Lake Macquarie Landcare

Welcome to
Lake Macquarie Landcare

Lake Macquarie Landcare is a partnership between the Lake Macquarie Landcare Volunteer Network Inc, Lake Macquarie City Council and almost 200 Landcare groups. Local groups are supported through the Landcare and Sustainable Living Centre, umali barai-ku.

Volunteer

Get involved

If you would you like to become a Landcare volunteer, register your interest. You could:

join an existing Landcare group
start your own Landcare group
volunteer with the Green Team
volunteer at our Landcare and Sustainable Living Centre, umali barai-ku

Volunteer with Landcare

Resources

We support you

Resources and support for Landcare in Lake Macquarie is provided through a partnership between Lake Macquarie City Council and the Lake Macquarie Landcare Volunteer Network (LMLVN) Inc.

There is a wide variety of support available:

the Landcare support team
Landcare and Sustainable Living Centre
team Leader Training
volunteer insurance
funds management
online materials

Resources for Landcare

Plant sales by appointment

Local tube stock for home gardens can be purchased from the Landcare nursery.

News

Find out the latest about Lake Macquarie Landcare, about events, actions and more.

Watch our videos

We have more than 50 videos about our Landcare sites, volunteers and instructions for weeding.

Information for schools

We support schools to carry out Landcare projects in their school grounds.

Links

A categorised list of helpful links for Landcare volunteers.

Newsletter archive

The complete archive of our "Urban Landcarer" newsletters

Volunteer with the Green Team

Would you like to become a Landcare volunteer? There are a number of options for volunteering.

Events

Visit our events page to see upcoming and regular events

Find us on Facebook

Is my Landcare site a Tiny Forest? Well, not exactly.

Published on 13 May 2025

The question has been asked ‘Is my Landcare site a Tiny Forest’? Some might say my Landcare site is small and it doesn’t take up a lot of space and sometimes we plant close together so it could easily be described as a Tiny Forest. There are some similarities, so how is it different?