This 14 page downloadable guide to Weeds as Indicators summarises our learnings from many years regenerating the land we steward as well as working with farmers and gardeners in Australia. Weed management is one of the biggest challenges we face in all contexts. When we start curiously questioning, observing and learning to read landscapes on a regenerative agriculture journey our mindset around weeds starts to shift as we start to hear what weeds are telling us about our management’s impact on soil health.

Topics include:

• Taking a new perspective on weeds

• Characteristics of plants we call weeds

• The role weedy plants have in the ecosystem

• Reasons weeds grow

• Successional dynamics

• Examples of weeds as indicators

• Alternative ways to manage weeds

• But don't weeds take soil moisture?

• Could weeds be a resource instead of the enemy?

• Is your management creating the perfect conditions for weeds to thrive?

• Recommended reading list