Environmental Volunteering

The Helping Hands Bushcarers are residents, community volunteers and/or people with disabilities who work regularly with the Community Landcare Officer on the Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes Bushland Reserves. Volunteer activities over the past year have included monitoring and control of environmental weeds, general and historic rubbish removal, glass collection and removal, site preparation works and revegetation planting, walk trail maintenance, native seed collection and extraction, seedling watering, Shot-hole Borer education, attempted removal of goldfish from Somme Creek, community education and Blackwood Junior Landcarer events. 

In 2025-26 the Helping Hands volunteers contributed 538 hours of their time valued at approx. $27, 293 during 19 Helping Hands Bushcare events and other related activities. Works were carried out in the following reserves: Layman St Reserve, Geegeelup Brook, Abbotts Reserve, Fire Station Reserve, Dorothy Scott Bushland, Greenbushes Pool, Somme Creek Parklands and Maslin Reserve.

Residents who are interested in joining the Helping Hands Bushcarers are encouraged to contact the Community Landcare Officer Karrie Williamson for more details on nrm@bridgetown.wa.gov.au