2026 Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants
Grant:
2026 Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants
Age Groups:
7-13 | 13-18
Number of Projects:
102
Application closed date:
27 March 2026
We’re excited to share that the 2026 Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants have been awarded!
Delivered through a partnership between Landcare Australia and the Victorian Government’s Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, this year marks the ninth round of the Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants. In 2026, $394,305 in funding will support 102 inspiring projects that help young people learn about and take action for Victoria’s incredible biodiversity.
Thank you to everyone who applied. We were impressed by the quality and creativity of submissions, with fantastic ideas for children and young people of all ages. Here are just a few of the wonderful projects that were successful…
Bruce’s Creek Junior Landcare Project
Upper Plenty Primary School students will be working hard to restoring Bruce’s Creek by replanting the Indigenous species that once grew there and expanding habitat for local wildlife. From nest box checks to frog and waterbug surveys, the creek corridor will become a thriving outdoor learning space.
Where Play Meets Nature: Creating a Living Biodiversity Trail
Epsom Primary School will turn an underused corner into a living Biodiversity Habitat Trail woven through a new play space. With 600 native plants, students will learn through play while creating real habitat for local wildlife.
Scales, Scat & Survival: A Section-Based Biodiversity Series
Scales, Scat & Survival delivers a five-phase biodiversity series where Scouts learn by doing – through hands-on sessions, youth-led activities and overnight adventures. Each age section will build practical skills to understand and protect local wildlife.
Caring for Country: Students Restoring Native Habitat
Iona College students will start with expert-led biodiversity surveys, then act on the findings by planting pollinator-friendly gardens and installing nest boxes. It’s a practical, student-driven approach to restoring native habitat on campus.
These projects will help young Victorians get hands-on with biodiversity projects and learning activities in their local communities. The grants support the objectives of the Victorian Government’s Protecting Victoria’s Environment – Biodiversity 2037 plan, which aims to stop the decline of native plants and animals and strengthen the health of our natural environment.
To see what previous Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants have achieved and the positive educational and environmental impacts they’ve delivered, you can explore our case studies here.
Complete list of 2026 Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants recipients:
| Project Title | School/Group Type | Local Government area | Funding amount |
| Scales, Scat & Survival: A Section-Based Biodiversity Series | Scout Group | Maroondah City | $3,948.00 |
| Marine and Coastal Environmental and Biodiversity Exploration | Scout Group | Wellington Shire | $3,879.00 |
| Sea Scouts Caring for Coast & Country: Marine Education and Sugar Glider Habitat Restoration | Scout Group | Bayside City | $4,986.32 |
| Caring for Country | Scout Group | Mornington Peninsula Shire | $1,924.00 |
| Malleefowl Detectives | Scout Group | Mildura Rural City | $2,866.93 |
| Native bee garden | P-12 | Hume City | $2,343.85 |
| Frog Habitat Regeneration | Primary School | Monash City | $2,226.00 |
| Promoting Suitable Habitat and Native Faunal Diversity in Rehabilitated Vegetation | P-12 | Yarra City | $5,000.00 |
| Habitat gardens and biodiversity trail | Primary School | Ararat Rural City | $2,830.95 |
| Nesting Boxes for local birds | P-12 | Greater Geelong City | $2,700.00 |
| Developing the nature corridors of Staughton Vale | P-12 | Moorabool Shire | $3,900.00 |
| Dolphins and Marine Animals of Gippsland Lakes | Scout Group | East Gippsland Shire | $4,107.60 |
