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Author Archives: Mt Gravatt Environment Group
Creating Native Bee Homes
by Sandra Tuszynska I have recently had the pleasure of being a part of a workshop that involved creating homes for solitary native bees, at the Woodford Planting Festival. It was really inspiring to see people come together to create homes … Continue reading
The site is prepped!
Originally posted on MGESS Pollinator Link:
IBC tank, ready to go. Job done! Grevillea Oval Embankment is raring to go. The holes are drilled and pre-watered, the rest will hopefully be fun for all. The soil was good digging so…
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Bee Open Day
By Sandra Tuszynska On the 12th of September, Valley Bees are hosting a Bee Community Open day at the Marry Valley Collage in Imbil. The motto is: Bee Inspired and Bee Informed with a myriad of presentations on honeybees and native bees that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bee Open Day, bess, Community, community day, honey, pollination, Presentations, Speakers, Valley Bees
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Building wildlife and community link … inspiring
By: Larissa Roberts A beautiful day and high volunteer attendance made the Pollinator Link gardening on Sunday 9 August very special. After a briefing by Sheamus O’Connor, Co-Project Manager & Ecology Adviser, the team started work … . . . … Continue reading
Grannies Ginger Nut Biscuits, Citizen Science and bees – 2015 National Tree Day Mt Gravatt SHS
By: Laurie Deacon 6am: I am up baking Grannies Ginger Nut Biscuits. It’s exciting. It’s going to be a big day. 9am: I join Mt Gravatt State High School teacher Andrew Walsh, long time champion of environmental sustainability, and my … Continue reading
Hard work, laughter and fun building Pollinator Link
By: Laurie Deacon Thanks for your care and inspiration in local area folks, especially to Griffith Mates leaders Sienna, Amir, Imeshika and Kimmim … and our really local man Sheamus!! Indeed a great day was had at our local Mt Gravatt … Continue reading
Living (Pollinator Links) in The Shires
By: Michael Fox The Pollinator Link vision is spreading to the western suburbs with publication of my article about native Blue Banded Bees. Living in The Shires is a quality production with interesting stories/trivia about the local history like the … Continue reading
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Pollinator Link at Biodiversity Seminar Series
By: Michael Fox I joined two other speakers at the Brisbane Biodiversity Seminar Series to share our vision of urban wildlife corridors – Pollinator Links. Download PDF copy of presentation My presentation shared the need for and complexity of creating … Continue reading
Tomatoes need the Blue Banded Bee Buzz
By Sandra Tuszynska Australia has over 1500 identified native bee species. Only about 16 of these are social bees, living in extended family systems. The rest are solitary or semi-social bees and they are essential pollinators of native plants as well as food crops. … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Banded bees, Buzz pollination, flowers, pollination, tomato
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Feasting on juicy Large Fruited (native) Raspberries
By: Laurie Deacon The Pollinator Link garden is also a bushfood garden allowing us to harvest a feast of Large Fruited Raspberry Rubus probus. The native raspberry plants came from the B4C Nursery. Great fruit larger than what you will … Continue reading
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Tagged bushfood, butcher bird, Large Fruited Raspberry Rubus probus
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