Residents on larger properties within the City of Armadale have the opportunity to help improve biodiversity and the health of the City’s treasured natural environment by joining the Habitat Links program.

Landowners whose properties are zoned as Special Residential, Rural Living or General Rural (under the City of Armadale’s Town Planning Scheme No. 4) and contain or are adjacent to bushland, wetlands and watercourses may be eligible to receive:

• Native seedlings to plant on their property

• Ongoing support of a dedicated Habitat Links Officer

• A site visit and advice on implementing native revegetation and habitat creation projects. 

Participants of the program will also receive technical advice to help with:

• Native plant species identification

• Plant selection for revegetation projects suitable for your soil type

• Planting techniques to give seedlings a greater chance of survival

• Weed identification and management

• Feral animal management

• Planting native plants to attract birds and insects 

• Creating wildlife habitat

• Healthy property planning

• Erosion management

• Environmental monitoring

If you believe you are eligible and would like to do your bit for the environment, register your expression of interest here. 

For more information, contact habitatlinks@armadale.wa.gov.au or phone 9394 5000. 

Information for Habitat Links participants

Habitat Links Revegetation and Habitat Creation Guide

Habitat Links FAQ 

Keeping it Local: Plant guide for the Swan Coastal Plain - Landcare SJ (Serpentine Jarrahdale)

Grow Local Plants - Scarp - SERCUL - South East Regional Centre for Urban Landcare

Grow Local Plants, East Coastal - SERCUL

Firewise Gardening in Western Australia: Bushfire Centre of Excellence, Dept. Fire & Emergency Services

Local low flammability native species list – Landcare SJ

Bush Tucker Plants for your home garden - SERCUL

Plants Out of Place - Managing Weeds in Perths Eastern Region -Shire of Mundaring

Bushland Management Information Sheets - Nature Conservation Margaret River

Managing Phytophthora Dieback - RoleyBushcare

Wildlife of the Perth Hills - Shire of Mundaring

Build your own Nest-box - Insight Ornithology

Choose for Black-Cockatoos - Birdlife

Identifying southwest Black-Cockatoos - Birdlife

Black-Cockatoos and your property - Birdlife

Bird and Pet-friendly Rodent Control - Birdlife

River Restoration Manual (Department of Water and Environmental Regulation – Western Australia)

PestSmart – Rabbits

Rabbit control options | Agriculture and Food

Polyphagus Shothole Borer

City of Armadale Environmental Groups and Volunteers

Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group

Wildflower Society Of Western Australia - Armadale Branch