For most wildflower enthusiasts, The Wongan Hills is well known as a Wheatbelt town located about 2.5 hour drive north-east of Perth, but also as a significant nature reserve in the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu. The first comprehensive report on the flora of these Wongan Hills was a handbook by the Western Australian Naturalists’ Club The Natural History of the Wongan Hills, from 1977. In 2006 the Wongan-Ballidu Bushcare Group brought out a book on the Threatened, poorly known and other flora of the Wongan-Ballidu Shire, covering 51 species. The Shire has a high diversity of plant species (over 1200), with a high number of threatened and priority flora. And with this incredible number of plant species, a high diversity in fauna which is less known and rarely researched.

Jolanda Keeble saw this area as a perfect opportunity to survey for another flora book as she could focus on a 10 km area around the town and cover 7 DBCA managed Nature Reserves plus an additional 4 reserves managed by the Shire. She carried out monthly surveys for two years and is now in the writing stage of her book.