17 April 2024

Grow West is a proud sponsor of the Rotary Club of Bacchus Marsh Art Sale and Exhibition and is again running the Grow West Landscape Art Prize in 2024.

Artists of all levels are invited to enter a work in any medium that expresses their understanding and appreciation of the work done to protect the precious, yet fragile, environment in the Grow West area.

We offer a $700 acquisition prize for the winning artwork.

Key dates

The Bacchus Marsh Rotary Club Art Show, which features the Grow West Landscape Acquisitive Prize, will be held on the King’s Birthday long weekend, 7th – 10th June.

Entries closes: Monday 20th May 2024

About Grow West

Grow West is one of Australia’s most ambitious programs of landscape restoration. Launched in 2003, its vision is to revegetate thousands of hectares of land in the Upper Werribee Catchment by connecting large areas of public reserves in Brisbane Ranges National Park, Werribee Gorge State Park and Lerderderg State Park through a mosaic of revegetation works across public and private properties.

Potential sites to visit for inspiration

The follow locations are sites where Grow West has achieved large-scale landscape change:

• Revegetation leading into Bacchus Marsh from Ballarat on the Western Freeway
• Revegetation and forestry in the Rowsley Valley, along Glenmore Road
• Remnant vegetation protection on Iron Bark Road leading into the Werribee Gorge from Bacchus Marsh
• Revegetation at the Racecourse & Recreation Reserve, Balliang – Bacchus Marsh Road, Bacchus Marsh
• Revegetation and Forestry at Tramway Lane at Bald Hill Bacchus Marsh
• Various sites near Palmers Lane and Myers Road adjacent to the Werribee Gorge

Also see the Before and After Photos section of this website.