Greenweb | Participation | Fact Sheets and Newsletters
Indigenous Landscaping Guide | Strategies and Biodiversity video
Schools | Become involved
Greenweb
Council's Greenweb program, which is part of a Sydney-wide strategy (Green Web Sydney), aims to protect and enhance the Shire's native plant and animal populations by identifying key areas of bushland habitat and establishing corridors to connect them. These corridors make it easier for the movement of both plants and animals which is essential to maintain healthy populations and diversity.
The Australian bush and its wildlife are entangled to a degree that we are only just beginning to understand. There are many unique and complex partnerships and associations. Many plants rely on specific insects and animals for pollination and seed dispersal to ensure the continuation of their species. Likewise many insects and animals are dependent on a single plant species for their survival.
Although Sutherland Shire's Greenweb incorporates both public and private lands, its main target is private property owners within the Shire, particularly those within the Greenweb network. In a complementary program council's Bushcare program undertakes bushland regeneration activities on public land in Sutherland Shire.
For more information download our Greenweb brochure (384 Kb PDF). 
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Participation
The focus of Greenweb is on voluntary participation with incentives to encourage people to participate. This involves council's Greenweb Officer inspecting the resident's property and providing a free "Garden Consultation". These visits may involve identifying appropriate native plant species for the area, appropriate 
landscaping to encourage native fauna, identifying invasive weed species and answering any other environmental or horticultural questions that the resident may have.
Participation can be as simple as adding a few native plants, removing invasive weeds, installing nest boxes, or retaining and enhancing natural features in your yard like logs or rocks which make great habitats for many types of native animals.
Appropriate information regarding the above is forwarded to the resident and regular newsletters are also sent. Participating residents have access to free native tube plants from council's nursery and in some instances a second greenwaste bin and/or bush regeneration bags for free weed collection. Residents can also receive a free Greenweb sign to acknowledge their efforts and participation in the program.
Council funds a number of initiatives to support Greenweb. This has included a program where owners of private property in Sutherland Shire's Greenweb network were able to apply for financial assistance to support ecological restoration work on bushland in their property. For an update on this program, contact council's Customer Service Centre and ask to speak to a Greenweb Officer.
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Fact sheets/Newsletters
Free publications are available:
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Indigenous landscaping guide
Council has produced a guide to assist residents in selecting suitable indigenous plant species for landscape and revegetation projects on their site, called Sutherland Shire: A Guide to Indigenous Plant Species Suitable for Landscaping and Revegetation Projects. The guide can be downloaded from the Bushcare page.
Strategies/Biodiversity video
Download our Biodiversity (222 Kb PDF) and Greenweb (92 Kb PDF) Strategies for detailed information regarding council's activities to protect and enhance our environment. Council has also produced an educational video called "Living Treasures - Protecting our Bushland and Biodiversity", which is available from our library or the Greenweb Officer for loan - phone 02 9710 0333.
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Schools
Schools also participate in the Greenweb program. They can play a vital role in the creation of wildlife corridors or by enhancing existing bushland in their grounds. Educational talks about Greenweb (bushland and biodiversity) as well as planting days and bush regeneration works are being undertaken in schools throughout Sutherland Shire.
Become involved
Are you within Sutherland Shire's Greenweb network? Would you like to participate? Do you need to manage your bush? Do you want to know more? To organise an inspection or for more information contact council on 02 9710 0333 and ask to speak to the Greenweb Officer.
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