Wednesday 27 November - 9am to 3pm
Osbornes Flat Hall, Osbornes Flat
Cost $38.50
Hosted by Kiewa Catchment Landcare Groups
Are you interested in finding out how goats can be used to manage and maintain your weeds, including blackberry?
Please join Three Flats Landcare to find out more how these animals can be used as an effective tool for vegetation management with guest presenter Colin Arnold.
Colin has more than 40 years’ experience as a horticulturalist and for the past 20 years has focused on vegetation management with goats for the control of weeds, the reduction of fuel load and the restoration of ecosystems without the use of conventional practices such as heavy machinery and herbicides. Colin's business, GrazeAway, has an extensive client list including, Metro Trains, Melbourne Water, Parks Vic and numerous Melbourne Councils.
AT THIS WORKSHOP COLIN WILL COVER:
- How goats can be used to manage and kill many weeds including Blackberry
- Benefits of using goats for vegetation management
- The importance of maintenance with goats after weeds have been controlled
- What goats eat, what they don’t eat, and the problems associated with that
- The importance of soil health and how weeds change soil
- Fencing for goats
- Why young and small goats play a significant role in habitat restoration
- Fuel load and how we can better manage this, and how goats can assist with managing wetlands and waterways.
The hall-based session will be followed up by a field visit hosted by the Hendriks family who are using goats for land management.
On this tour participants will experience a practical demonstration of how goats are being used as an environmentally friendly, chemical-free solution for blackberry control.
Colin will demonstrate how targeted goat grazing works as a sustainable weed management tool, with opportunities to discuss practical implementation, fencing systems, and the positive outcomes of integrating goats into natural land management strategies, particularly in ecologically sensitive areas.
Morning tea will be provided, please bring your own lunch
For further information or queries contact Rob Szabo, 0402 353 586 / robert@kclg.org.au