Ep.67 How to use native grasses for amenity & habitat in your gardens - Ben Courtice (Ecologist, Botanist, Bush Regenerator‪)‬ Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology

Ben Courtice is an ecologist, botanist and bush regenerator working for a company on behalf of council around the Melbourne area, and he knows native grasses. In this episode, he shares his wisdom so that we can approach this type of plant with confidence. There are a range of habitat and amenity services that our native Aussie grasses can provide, so there's really no excuse to use invasive ornamental grasses in our gardens any more.

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Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bencourtice
Vic Flora: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/
Nativeseeds.com.au: https://nativeseeds.com.au/
Seeding Victoria: https://www.seedingvictoria.com.au/
Victorian Indigenous Nurseries Co Op (VINC) in Fairfield: https://www.vinc.net.au/
La Trobe University's Nangak Wildlife Sanctuary: https://www.latrobe.edu.au/wildlife
Newport Lakes Native Nursery: https://www.facebook.com/NewportLakesNativeNursery
St Kilda Indigenous Co Op Nursery (and Westgate Biodiversity): https://westgatebiodiversity.org.au/our-histories/skinc/
Bruce Pascoe's Dark Emu book: https://www.booktopia.com.au/dark-emu-bruce-pascoe/book/9781921248016.html
About native grass beer: https://craftypint.com/news/2511/dark-emu-telling-stories-with-beer

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