| Biodiversity Corridor Blitz | P-12 | Mornington Peninsula Shire | $4,842.50 |
| Connecting to Country — Introducing Cultural Connection and Biodiversity gardens | Special Education | Bass Coast Shire | $4,999.40 |
| Bee Education and Pollinator Garden | Primary School | Bayside City | $4,884.00 |
| Little Stones Habitat | Primary School | Mornington Peninsula Shire | $4,176.00 |
| Boisdale Interwoven Biodiversity | Primary School | Wellington Shire | $4,150.00 |
| Creating a Native Habitat Island in a Sea of Concrete and Turf Grass | Primary School | Boroondara City | $2,674.92 |
| Sustainable Gardeners | Primary School | Casey City | $4,895.50 |
| Habitat Garden | Primary School | Banyule City | $4,749.14 |
| Student-led Creation of Wild Habitat in the School Grounds | Secondary School | Merri-bek City | $4,927.40 |
| Planting seeds for seasons of biocultural learning | Primary School | Merri-bek City | $4,950.00 |
| Buninyong Primary School STEM Scholarship Citizen Science | Primary School | Ballarat City | $2,709.41 |
| Restoring Native Habitat | Primary School | Mildura Rural City | $4,565.00 |
| Our Lizard Lounge “A Reptile Retreat” | Primary School | Wellington Shire | $2,900.00 |
| Planting endemic species | Primary School | Colac Otway Shire | $4,292.00 |
| Deep Creek is our schools backyard in Darraweit Guim, the headwaters of the mighty Mirrangamurm! | Primary School | Macedon Ranges Shire | $4,075.00 |
| Let’s Grow Together: Student-Led Biodiversity and Habitat Creation | Primary School | Yarra City | $1,000.00 |
| Planting for Native Creatures | Primary School | Nillumbik Shire | $1,758.05 |
| Excursion to Healesville Sanctuary and Samaria nesting box project | Special Education | Benalla Rural City | $3,347.00 |
| Sugar Glider Habitat Restoration, Indigenous Ceremony & Youth Stewardship | Primary School | Port Phillip City | $4,900.11 |
| Where Play Meets Nature: Creating a Living Biodiversity Trail | Primary School | Greater Bendigo City | $4,800.00 |
| Bug Builders: Creating Habitats for Biodiversity | Primary School | Moonee Valley City | $3,650.00 |
| Indigenous Biodiversity and Habitat | Primary School | Moonee Valley City | $3,856.00 |
| Restoring the landscape | P-12 | Greater Geelong City | $5,000.00 |
| Creating Habitat, Connecting with Country | Scout Group | Hume City | $4,466.00 |
| Growing Habitat, Growing Stewards | Primary School | Boroondara City | $3,506.00 |
| Wetland Discovery Zone: Restoring Habitat and Learning About Aquatic Ecosystems | Primary School | Macedon Ranges Shire | $2,600.00 |
| Caring for Country: Students Restoring Native Habitat | Secondary School | Greater Geelong City | $4,400.00 |
| Restoring Frog Habitat through Indigenous Planting and Cultural Learning | Primary School | Baw Baw Shire | $2,830.89 |
| Outdoor Biodiversity Learning Space | Primary School | Nillumbik Shire | $4,425.36 |
| Kerribana Young Carers on Country | Primary School | Wodonga City | $3,406.85 |
| Biodiversity Butterfly Discovery Trail | Primary School | Hume City | $5,000.00 |
| Indigenous Garden | Primary School | South Gippsland Shire | $3,115.00 |
| Biodiversity Builders: Year 7 Native Plant Project | Secondary School | Whitehorse City | $4,805.00 |
| Learning about wetland biodivertisy and growing wetland plants | Primary School | Moyne Shire | $4,133.00 |
| Enhancing Biodiversity with Nesting Habitats | Primary School | Mornington Peninsula Shire | $1,035.00 |
| Caring for Country | Primary School | Swan Hill Rural City | $4,900.00 |
| Biodiverse sensory garden | P-12 | Colac Otway Shire | $5,000.00 |
| From Tree Loss to Habitat Gain: A Native Bird Garden | Secondary School | Colac Otway Shire | $4,345.00 |
| Land, Sea & Me! | Primary School | Greater Geelong City | $5,000.00 |
| Middle Gully Native Edible Garden and Wildlife Habitat Restoration Project | Primary School | Macedon Ranges Shire | $2,440.00 |
| Supporting Wildlife to Thrive in our Local Community | Primary School | Kingston City | $4,180.00 |
| Learning on Country | Primary School | Wangaratta Rural City | $3,800.00 |
| Biodiversity Garden | Primary School | Casey City | $1,726.72 |
