A free Arum Lily control workshop will be held at the Leschenault Leisure Centre on Wednesday, 4 September from 5.30pm to 6.30pm.
The workshop will put a spotlight on the toxic weed and how to control it in your backyard, bushland or back paddock. It will include information on when and how to treat arum lily safely, using special low-risk herbicide, as well as how to control them manually. It will also give landholders the chance to sign up to Nature Conservation’s Arum Lily Blitz and to receive free herbicide and printed information sheets. The Shire of Harvey will also provide an update on how it is controlling arum lily in local parks and reserves. The workshop will be followed by a spraying demonstration, if weather permits.
This workshop is being delivered in conjunction with Shire of Capel and the Cities of Bunbury and Busselton. What is Arum Lily? Arum lilies hail from South Africa and are particularly devastating in WA’s South-West because they outcompete native flora, reduce habitat and food availability for wildlife, and change entire ecosystems with a dense and toxic monoculture. The plants spring up from underground tubers in winter and their tall white flowers appear in spring. Applying a targeted herbicide during flowering is the only effective way to control them on a large scale.
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