Category Archives: Mt Gravatt Environment Group

Three Easy Steps to vibrant backyards

Posted on 29/09/2013 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Our new Pollinator Link flyer is now available and printed copies will be available. For copies of the flyer email Pollinator Link Project Manager: Sandra Tuszynska – pollinatorlink@gmail.com You are free to print, copy or distribute this … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged butteflies, Butterfly, King Parrot, Native bees, Pale-headed Rosella, Pollinator Link, Sandra Tuszynska, Urban wildlife corridors | Leave a comment

Gift of logs and mulch for high school site

Posted on 13/07/2013 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Dale at Climb n Grind is a generous supporter of our restoration work including the Pollinator Link project at Mt Gravatt State High School. Project Leader, Sheamus O’Connor, sent these photos of the latest planting with mulch … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Mt Gravatt Environment Group | Tagged Climb n Grind, Healthy Soils Australia, Mt Gravatt State High School SHS, Sheamus O'Connor, soil condition | Leave a comment

Cubs in Mud – Backyard Beehomes

Posted on 16/06/2013 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox References and Links “Seeing the kids having fun took me back to my time as a Cub and Scout Leader. Things have changed a bit since then. There are girl Cubs now and next week they are … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushfood, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Pollinator Link, Wildlife of Mt Gravatt Reserve | Tagged Backyard beehomes, Blue Banded Amegilla cingulata, Bushfoods, Buzz pollination, Leaf Cutter Bees Megachile sp, Len Kann, Native Ginger Alpinia caerulea, Photography, Sugarbag Stingless Bee Trigona sp., Teddy Bear Amegilla sp | Leave a comment

Mt Gravatt students build Pollinator Link for wildlife

Posted on 17/12/2012 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Sheamus O’Connor “Give me a turn at planting!” One of the students from Mount Gravatt State High School protested down at Site 1 of the Mt Gravatt Environment Group Pollinator Link Project. Over the past two weeks, progress has … Continue reading →

Posted in Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Glindemann Creek, Grey Ironbarks Eucalyptus siderophloia, Guinea Grass Panicum maximum, Holland Park, Laurie Deacon, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Mt Gravatt State High School SHS, Pollinator Link, Scented Top Grasses Capillipedium spicigerum, Sheamus O'Connor | Leave a comment

Blue Banded Bees and Variegated Fairy Wren

Posted on 09/11/2011 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

a A Blue Banded Bee – Amegilla cingulata getting nectar from one of our special Bottle Brush Grass Tree – Xanthorrhoea macronema. It is particularly pleasing to photograph my first Blue Banded Bee today because I am currently writing an … Continue reading →