On this page you will find a wealth of information and links to environmental and educational resources for Yarra Ranges Council municipality
- Online mapping tool to find the vegetation community on your property
- Native Plant Directory online database – indigenous plants of the Yarra Ranges and surrounds
- Plant Communities within the Yarra Ranges – includes applicable Ecological Vegetation Class name
- Trees and vegetation in the Yarra Ranges – information about trees and vegetation on roadsides, parks, private property and public land.
- Ribbons of Green program. This program aims to encourage the use of indigenous plants to restore habitats across the Yarra Ranges by providing free indigenous plants. Eligibility requirements apply.
- Gardens for Wildlife program – helps residents establish indigenous gardens to provide and food and shelter for our local wildlife.
- Southern Dandenongs Community Nursery – not-for-profit community based indigenous plant nursery in Belgrave
- Heights. SDCN services Mount Dandenong, Silvan to Gembrook and Narre Warren to Churchill National Park. They also grow plants for the Dandenong Creek catchments of Upper Western Port and Upper Port Phillip Bay. This area includes the northern section of the Gippsland Plain and the southern section of the Highlands – Southern Fall bioregions.
- Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater Indigenous Plant Nursery grow and sell over 150 species of trees, shrubs, grasses, herbs, lilies, sedges, groundcovers, climbers and aquatic/semi-aquatic plants specific to the Woori Yallock Creek sub-catchment around Yellingbo, Macclesfield, Seville, Emerald and surrounds.
- Our Mountain Home – information about how to live in the Dandenong Ranges while minimising your environmental impact on our natural environment. Click on the link to request a copy of this informative brochure.
- Weeds of the Yarra Ranges booklet – Learn about common garden and agricultural plants that are environmental weeds in the Yarra Ranges and surrounding areas.
- Apply for a Weed Wipeout Tip voucher! The Weed Wipeout program helps Yarra Valley residents dispose of environmental weeds by providing them with a tip voucher. Weed Wipeout tip vouchers are only available for specific weed species. Please review eligible species before applying for a tip voucher.