| Koorie Garden Project | Primary School | Wyndham City | $4,770.00 |
| Grubs, Shrubs, Trees and Waterways Project | Primary School | Brimbank City | $5,000.00 |
| Water Heroes | Primary School | Glenelg Shire | $4,900.00 |
| Birdlife in the Gippsland Lakes | Scout Group | East Gippsland Shire | $4,700.00 |
| Edendale Farm Biodiversity Excursion | Primary School | Darebin City | $4,980.00 |
| Point Cook Coastal Park Revegetation Project | Primary School | Wyndham City | $5,000.00 |
| Bugs, butterflies and birds | Primary School | Queenscliffe Borough | $2,200.00 |
| 150th Anniversary Biodiversity Plantation | Primary School | Greater Bendigo City | $3,215.00 |
| Restoring School Grounds with Native Plants for Biodiversity | Primary School | Whitehorse City | $5,000.00 |
| Indigenous Garden and Biodiversity Learning Project | Primary School | Mildura Rural City | $4,631.00 |
| Planting Day | Primary School | Hume City | $4,221.00 |
| Building Biodiversity | Secondary School | Knox City | $4,500.00 |
| Helping Our Frogs Get Home | Primary School | Frankston City | $2,102.60 |
| Connection to Country | Primary School | Frankston City | $5,000.00 |
| Platypus Protectors | Primary School | Yarra Ranges Shire | $1,923.00 |
| Creating and restoring habitat for hollow dependent animals in fire effected communities | Secondary School | Mitchell Shire | $4,475.00 |
| Blue-Tongue Lizard Biodiversity Habitat & Living Classroom | Primary School | Banyule City | $4,115.00 |
| Detectives of the Avoca River | Primary School | Northern Grampians Shire | $4,200.00 |
| Six Seasons Habitat Project: Connecting to Country by creating a School Biodiversity Corridor | Primary School | Cardinia Shire | $3,000.00 |
| Growing Our Indigenous Forest | Primary School | Greater Shepparton City | $4,800.00 |
| Nature’s Pathway | Primary School | Ballarat City | $4,160.00 |
| Biological Sciences Incursions | Primary School | Knox City | $1,256.00 |
| Butterfly meeting Place | Primary School | Mornington Peninsula Shire | $5,000.00 |
| Seeds of Volcanic Plains | Secondary School | Greater Geelong City | $4,400.00 |
| Caring for Our Common Home | Primary School | Mornington Peninsula Shire | $3,743.34 |
| Restoring habitat after fire | P-12 | Mitchell Shire | $4,657.80 |
| Bloom & Buzz: A Pollinator Project | Primary School | Maribyrnong City | $4,694.20 |
| Eco Trail Biodiversity Walk | Primary School | Casey City | $4,930.00 |
| Regeneration and Reconnection to Country: Students Restoring Biodiversity on Wurundjeri Country | Primary School | Brimbank City | $4,832.00 |
| Bushland Buddies | Girl Guides | $4,793.00 | |
| Wetland habitat restoration | P-12 | Corangamite Shire | $4,875.00 |
| Forest Regeneration | Secondary School | Yarra Ranges Shire | $4,882.00 |
| Student-Led Native Habitat Corridor | Secondary School | Mornington Peninsula Shire | $4,350.00 |
| Native Wildlife Education at Cuboree 2026 | Scout Group | Cardinia Shire | $5,000.00 |
| Clay Habitats: Art for Wildlife | Secondary School | Whittlesea City | $3,691.56 |
| Seeds, Sand and Stewardship. Williams Rd Beach Eco Warriors. | P-12 | Mornington Peninsula Shire | $1,390.00 |
| Ripple Effect: Students for Healthy Waterways | P-12 | Mildura Rural City | $3,083.73 |
| Bruce’s Creek Junior Landcare Project | Primary School | Mitchell Shire | $2,496.18 |
| Creating habitat and welcoming pollinators | Primary School | Banyule City | $4,461.19 |
| School Bush Zone Refurbishment | Primary School | Mitchell Shire | $1,311.50 |
| Plant, Nurture, Learn | Primary School | Monash City | $1,542.65 |
| Native Grassland | Primary School | Ballarat City | $5,000.00 |
| From Paddock to Habitat | Primary School | East Gippsland Shire | $4,471.80 |
| Watson’s Creek Regeneration Stage 2 | Secondary School | Frankston City | $4,900.00 |
| The Native Plant Sanctuary | P-12 | Buloke Shire | $3,750.00 |
| Caring for Biodiversity and our Common Home | P-12 | Boroondara City | $1,457.00 |
| The Indigenous Island beds learning trail | Secondary School | Murrindindi Shire | $4,514.60 |
| $394,305.05 |