TRAVEL company Collette is pledging to help restore Kangaroo Island following last year's devastating bushfires.
The company's chief executive Dan Sullivan Jr announced a $20,000 donation to the island's Native Plant Nursery.
It complements two other donations made to assist Australia with bushfire recovery, the first being to the Australian Red Cross to support people and the second to the koala sanctuary to assist wildlife.
The nursery's manager Veronica Bates said the community was heartened with the support.
"It's been a tough time for all of us on the island, but this donation will provide the continuity and capacity that we need to rebuild with shrubs and bushes which are sourced from often rare local seed stock," she said.
"Without the work of the nursery, we face potential biosecurity risks to our ecosystem from plants brought in from elsewhere."
While much vegetation is expected to regenerate, there are areas where the fire burned too hot or where vegetation was physically removed during fire-fighting operations that will need to be replanted.
