Tag: plants
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FEP Annual General Meeting
The FEP AGM will be held on Saturday, 30 August at 10 am in the Toowoomba City Library Community Rooms, Level 3, 155 Herries Street. We will welcome Greg Spearitt, our guest speaker, who will talk about Condamine Country Plant Group’s book project and also present on Mistletoe species. This will be followed by our President’s,…
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Articles from HOPE
HOPE Australia (Householders’ Options to Protect the Environment Inc) publishes a variety of interesting documents. These two recent HOPE documents may be of interest to FEP members: The articles are attached here for your convenience.
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Weed Spotters Bulletin – Aug 25
Weed Spotters Network Queensland has published its August bulletin. It includes news about which weeds to watch for at this time of year.
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Wildflowers of the Darling Downs
Condamine Country Plant Group now has its new book, Wildflowers of the Darling Downs, available for purchase. It’s a selection of 49 species from across the Downs, each with a brief description and full-colour photograph. It’s available for $15 at www.condaminecountry.com/publications/, and can be posted for a further $5. The full suite of books authored to date by…
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Healthy Cities Grants
Landcare Australia in conjunction with Bupa is offering Healthy Cities Grants. The grants are to support environmental community groups and organisations to establish native plants (trees, shrubs and groundcovers) across Australia in urban and peri-urban landscapes to support positive health outcomes for people and the planet. Follow the link for more information.
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Invasive Species Council update
The Invasive Species Council is campaigning to reduce, and ideally eliminate, the sale of invasive weeds in Australian nurseries. Their campaign is collecting photographs of invasive weeds to use in their efforts to persuade politicians to act. Read about the campaign in their online newsletter.
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The Escarpment Park Friend – May 2025
This issue has news from the committee, plant list for Williams Park, report on the Redwood Park Madeira Vine challenge, information about distinctions among Native, Indigenous and Endemic Plants, and more.
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Land for Wildlife Workshop
Toowoomba Regional Council is promoting a Land for Wildlife workshop to be held at Dingo Mountain in the Crows Nest area on Sunday, 8 June, commencing at 9:00 am. Come along to learn about the diverse vegetation types as well as the interesting flora and fauna of Dingo Mountain. The educational walk will be run…
