Schools connect with nature for National Tree Day
Local schools have celebrated National Tree Day with GeoCatch by planting over 1000 trees across Busselton, Capel and Dunsborough. 150 students took part to connect with nature and learn more about remanent vegetation, habitat construction for wildlife and how they can have a positive impact on the environment around them. Students from Capel Primary, Geographe […]
Residents learn gardening tips to protect water quality
If you have ever tried growing a fruit tree in Western Australia, you will know that sandy soils can make establishing plants a complex task. Western Australia contains a range of sandy soil types that can each present their own unique challenges, especially in the Geographe Catchment where we are gardening on what is actually […]
New uPtake trial to assess alternative phosphorus product
A new trial in the Peel-Harvey catchment is examining if the use of low water-soluble phosphorus fertiliser can improve pasture growth, while reducing nutrient loss to local waterways. The trial is a part of the four year uPtake project, delivered by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) and the Department of Water […]
Waterwise gardens cope better in extreme heat
Late summer and autumn are the most challenging time for gardens grown on sandy soil. If your garden is not coping, you can beat the heat by increasing your garden’s ability to hold water. GeoCatch’s Bay OK Gardens officer, Lisa Massey, says that it’s never too late to make your garden more waterwise. “You can […]
FireWise Garden to future-proof the region
GeoCatch’s FireWise demonstration garden project, which has been shortlisted in the City of Busselton’s You Choose funding program, empowers the community to create safe FireWise landscapes across the region. The project includes the installation of a FireWise garden at a local fire station, using best practice fire-proofing and fire retardant techniques, and a community workshop […]
Summer gardens are made in spring
With summer just around the corner, GeoCatch hosted a series of Summer Loving Gardens workshops to help residents prepare their gardens for the warm dry weather. The workshops were held at Soils Ain’t Soils Busselton and featured Paul and Linda Mitchener from The Green Life Soil Company, who shared their tips for healthy summer soil. […]
Improving soil to grow great gardens
Over 50 keen gardeners attended our Bay OK gardening workshop in Vasse earlier this month to learn about creating healthy soil in the garden. The event featured 6PR garden show presenter Sue McDougall, who shared tips for improving soil to promote plant growth. Sue showed participants how adding organic matter to the soil improves soil […]
All potted up – Gardeners contain nutrients
Keen gardeners enjoyed making great soil mixes for pots and gardens at an outdoor workshop held on Saturday in the newly beautified Kent Street Laneway in the City Centre. Led by Chris Ferreira from The Forever Project, participants got their hands dirty getting their soil mix right and planting up pallet planters with native shrubs, […]
Superheroes enlisted to protect the Bay!
The Garden Guardians of the Bay have arrived to show the way towards beautiful gardens that help protect Geographe Bay. Our fun new marketing campaign, which promotes gardening actions to reduce nutrients running off into the Bay, is being launched this week across the Geographe Bay Catchment. GeoCatch board member, Robin Belford, says that urban […]
Greening our streets with Nature Verges
Nature verges are being celebrated through our Bay OK program with the launch of the Nature Verge Competition. Open to all residents in the Geographe Bay Catchment, entrants simply email or post a photo or video of their verge on social media and could win a $200 garden pack prize! Bay OK is promoting nature […]
