Earthcare Park Landcare: July 2014

13 July 2014

Winter grasses Wander

There was considerable interest in the 'Winter grasses wander" held on Saturday 12 July 2014. Participants were treated to a fine, sunny winters day and wandered through the Earthcare Park guided by local expert Trisha Barker in identifying grasses and plants.

After the event a sausage sizzle was provided to participants and the day finished off with a presentation of features of the Earthcare Park and Bushfood garden areas.

11 July 2014

Before and after photos of our Bushfood garden makeover

Telstra Volunteers help Bushfood Garden makeover

Telstra Volunteers at our Earthcare Landcare site helping makeover our Bushfood Garden

01 July 2014

Childrens Discovery Day

Earthcare Park Landcare Group were kindly invited to the Hunter Region Botanic Gardens Childrens Discovery Day 2014. The cold winds abated and a fine sunny winters day made conditions perfect to represent to the public the work that we have done at Earthcare Park as well as have children participate in our quiz.

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We hold regular meetings on the 2nd Saturday of each month at Earthcare Park, Tenambit NSW.

2014 In Review

2014 was a year of incredible change where through the assistance of our friends from Trees in Newcastle we concentrated on planting and establishing sections of native grasses. The project also allowed us to provide a summer and winter grasses identification workshop.

In early spring we hosted an Avarian Awareness Adventure which was open to the public. We were also fortunate to have two Corporate Days where volunteer employees from Telstra and Caterpillar Global donated their time to assist us in our objectives.

Our pride of place the Bushfood Garden has had a make over and we are delighted to report that funding has been made available from Local Land Services to further improve the site as well as host a Frog night. Keep posted for details.

Funds have also been made available through Community Building Partnership 2014 to provide a water pipe to our planting areas which will aid manual handling, save considerable time and increase the survival rate of seedlings.

The Spring show of colour on our plants this year was truly amazing and the bird life even more impressive as is testified by photos you may have seen on this blog and our Facebook pages .

Visitors are encouraged to come along and meet our Earthcare Park Landcare group who are always willing to share their passion for the Park and the incredible transformation that has occurred.

Visitors and New Members are ALWAYS welcome

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More details about our up-and-coming events for the public to participate in will be announced soon

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