Fleurieu Nursery: Growing Resilience Against Bushfires

0:00It's March 24th. From your city to your ears, this is Adelaide News today, powered by AI. A recent bushfire in Deed Creek National Park on South Australia's Flurry of Peninsula marked the worst fire emergency there since 1983. Local volunteers at the Flurry U Coase Community Nursery are stepping up by growing around 40,000 native plants each year to aid re-vegetation and boost landscape resilience. This effort ties into the Firewise Project under a broader program across South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales. The initiative tests indigenous plants with lower flammability to protect homes, gardens, and wild areas from future fires. Funding from groups like the Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife has helped the nursery expand its operations. Volunteers from the Flurry U Environment Center drive the work, propagating plants suited to coastal dunes and habitats. Community workshops teach residents about native gardening, weed control, and choosing

1:02fire-resistant species, fostering greater awareness after the fire. Researchers and volunteers studied how local plants fared in the blaze, finding some grasses slow fire spread, and regrow quickly. They created a guide listing safer plants for properties and re-vegetation, highlighting how garden weeds often fuel both fires and invasions. These projects restore wildlife habitats, stabilize ecosystems, and prepare the region for challenges ahead, with the nursery's role growing stronger. Each year.