On this page you will find a wealth of information and links to environmental and educational resources for Maroondah City Council municipality
- Trees, vegetation & weeds – Maroondah encourages the responsible management of naturestrips, trees, environmental weeds and burning off through regulations and provision of permits.
- Environmental weeds in Maroondah and Melbourne’s outer east.
- Biodiversity & habitat connectivity – information that guides council’s approach to biodiversity and habitat connectivity in Maroondah.
- Biodiversity in Maroondah Volume 1 provides a contemporary overview of Maroondah’s biodiversity including what species and ecosystems it comprises, where it is concentrated, what threatens and sustains it, and what Maroondah City Council and the community can do to protect, restore and improve it.
- Biodiversity in Maroondah Volume 2 provides an individual analysis of each site in Maroondah that meets the Victorian Government’s criteria for ‘sites of biological significance’.
- The above two volumes informed the the preparation of the Maroondah Vegetation Strategy 2020-2030.
- Indigenous flora and fauna. Maroondah has a vast diversity of flora and fauna, including many rare and threatened species who depend upon distinct habitat types. This webpage includes a link to a list of Maroondah’s indigenous plants.
- Download a copy of the Wildlife Gardens booklet, a collaboration between CRISP Nursery and Maroondah City Council, for lots of practical advice for the home gardener.
- Maroondah is home to approximately 44 bushland reserves, which offer visitors the enjoyment of wildflowers, wildlife, bush walks and wetlands.
- Environmental events calendar – keep up to date with nature related events in Maroondah and the wider nature community.
- Nature Havens is a Council program that supports Maroondah residents to make their gardens more wildlife friendly by creating habitat stepping stones for native animals such as birds, insects, lizards and small mammals.
- As part of our Nature Havens program, we’ll come to your garden and discuss ways you can provide more food, shelter and water for wildlife. You can register your interest in this program online.
- A number of environmental community groups are active in the Maroondah municipality. These groups are mostly volunteers who contribute many hours to preserve and maintain the local natural environment.