Landcare began in the 1980s, bringing together farmers, community members, conservationists and government to tackle practical local land management challenges.

While early efforts to form a group east of Albury started in the 1990s, the Woolshed Landcare Group was officially established in 2000 with support from the Upper Murray Landcare Groups Board and facilitator Kim Krebs. The group took its name from the main creek in the catchment, which ran from the Hume Dam to Table Top. Group members included people from long-established agricultural enterprises, smaller "lifestyle" properties, and from the growing suburb of Thurgoona.

Early activities included a community planting day at Bowna Reserve and a bus tour of the catchment, which sparked a connection with the TAFE National Environment Centre (NEC) in Thurgoona.

Through the 2000s, members delivered on-ground works across local properties and public sites, supported by organisations including Greenfleet, the Bundy Bush Fund, the NEC and the Murray Catchment Management Authority.

In 2006, Woolshed Landcare merged with Thurgoona Urban Landcare to form the Woolshed Thurgoona Landcare Group. Since then, the group has continued community revegetation projects and partnerships, including with Trinity Anglican College and Charles Sturt University, to strengthen the health and sustainability of our local landscapes.

Building on this foundation, the last decade has seen the group shift toward a range of biodiversity projects. In 2015, the group launched an annual native plant giveaway to encourage residents to increase biodiversity and attract wildlife to their own gardens. This was followed in 2016 by a partnership with BirdLife Australia for the "Breakfast with the Birds" event.

Support for local threatened species came into focus with members establishing permanent monitoring for the endangered Squirrel Glider with nest boxes provided across Lake Hume, Wirlinga, Corry's Wood, and Table Top. Interest also grew in the endangered Sloane's Froglet, leading the group to implement the citizen science project 'Sloane's Champions'.

In 2021, the group initiated the 'Connecting Landscapes' project, an ambitious effort to create a continuous corridor of trees stretching from the Murray River to Table Top Mountain. The group's enduring impact was officially recognised in 2025, when a long-time member was honoured as Albury City's Environmental Citizen of the Year.

As of 2025, the group has turned its attention to heat mapping of our area and looking at how local landcare can improve the cooling and liveability of the community as weather events become more severe.