Improve our natural environment through sustainable environmental management.
About Us
Sutton Landcare aims to improve our natural environment by ensuring that all members are fully informed on the principles of sustainable environmental management and how to implement them. Armed with the right knowledge we can ensure that we manage public and private spaces with sound environmental practices. We can also make intelligent comments to the relevant authorities on the stewardship of publicly-owned land in our community.
Accordingly the major activities of the Group centre around talks by visiting experts on a wide range of land management and conservation issues chosen by the members to be of particular priority or interest. The Group also has a long-standing commitment to ensure the well-being of the grassy box woodland area just east of Sutton Primary School, known locally as "Sutton Common".
A public meeting at Sutton Community Hall in April 1997 discussed the need of a landcare group at Sutton. In June 1997 the Group was officially established under the umbrella of the Sutton & District Community Association. The initial focus was on weeds, trees and river care.
Our Group logo reflects Sutton Landcare's ongoing interest in trees, plants and wildlife (hence the native bettong in the logo). Bettongs are an endangered species and a new colony is being built up by a consortium of government agencies at Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary, just a few kilometers west of Sutton Village.
Landcare meetings are held at Sutton Public School, normally on the third Tuesday of each even-numbered month. The usual format is a short business meeting 7:30 - 8:00 pm, followed by a guest speaker presentation or some other activity, followed by a light supper. Our meetings are advertised in several local newspapers so that any interested person has the opportunity to attend.
Financial year membership costs $5 per adult or $10 per family. You can find our membership form in "Event Summaries & Resources" folder on the left. Payment can be made in cash to our Treasurer, or by direct bank-to-bank transfer to our Bendigo Bank account (BSB: 633-000 Account: 131530883).
For general inquiries about Sutton Landcare meetings, please contact our Secretary on sutton.landcare@gmail.com
Sutton Landcare Group Contacts
President: Dr Arnold Dekker.
Vice President: TBA.
Secretary: Debra Rickwood (sutton.landcare@gmail.com)
Treasurer: Christine Pahlman
Sutton Landcare acknowledges, celebrates and pays our respects to the Ngambri people of this region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.
Projects
Sutton Landcare recognised early on that there was a significant conservation risk hanging over the Crown Land area just east of Sutton Public School. The land comprises a bio-diverse remnant of Yellow Box/Red Gum grassy woodland.
The aim is for removal of weeds and encourage natives back into the area.