Tag: park
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DRAFT – TRC partnership agreement
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Park visit – 26 October
Our next Park Visit will be held Saturday 26th October at 9:30 am. The park chosen is Williams Park at Highfields which has only recently come under the banner of FEP. This pretty park is described as a hidden gem in the heart of Highfields and is set on one side of Klein Creek. It is…
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Black Gully Linear Corridor Park and Captain Cook Recreation Reserve
Toowoomba Regional Council welcomes your feedback on a draft master plan for Black Gully Linear Corridor Park and Captain Cook Recreation Reserve and a proposal to designate an additional dog off-leash area in Black Gully Linear Corridor Park. Draft master plan The draft master plan proposes a range of features for park-goers of all ages…
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Care and maintenance
During the last four months volunteers have continued with regular watering, weeding and mulching. The plants in the microforest have grown well and some are now in flower, despite the cooler weather. The table below shows the rate of growth of several species since planting in April. Some are growing more quickly than others. The…
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Site preparation
In preparation for the planting, we need to remove the grass on this site. This has been done by a herbicide spray undertaken by a Friends of the Escarpment Parks volunteer. It is estimated that the forest which will replace the grass will store 30 times more carbon than the grass can. And once established…
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About Hancock Street Microforest
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Located in Rangeville, Toowoomba, Hancock Street Park is surrounded by urban development but offers locals and visitors an opportunity to connect with nature. The park is just over 3.7 hectares and contains bushland vegetation of significant environmental value. In 2016 the Friends of the Escarpment Parks (FEP) started working with Council to eradicate weeds and…
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Hancock Street Park Microforest
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Friends of the Escarpment Park (FEP) have been successful in obtaining funding from the Qld Government and the Toowoomba Regional Council to develop a Microforest on a 580sqm grassed parcel of land. The land is managed by Toowoomba Regional Council and is adjacent to Hancock Street Park. The project will follow the Miyawaki method of…