Mount Gravatt Environment Group

Sunday 13 September will be our first working bee, here’s hoping it’ll be a blast. The holes will all be drilled beforehand, ready for everyone to put their plants in. Then we can stand back and all admire our handiwork while enjoying a sausage sizzle for lunch. The Brisbane City Council have provided us with one hundred very healthy plants, and Bunnings have provided us with some goodies for the day as well!
Thanks goes to Bunnings Mt Gravatt East for their amazing donation of a whole heap of things which will go a long way on Sunday morning. Here is what they gave us:

• Native plants;
• Lots of buckets;
• A heap of garden gloves;
• Water crystals;
• A BIG bottle of Seasol;
• Osmocote slow release native plant fertiliser;
• Hand tools galore; and
• Two shovels.

Furthermore, we briefly discussed further contributions and ideas for the future. Fun times ahead!

Leptospermum ‘Pink…

Barbara & Cr Krista Adams

By: Michael Fox

Visiting Abbeville Community Garden and meeting that community was a real pleasure, not to mention the amazing chilli chutney and cheese on offer.

Anissa, garden member, with fresh Basil

Barbara tells me the event was organised to celebrate receiving grant from Brisbane City Council which will enable building the remaining eight garden beds and filling them with soil.

The garden community is an inspiring group ranging from young kids who love the raised beds where they can plant their seeds, young parents and retired people. The people I met certainly reflected the group’s mission on their Facebook:

OUR MISSION: To provide community driven food gardens, where children and community members of all ages can come together to learn, play, share and grow food – FOR LIFE !

Fresh Chilli – makes great chutney

This special group is looking for new members to…

Native Sarsaparilla Hardenbergia violacea

By: Sheamus O’Connor

The Pollinator Link Garden at Mount Gravatt SHS is beginning to display the vibrant colours of Australian wildflowers. We had a very undesirable storm season this year, hardly receiving much rain at all when we needed it most. Autumn simply did not exist in Brisbane, as most days reached 30^oC at least. However, now with winter here, as well as some decent cold weather, the water that’s left in our soils is less likely to be evaporated by the intense heat of the sun.

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Beetles enjoying the abundance of wattle flowers

Native plants are known for their hardiness, and they always are able to create an elaborate display of stunning flowers in unfavourable conditions. Acacia species are in full bloom, if not now, very soon. Their perfume can be smelt a great distance away. Look closely at their…

By: Laurie Deacon

ACU student brochure

Our ACU student teacher friends have used their bushcare experience to produce an excellent brochure to promote bushcare to other teachers.

Jade Davison, James Paterson and Nathan Hall … sharing a vision of a sustainable future with the next generation. With teachers like this we can look forward with hope.