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Makuru, July 2025
🌧️ July 2025 – The Heart of Makuru 🌱
As we enter the second half of Makuru, the Noongar season of fertility and renewal, the cool rains continue to breathe life into Country. It's a time for listening closely to the land, noticing subtle shifts, and planting with intention.
This month, we’re proud to share new resources supporting the protection of Black Cockatoos and Banksia Woodlands TEC, plus practical native planting tips to help you bring biodiversity home this winter.
You'll also meet Michelle, one of our inspiring ReWilders, discover new flora and fauna spotlights, and find upcoming events and workshops to get involved in across the region.
BRINGING NATURE BACK WITH LOCAL SUPPORT
💡 Did you know your local council might be helping you ReWild?
Six councils across Perth’s south-west corridor (as part of the South West Corridor Development Foundation Alliance) are already taking action—partnering with ReWild Perth to offer support, inspiration, and resources for residents to green your homes and grow local biodiversity.
If you live in Melville, Rockingham, Cockburn, Kwinana, Fremantle or East Fremantle, check out your council’s ReWilding LGA Profile Page (link below
You’ll find rebates and schemes to assist with rewilding your garden, education workshops, opportunities to get involved in local conservation and real community stories from locals already ReWilding their patch.
MEET THE ENDANGERED CARNABY'S BLACK COCKATOO (NGOOLARK)
Practical ReWilding tips and fun learning activities to protect WA’s iconic black cockatoos.
We're excited to share our brand new Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoos booklet and factsheet, filled with practical tips on how you can help protect these iconic birds. From planting native trees to adding a bird bath or joining the Great Cocky Count, there are plenty of simple ways to support their survival right from your own backyard. There’s even a garden design activity for Junior Nature Explorers.
Download your free copy today (scroll to the bottom of the page).
PEOPLE OF REWILD
Meet Michelle and explore her edible, wildlife-friendly garden in Kallaroo!
"What I love most about my rewilded garden is how alive it feels - with bees, birds, and bugs everywhere."
FLORA FEATURE
Banksia blechnifolia – Ian McMaster (CC BY 4.0)
BLUEBERRY LILY
Scientific name: Banksia blechnifolia
Noongar name: Unknown
Ground Banksia is a striking, low-growing native plant with unique red-pink flowers and bold, toothed foliage that spreads across the ground like a fern. It thrives in sunny, well-drained spots and is ideal for native gardens, verges, and open spaces. This hardy ground cover attracts birds and pollinators while also helping to suppress weeds.
CREATURE FEATURE
Red-tailed-Black-Cockatoo-CPenny-Stirling-2019-birdlifephotography.org.au
RED-TAILED BLACK-COCKATOO
Scientific name: Calyptorhynchus banksii
Noongar name: Kaarak
The Red-tailed Black Cockatoo is listed as vulnerable, facing threats from habitat clearing, illegal shooting, car strikes, and introduced species. Despite this, they are commonly seen across the South West and Perth region and often visit home gardens with good tree canopy. These cockatoos rely on mature trees for shelter, feed on fruits, seeds, and flowers, and are drawn to water sources like native frog ponds and bird baths. Creating habitat-rich gardens can support their survival and offer important ReWilding benefits.
PLANTING TIPS
Macrotis lagotis – Bernard Dupont (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Winter Garden Jobs for Makuru
Winter is the perfect time to reset your garden. Prune trees and shrubs, clean gutters, and prepare for spring growth. Now’s also ideal for composting with leaf litter, planting dormant fruit trees, and setting up decoys to deter cabbage butterflies from your veggies.
Don’t forget to turn off your retic as part of the winter sprinkler ban (1 June–31 August). Avoid fertilising most plants during this time — nutrients can leach through sandy soils and harm waterways. Instead, plant, plan, and get your garden thriving the Makuru way.
View our planting guides online for tips on what to grow in your garden this season.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Regenerative Food Systems Conference
Perth's most unique conference venue, Optus Stadium, will play host to distinguished international speakers and thought-provoking farmers and popular authors and a spectrum of stakeholders from our complex agriculture, food and health sectors.
Date: Wednesday 17 September 2025
Time: 8.00am-5.30pm
Location: River View Rooms at Optus Stadium
Keep an eye on our Events & News page for upcoming events!
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*‘Kaartdijin Noongar – Noongar Knowledge’ from the South West Aboriginal Land & Sea Council, and Kurongkurl Katitjin - ECU.
ReWild Perth is powered by Perth NRM with funding from Lotterywest.
