Take a walk with the Wildflowers

As spring approaches, take the opportunity to smell the wildflowers and experience the natural beauty of the City of Armadale and Perth Hills Armadale region.

Top Spot for this Year’s Wildflower Season

Wildflower season is officially here and the Perth Hills Armadale Visitor Centre is happy to point out the best wildflower spots. The Armadale region boasts a vast array of wildflower hot-spots right on our doorstep.

The Perth Hills Armadale Visitor Centre’s top spot for wildflowers is local favourite Armadale Settlers Common. A 10 minute drive from the visitor centre, it’s also easily accessible with a variety of both paved and unpaved bush walks. Here you’ll have access to over 300 species in the area. It’s also a great spot for birdwatching.

Be on the lookout for these species, and see how many you can spot:

• Fringed Lily - a dazzling purple colour
• Trigger Plant - white colour, with the shape portraying a butterfly
• Rose Mulla Mulla - almost resembles purple feathers
• Blue Leschenaultia - a vibrant blue

Pop in to the Perth Hills Armadale Visitor Centre on 40 Jull Street for more wildflower spots, books and brochures on wildflower identification and their best local tips.

The following events are hosted by the Wildflower Society of WA Armadale Branch as part of the City of Armadale’s Spring into Armadale festival.

Wildflower Walk at Connell Avenue Reserve
Saturday 31 August, 9 – 11.30am
2 November, 8am
Connell Avenue Reserve (end of Cockram Road)
Kelmscott

Experience a free wildflower walk at Connell Reserve, located at the western section of the Banyowla Regional Park.

The flora is typical of Ridge Hill Shelf vegetation, the area where Swan Coastal Plain and Darling Scarp flora meet.

For more information visit www.wildflowersocietywa.org.au/branches/armadale-branch/

Wildflower Walk in Lloyd Hughes Park
Sunday 15 September, 8.30am – noon
Meet Friends of Lloyd Hughes at the corner of Martin and Marmion Streets, Kelmscott
Parking is available along Marmion Street.
Free entry

Enjoy a walk through Lloyd Hughes Park, a 17.7 hectare an A class reserve in the foothills of the Darling Scarp in Kelmscott, managed by the City of Armadale. The park boats Marri and Jarrah woodland, and Flooded Gum woodland along the creek-line. In earlier times areas within the park were mined for gold and slate.

For more information visit www.wildflowersocietywa.org.au/branches/armadale-branch/

Wildflower Walk at Bungendore Park
Saturday 28 September, 11am – 12.30pm
Bedfordale Hall
40 Admiral Road
Bedfordale

Join a one and a half hour free Wildflower Walk at Bungendore Park on Saturday 28 September. Bungedore Park is part of the Wungong Regional Park and consists of 498 hectares on the edge of the Darling Scarp, approximately 30km south east of Perth and approximately 5km south of central Armadale.
Meet at the Wildflower Society stand at the Bedfordale Bush Markets.

For more information visit www.wildflowersocietywa.org.au/branches/armadale-branch/

Wildflower Walk in Fletcher Park and Lambert Lane Reserves
Sunday 13 October, 8.30am – noon
Meet at the end of Lambert Lane, Wungong
Fletcher Park and Lambert Lane form part of Bush Forever Site 264 (approx 19 ha) in Wungong.

The vegetation has been listed as ‘Critically Endangered Threatened Ecological Community’ of Corymbia calohphylla, and Kingia Australia woodlands on heavy soils.

Most of the site is in excellent condition and is known to contain 105 native flora species, of which two species are Declared Rare Flora - Eucalyptus balanites and Oiuris purdlei.

Fletcher Park contains Conservation Category, Resource Enhancement and Multiple Use Wetlands. A seasonal stream flows along the north eastern boundary of Fletcher Park.

For more information visit www.wildflowersocietywa.org.au/branches/armadale-branch/

Walk in Bungendore Park from Bedfordale Bush Market
Saturday 23 November, 11am – 12.30pm
Meet at the Wildflower Society stand at the Bedfordale Bush Markets

Consisting of 498 hectares, Bungendore Park is part of the Wungong Regional Park, located on the edge of the Darling Scarp approximately 30km southeast of Perth and approximately 5km south of central Armadale.

For more information visit www.wildflowersocietywa.org.au/branches/armadale-branch/