2024 Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants
Congratulations to the 2024 Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants recipients!
In 2024, Landcare Australia proudly partnered with the Victorian Government’s Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action for a seventh round of the Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants.This year, a total of $409,645 in funding has been awarded to 103 outstanding projects that will educate, engage and motivate young people in valuing and actively caring for Victoria’s biodiversity and natural environment.
The 2024 cohort produced some exceptional and exciting applications such as the 1st Red Hill Scouts ‘Nature Guardians’ who will be undertaking a Biodiversity Blitz to identify local species and establish wildlife corridors linking their Scout Hall to neighbouring bushland areas.
Other inspiring projects that will leave a lasting legacy include Research Primary School’s ‘Paradise Project’ focusing on preserving and enhancing local biodiversity particularly the endangered Gang-Gang Cockatoo. Fernbrook School’s ‘Restoring Ecosystems’ will identify, label and map 600 indigenous plants and create a QR trail along a corridor connecting the National Park to Wicks Reserve.
Funding the 2024 projects will make sure young Victorians have opportunities to participate in biodiversity focused hands-on projects and/or learning activities in their local communities.
The grants also contribute to the targets of Protecting Victoria’s Environment – Biodiversity 2037, the Victorian Government’s plan to stop the decline of our native plants and animals and improve our natural environment.
To read about previous Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants projects, and their positive educational and environmental outcomes, explore our case studies section here.
Complete list of 2024 Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants recipients:
| 1st Rainbow Scout Group | Mallee Detectives | Hindmarsh Shire | $4,660.51 |
| 5th Brunswick Scout Group (Scouts Victoria) | Saving and Protecting the Helmeted Honeyeater | Merri-bek City | $4,994.10 |
| Aitken College | Regeneration of Brodie’s Creek Wetlands | Hume City | $4,849.44 |
| Alexandra Secondary College | Biodiversity Nest Box Project | Murrindindi Shire | $2,671.42 |
| Altona College | The Altona Skipper Butterfly Stepping Stone Survival Project at Altona College | Hobsons Bay City | $5,000.00 |
| Apollo Bay Kindergarten | Budding Ecologists: Engaging Apollo Bay Kindergarten in Biodiversity and Conservation | Colac-Otway Shire | $2,990.00 |
| Bacchus Marsh Grammar | Young people restoring habits for the Powerful Owl and Critically Endangered Barking Owl. | Moorabool Shire | $4,879.85 |
| Bairnsdale Joey Scout Unit | Eagle Point Bats | East Gippsland Shire | $3,750.00 |
| Balnarring Primary School | Kids Healing Country | Mornington Peninsula Shire | $4,997.15 |
| Bell Primary School | Ringing the Bell for a biodiverse play space | Darebin City | $4,139.00 |
| Beveridge Primary School | Native Habitat Garden | Mitchell Shire | $4,782.58 |
| Billanook Primary School | Interconnected Earth Warriors: Exploring Environmental Impact and Biodiversity of the Dandenong Ranges | Yarra Ranges Shire | $1,995.22 |
| Brunswick South Primary School | Creating a Mural from a Walk on the Wildside | Merri-bek City | $4,780.00 |
| Buloke and Northern Grampians Landcare Network – Junior Landcare Group | Project Puggle – Educating our Future Landcarers | Northern Grampians Shire | $4,800.00 |
| Bundoora Secondary College | Monitoring the aquatic environments within the Gresswell Forest Reserves. | Banyule City | $4,795.23 |
| Buninyong Uniting Kinder | Waterway Health – Water Bugging | Ballarat City | $2,088.00 |
| Candlebark School | Tye Estate BioBlitz | Macedon Ranges Shire | $567.97 |
| Concongella Primary School | Hands-On Biodiversity Learning for Concongella Primary School in the Upper Wimmera | Northern Grampians Shire | $4,345.00 |
| Covenant College | Restoring the landscape | Greater Geelong City | $3,680.00 |
| Craig Family Centre | Study trip to Healesville Sanctuary | Boroondara City | $3,037.00 |
| Dandenong Ranges Steiner School | Biodiversity bushland improvement and new walking trail | Cardinia Shire | $3,974.00 |
| Dromana Secondary College | Dromana College Biodiversity Detection & Protection Project | Mornington Peninsula Shire | $5,000.00 |
| Eastmont Preschool | Understanding and improving the biodiversity of the grounds of the preschool | Whitehorse City | $5,000.00 |
