Fundraising
Fundraising is a great chance for everyone at your school to get involved in your revegetation project. Options for school fundraising days include a trivia night, raffle, crazy hair day or even “sponsor a plant”. We can provide you with promotional materials help you to get started.
We’d love to assist you to raise funds for your revegetation program. Please see below to learn more about our Fundraising Hub and how we can help you to write a grant proposal to fund your project.
Donations
Your school may like to approach your local nursery or hardware store for donations of plants, safety gear and propagation materials. We find that local suppliers are usually pretty happy to offer their support.
Fundraising Hub
We’d love to assist you to raise funds for your revegetation program.
Please tell us the details of your project and your fundraising target. We will add your school to our Fundraising Hub and then send you a link to your personalised campaign. We will also send you promotional materials that you can use to help you fundraise. That way, people can donate directly to help raise funds for your Habitat Warriors program.
Grant Funding
We can help you to write a grant proposal to fund your project. We have included a list of funding options below. Most local Councils also run an annual community or environmental grant round.
Find out which one suits you best, and then get in touch with us.
Woolworths Junior Landcare Grants | Junior Landcare
Offers grants of up to $1,000 each to primary schools or early learning centres (preschool, childcare centre, kindergarten) for projects that inspire and interest children in sustainability.
Coastcare Victoria Community Grants
The Coastcare Victoria Community Grant program supports community organisations to protect and enhance the coastal and nearshore marine environment. Grants of up to $10,000 are available.
Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants
The Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants provide funding for projects that involve and educate young people in valuing and actively caring for Victoria’s biodiversity and natural environment. Grants of up to $5,000 are available.
The Seedling Bank Grants (Planet Ark)
Funds the supply of native seedlings to schools and community groups around Australia. The Seedling Bank supports projects both big and small throughout the year, and there is no upper limit to the amount of funding you can request.
Port Phillip Bay Fund
Common costs
Here are some common items that you will need to run your revegetation program:
Native plants
Our revegetation program will teach you how to grow your own native plants from seed and cuttings. If you would like to buy extra plants from a specialist native plant nursery, they generally cost between $2.50-$4.00 each (excl. delivery).
We can help you order additional plants from a specialist local native nursery if you need them once you join our revegetation program.
Tree guards, plus wooden/bamboo stakes
You can make your own tree guards using recycled materials such as milk cartons. Otherwise, tree guards generally cost $0.70-$4.00 each (excl. delivery), depending on their size.
PPE (safety vest and gardening gloves)
These normally costs $15-20 per student.
Smaller items include:
Secateurs for collecting plant cuttings.
Paper bags for collecting seeds and cuttings.
Wooden paddle pop sticks (great plant labels).
Propagation mix for seeds and cuttings.
Plant cutting powder.