FAWTHROP Lagoon will be getting some attention from volunteers this coming Sunday, for National Tree Planting Day.

Local group South West Environmental Education (SWEE) last weekend emerged from an early winter hibernation, to get back into the swing of their revegetation work around the lagoon.

Along with replacements for the banksia trees that were removed to install the new bridge, the group of around a dozen nature lovers last Saturday planted around 40 manna gum koala habitat trees.

After conversations with Glenelg Shire Council and the Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority (GHCMA), SWEE have focussed their attention on a project area along the Northern edge of the lagoon, from View Street around to Gawler Street.

SWEE Secretary Sally Walsh said they had struggled to keep the energy going previously on their weed removing and tree planting mission, but with new assurances of assistance from council and the GHCMA crews, the group is keen to get back to work on their long term goal returning wildlife habitat and native flora to the area.

“We'll be having a series of small events. Just to get not telling us more than we can chew like we might have done before,” she said.

“We were quite enthusiastic and at the start we had very good participation, but because that didn't follow through during the pandemic, the maintenance got away from us and then everybody felt pretty overwhelmed.”

“It's going to be mixed planting, taking into account the variation in the vegetation that you can have there due to climate change, we won't be necessarily just using endemic native specifically anymore,” she said.

This includes some koala friendly trees and groundcover native to New South Whales.

Ms Walsh said she hopes to see lots of fresh faces when they meet at 11am on Sunday to get started, near the corner of Gawler and Cameron Street.