| Edenhope College | Experiential Learning – learning about connection | West Wimmera Shire | $5,000.00 |
| Emmaus Catholic Primary School | The Frog Oasis | Brimbank City | $4,790.70 |
| Euroa Primary School | Increasing Biodiversity at our School Wetlands, enabling the Community to care for the natural environment. | Strathbogie Shire | $4,936.78 |
| Fairfield Primary School | A fabulous frog bog! | Darebin City | $4,730.00 |
| Fernbrook School | Restoring Ecosystems: Replacing Weeds with Native Plants for a Healthier Environment | Knox City | $4,647.40 |
| Froebel Carlton Early Learning Centre | Encounters with native animals and how to look after our environment | Melbourne City | $4,499.50 |
| Gembrook Preschool | Biodiversity exploration space for early childhood education | Cardinia Shire | $2,355.50 |
| Gilwell Park Scout Camp | Springbank, creating habitat for wildlife | Cardinia Shire | $3,609.30 |
| Gol Gol Public School | ‘Yuurila’ – To Listen, Speak and Learn with Knowledge and Respect – Cultural Nature Trail | Mildura Rural City | $4,995.00 |
| Grace Christian College Wodonga | WREN recovery- bushland education and restoration | Wodonga City | $4,925.00 |
| Greenhills Preschool | The Butterfly Effect | Nillumbik Shire | $1,743.50 |
| Halls Gap Primary School | Hands-On Biodiversity Learning for Halls Gap Primary School students in the Upper Wimmera | Northern Grampians Shire | $4,305.00 |
| Harcourt Valley Primary School | Enhancing Biodiversity Awareness in Harcourt: A School-Community Initiative | Mount Alexander Shire | $4,448.00 |
| Hesket Primary School | Biodiversity Blitz | Macedon Ranges Shire | $1,750.00 |
| Karmai Community Children’s Centre | Cranbourne Botanical Gardens | South Gippsland Shire | $3,000.00 |
| Knox Gardens Primary School | Save our indigenous flora | Knox City | $3,590.00 |
| Kurboroo Kindergarten | Kurboroo Kids: Exploring Habitats for Animals. | Maroondah City | $1,870.02 |
| Laa Yulta Primary School Kindergarten | Biodiversity Education Excursion | Wyndham City | $2,298.00 |
| Leopold Primary School | Land, Sea and Me! | Greater Geelong City | $4,810.00 |
| Lorne P-12 College | Enhancing Biodiversity through Caring for Country | Surf Coast Shire | $4,632.75 |
| Mansfield Rudolf Steiner School and Kindergarten | Fords Creek Water Watch Project | Mansfield Shire | $4,993.00 |
| Mirboo North Secondary College | Enhancing and Restoring the Storm Damaged environment around Mirboo North | South Gippsland Shire | $5,000.00 |
| MLC Kindle (ELC) | Create, encounter and care; A new space for exploration and thriving biodiversity. | Boroondara City | $1,671.80 |
| Montrose Scout Group | Young Guardians of Australian Wildlife | Yarra Ranges Shire | $5,000.00 |
| Mount Clear College | Pay it forward- MCC community impact explores for our local Biodiversity | Ballarat City | $4,999.26 |
| Moyston Primary School | Biodiversity cluster-day learning excursions for Moyston PS students | Ararat Rural City | $4,800.00 |
| Mulgrave Primary School | Forging The Future | Monash City | $3,622.50 |
| Napoleons Primary School | From Weeds to Wildlife – Reinvigorating our Native Gardens | Golden Plains Shire | $2,020.98 |
| Natural Wonders Early Learning Mooroolbark | Fostering Biodiversity Awareness in Early Childhood: A Holistic Approach | Yarra Ranges Shire | $4,555.00 |
| Newlands Primary School | Indigenous Gardens for Biodiversity and Wellbeing | Darebin City | $4,999.51 |
| Orchard Park Primary School – Officer | Pollinators Paradise & Froggy Fairyland | Cardinia Shire | $4,802.80 |
| Osborne Primary School | Green Links Wildlife Corridor | Mornington Peninsula Shire | $3,500.00 |
| Osbornes Flat Primary School | The Bush – A great classroom for cultural knowledge and our plants and animals | Indigo Shire | $2,500.00 |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Ocean Grove | Hands up for Biodiversity: appreciating nature through art; planting & building habitats; observing & caring. | Greater Geelong City | $4,994.05 |
| Panton Hill Primary School | Panton Hill biodiversity monitoring and action | Nillumbik Shire | $4,735.00 |
| Pomonal Primary School | Biodiversity cluster-day learning excursions and planting project for Pomonal PS students | Ararat Rural City | $4,650.00 |
| Queenscliff Primary School | Native Indigenous and Biodiversity Garden | Borough of Queenscliffe | $5,000.00 |
| Red Hill Consolidated School | Restoring the School’s Biodiversity by Creating Natural Corridors of Indigenous Plants. | Mornington Peninsula Shire | $4,950.00 |
| Research Primary School | Paradise Project | Nillumbik Shire | $4,997.00 |
