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Garden Guardians of the Bay

Keeping nutrients in your garden

Fertiliser-Wise Gardening

The fertilisers that we put on our gardens can run off into waterways and groundwater. The health of Geographe Bay and local wildlife is at risk if this nutrient runoff increases.

Be a Garden Guardian and you will have a beautiful garden that also takes care of the environment. It’s easy!

Simply…

Use composted manures at Bay OK rates
Apply soil wetter twice a year
Use slow-release fertilisers instead of general fertiliser
Add clay to improve sandy soils
Use coarse chunky mulch
Grow Australian native plants

View the video series below from The Forever Project’s Chris Ferreira on how to get started and our Garden Guardians of the Bay resources for handy summaries of each element to make a fertiliser-wise garden.

Garden Guardians of the Bay is supported by the South West Catchments Council, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program. It is also part of Royalties for Region’s Healthy Estuaries WA and Revitalising Geographe Waterways programs. These State Government initiatives aim to support the long-term health of our south-west estuaries.

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Featured Resources

Garden Guardians of the Bay flyer – Slow Release Fertilisers

Bay OK Gardening

Use slow release fertilisers.

Garden Guardians of the Bay flyer – Composted Manures

Bay OK Gardening

Always use composted manures.

Garden Guardians of the Bay flyer – Soil Wetter

Bay OK Gardening

Apply soil wetter twice a year.

Garden Guardians of the Bay flyer – Native Plants

Grow Australian native plants.

Garden Guardians of the Bay flyer – Mulch

Bay OK Gardening

Use coarse chunky mulch.

Garden Guardians of the Bay flyer – Clay

Bay OK Gardening

Add clay to improve sandy soils.

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