Regeneration with Banksias

Mount Barker community leaders and Banksia aficionados Kevin and Kathy Collins have transformed five hectares of low-productivity farmland on their property into a Banksia woodland ecosystem.

They also established a Banksia information centre and art gallery, an arboretum containing all species in the Banksia genus and a plant propagating nursery and seed orchard for Banksia and other native species.

They are using the Land & Water Australia Community Fellowship to produce a booklet depicting the transformation of their property and how they went about achieving success with the aim of convincing other landholders of the benefits of revegetation.