare events and various locations across the Kinglake Ranges, with thanks to the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) for generously providing grant funding for this project.

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