“The Bushgardens was a vision of several people and we’re standing on the shoulders of those people. More recently the Bushgardens has blossomed out to have relationships with a whole range of people including the Ngadjuri people. We host all kinds of people from dementia care patients through to a whole range of community groups. Our outreach is quite powerful, particularly making sure that the vegetation of the region is promoted in people’s gardens and farms of the area. I want to thank the landcare organisation for this award and it’s a bit humbling because we didn’t really expect this.” Russell Johnstone, Barossa Bushgardens President.

The Barossa Bushgardens aims to produce local provenance seed (ie. seed bank) for use in revegetation projects and to provide a sanctuary for locally threatened species.

Running since 2001, the Barossa Bushgardens continues to demonstrate the successful partnerships between The Barossa Council, First Nations (Ngadjuri, Peramangk, Kaurna), local businesses, community organisations, NGO’s, schools, tertiary institutions, Landcare groups and State Government agencies. This collaboration (across many diverse sectors, not just environmental), facilitates and influences many people within our Barossa community and the wider region.

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