Tag: plants
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Redwood Madeira Challenge – Autumn
Our next Redwood Madeira Weed Challenge – AUTUMN is on Saturday 7thMarch from 7.00 – 10.00am. We aim to clear Madeira which is starting to return in areas which were particularly badly affected 12 months ago. Our regular volunteers are unable to bring this area under control on their own and would love three hours of…
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Voice of Country
The Invasive Species Council message for today notes that: January 26 doesn’t just mark the beginning of invasion, it also marks the start of the ongoing damage to Country that is still happening today. Read the complete message here:
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Weed Spotters Bulletin – Nov 25
Weed Spotters Network Queensland has published its November Bulletin and Rob Brodribb has passed on his copy. Read it online or subscribe to receive it by email.
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Redwood Madeira Challenge – Summer
Thank-you for your support in the past. Our next Redwood Madeira Weed Challenge – SUMMER is on Saturday 29th November from 7.00 – 10.00am. We aim to clear a 10-metre-wide strip of Madeira Vine, Cats Claw and Climbing Asparagus along the Redwood Forest Walk. Our regular volunteers are unable to bring this area under control on their…
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Microforest Open Day
Your chance to experience a Microforest – an urban contribution to creating a native habitat stepping stone in the landscape by planting what was once there. Toowoomba’s Friends of Escarpment Parks invite you to celebrate the success of their Hancock Street Park MICROFOREST at an OPEN DAY Saturday 4th October. What an amazing accomplishment https://fep.org.au/projects/microforest-project/ Join…
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Hancock Street Microforest
The signs are up promoting the Microforest Open Day which will be held on Saturday, 4 October from 10 am to 2 pm. As the project evolved from inception in 2022 to final planting in 2024 and the upcoming celebration the story was recorded by Ann Alcock in a blog. The material from that blog…
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The Escarpment Park Friend – Sep 2025
This issue of the FEP Newsletter has annual reports from each of the parks where volunteers work and a summary of database records of hours worked. Other content includes a brief summary of Greg Spearritt’s presentation about mistletoes at the AGM, details of the upcoming Microforest Open Day, a piece about fungi, accounts of bushland…