Tag: plants

  • Wild about my garden

    The Toowoomba Field Naturalists Club Inc. (TFNC) in conjunction with Gardens for Wildlife (G4W) are inviting you to participate in the project called: “Wild about my garden”. The project is supported by a donation from the family of Joan Kolbe, a former TFNC member. The aim is to get young people and those who are young…

  • Amaroo cultural burn

    Amaroo cultural burn

    Join Amaroo Environmental Education Centre for a day of knowledge sharing with Cultural fire practitioner Robbie Williams from Fire Lore. Robbie will explain how traditional burning practices have been used for millennia to maintain healthy ecosystems, carbonize soil, reduce fuel loads and minimise bushfires. Robbie will then conduct a cool Cultural burn in the Amaroo…

  • Plant books launch

    Plant books launch

    1:30 pm Saturday, 15 June at Toowoomba City Library – Two new books on the native plants of our region will be launched: Plants of Southeast Toowoomba’s Bushland Parks and Wattles of Toowoomba and the Condamine Catchment.

  • Planting Day – a huge success!

    Planting Day – a huge success!

    Machinery was used to cultivate the soil to a depth of 30cm and a layer of 10cm of compost was incorporated into the soil. The process aims to simulate the ground level of a forest ecosystem. The soil was then evenly raked over in preparation for planting.  Stage 1 planting took place on 1 April 2023.…

  • Microforest creation

    Microforest creation

    Why create a microforest at Hancock St Park? This project has received funding support from the Queensland Government’s Community Sustainability Action grant program and an environment grant from Toowoomba Regional Council. Hancock St Park is an endangered ecosystem (classification 12.5.6: https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/regional-ecosystems/details/?re=12.5.6).  The park is a tiny spec of the original natural world, of Rangeville Toowoomba. It is an…

  • Hancock Street Park Microforest

    Hancock Street Park Microforest

    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…