Thank you to all of the members and volunteers who took part in our Watchalunga Planting Day on Sunday 30 July, National Tree Day!

With just over 30 volunteers, we planted an incredible 2,300 native plants, including lignum and sedge seedlings, creating vital habitat for the Mount Lofty Ranges Southern Emu-wren, a nationally and state endangered species.

Since 2012, Nature Foundation has created five walking trails across our Hiltaba nature reserve, to honour the four Founders of Nature Foundation: Dr Barbara Hardy AO, Dr Mark Bonnin AM, David Cleland and Warren Bonython AO, and major early supporters Betty and Bob Lewis.

These trails guide walkers through various habitats, offering an insight to the range of landscapes on the reserve.

Nature Foundation is delighted to welcome Glenise Coulthard AM to the Board as a Director in a casual vacancy following the recent retirement of Millie Nicholls after eight years of service.

Nature Foundation’s Artist Residency Program enters its fifth year in 2023, and hosted an exhibition in June showcasing the work of the 2022 artists in residence, entitled Nature's Foundations 2.

The exhibition opening, held on Friday 2 June, was attended by passionate art and nature lovers, and opened by Nature Foundation Board Director, Bec Hardy, and the Hon Susan Close MP.

Watchalunga Nature Reserve provides critical habitat for key threatened species including the nationally endangered Mount Lofty Ranges Southern Emu-wren (Maluchurus stipiturus intermedius). This tiny bird, weighing in at only 7 grams, is rather secretive, flitting quietly between dense vegetation. They are very difficult to spot, which is why we engage an ornithologist with experience surveying this species.