Show your support to stop the sale of weeds in Australia

Show your support to stop the sale of weeds in Australia

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Australians know that weeds like lantana or blackberries are choking our streams and bushland. But what many people don’t realise is that their own garden or fish pond could be a ticking time bomb. 

Plants like English ivy, Amazon frogbit or pretty gazanias that they’ve bought legally at a local nursery or online could get into the local environment and take over.

An astounding three-quarters of all listed weeds in Australia are escaped garden plants, sold legally to unsuspecting shoppers in nurseries or online. These weedy plants have already contributed to at least four extinctions. 

The current system ...

Australians know that weeds like lantana or blackberries are choking our streams and bushland. But what many people don’t realise is that their own garden or fish pond could be a ticking time bomb. 

Plants like English ivy, Amazon frogbit or pretty gazanias that they’ve bought legally at a local nursery or online could get into the local environment and take over.

An astounding three-quarters of all listed weeds in Australia are escaped garden plants, sold legally to unsuspecting shoppers in nurseries or online. These weedy plants have already contributed to at least four extinctions. 

The current system of self-regulation expects passionate home gardeners to have a botany degree or pay close attention to warnings in fine print to stop their garden plants from spreading into the surrounding landscape. 

Recently, Federal Minister for the Environment Tanya Plibersek, and all state and territory governments, committed to develop a plan to protect our bush and streams from invasive weeds. 

The last time a plan to stop the sale of weedy plants was proposed, the nursery and garden industry killed it. 

In 2024 it shouldn’t be possible to go to your local Bunnings or nursery and pick up a weed that could choke and degrade the bush. Clear rules to stop the sale of weedy plants are essential to protect our unique biodiversity.

Together, we can show the government that Australians overwhelmingly want to protect our bushland and streams from the impact of weedy plants. Send an email to the Federal Minister for the Environment and make it clear that you support a strong plan to stop the sale of destructive weeds in Australian nurseries and online.

 

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Show your support to stop the sale of weeds in Australia

We need 3,000 people to send an email to the Federal Minister for the Environment and make it clear that they support a strong plan to stop the sale of destructive weeds in Australian nurseries and online. Your voice will stand between our wildlife and the next weedy invader!

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