| Reservoir East Primary School | Re-wilding of disused school oval | Darebin City | $4,980.00 |
| Robert Cochrane Kindergarten | Biodiversity focused education activity: Native Bee Incursion | Boroondara City | $1,160.00 |
| Rosanna Golf Links Primary School | Biodiversity Builders: Shaping Tomorrow’s Leaders for Sustainable Landcare | Banyule City | $4,989.19 |
| Saint Alipius Parish Primary School | EcoSystems, Biodiversity, and Connection to Country | Ballarat City | $4,984.00 |
| Scouts Victoria (1st Red Hill Scouts) | Nature Guardians: Hands-on Biodiversity Learning | Mornington Peninsula Shire | $4,556.33 |
| St Georges Rd Primary School | Student Native Nursery | Greater Shepparton | $4,030.28 |
| St Gerard’s primary school | Wurundjeri Way | Greater Dandenong City | $4,993.39 |
| St John the Baptist Primary School | School Ground Revegetation | Knox City | $1,000.00 |
| St John’s Primary School Euroa | Nature’s Classroom | Strathbogie Shire | $4,340.00 |
| St Josephs School Chiltern | Our Native Plants and Animals | Indigo Shire | $4,960.00 |
| St Kilda Park Primary School | Nesting boxes and pollinator hotels for wildlife corridors | Port Phillip City | $3,000.00 |
| St Theresa’s Primary School | Beautifying Kororoit Creek Project | Brimbank City | $5,000.00 |
| St. Bernard’s Primary Wangaratta | Nesting Box Initiative for Biodiversity Enhancement at St. Bernard’s Primary School | Wangaratta Rural City | $4,376.00 |
| St. Brigid’s Primary School | Improving Gisborne Botanical Gardens’ biodiversity by planting indigenous vegetation and creating habitats for native animals | Macedon Ranges Shire | $4,000.00 |
| St. Francis of Assisi Primary School | Stories of Silhouetted Species | Wodonga City | $4,730.99 |
| St. Leonards Primary School | Land, Sea and Me 2.0 | Corangamite Shire | $4,470.00 |
| St. Michael’s Primary School Daylesford | Biodiversity Nature Trail | Hepburn Shire | $4,999.25 |
| Stawell Primary School | Hands-On Biodiversity Learning for Stawell Primary School Students in the Upper Wimmera | Northern Grampians Shire | $4,850.00 |
| Stawell Secondary College | Hands-On Biodiversity Learning for Stawell Secondary College in the Upper Wimmera | Northern Grampians Shire | $4,979.00 |
| Stawell West Primary School | Hands-On Biodiversity Learning for Stawell West students in the Upper Wimmera | Northern Grampians Shire | $4,795.00 |
| Summerhill Park Kindergarten | Teaching our children to understand and protect our amazing biodiversity | Boroondara City | $2,250.00 |
| Swan Reach Primary School | Enhancing Biodiversity through Student Engagement at Swan Reach Primary School | East Gippsland Shire | $5,000.00 |
| Tarralla Kindergarten | Frog Bog and Habitat Stepping Stones | Maroondah City | $2,292.02 |
| Tate Street Primary School | Pallets for Pollinators | Greater Geelong City | $3,203.72 |
| The Lady Gowrie Child Centre Melbourne Inc. | Connecting to Country through Victorian Biodiversity | Melbourne City | $3,363.34 |
| The Patch Primary School | Patchwork: Building Ecological Literacy through Community Engagement | Yarra Ranges Shire | $3,480.00 |
| Timboon P12 School | Roots and Shoots Biodiversity Project | Corangamite Shire | $2,978.00 |
| Upper Sandy Creek Primary School | Sandy Creek Kids exploring nature | Indigo Shire | $1,600.00 |
| Victoria University Secondary College | Student Biodiversity Garden Project | Brimbank City | $4,998.00 |
| Wandong Primary School | Minibeast Environment | Mitchell Shire | $2,130.00 |
| Wangaratta District Specialist School | Winton Wetlands – Demonstration Pond Revegetation Project | Wangaratta Rural City | $4,999.13 |
| Wattle Glen Primary School | Pollinators’ Paradise | Nillumbik Shire | $4,996.00 |
| Wendouree Primary School | Our Biodiverse Boardwalk and Education Project | Ballarat City | $4,050.00 |
| Wheelers Hill Primary School | Biodiversity Learning | Monash City | $5,000.00 |
| Windsor Primary School | Learning about caring for Victoria’s wildlife and habitats through an excursion to Healesville Sanctuary. | Stonnington City | $1,976.00 |
| Woodleigh School | Planting for Biodiversity – Watson’s creek | Frankston City | $5,000.00 |
| Woodline Primary School | Harmony Garden | Greater Geelong City | $4,998.00 |
| Wooragee Primary School | Frog Bog Upgrade | Indigo Shire | $1,700.00 |
| Wurruk Primary School | Wurruk Primary Frog Bog | Wellington Shire | $4,475.00 |
| Wycheproof Junior Landcare | ‘From Little Things’ – the Wycheproof and District Junior Landcare debut tour | Buloke Shire | $3,876.00 |
| Yarralea Childrens Centre | Biodiversity focused excursion at the Melbourne Zoo & Aquarium | Yarra City | $1,582.20 |