Category Archives: Pollinator Link

Building homes for birds and bees

Posted on 17/04/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Kids and mud … always a winning formula. Jake Slinger and I led a Pollinator Link® workshop for the Nature Rangers at Downfall Creek Bushland Centre yesterday. Australia has over 2,000 species of solitary native bees. Solitary bees … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Benchmark Scaffolding, Blue Banded bees, Buzz pollination, Carina Men's Shed, Downfall Creek Bushland Centre, Hollowlog Homes, Photography, solitary native bees, Squirrel Gliders Petaurus norfolcensis, Teddy Bear Amegilla sp | 2 Comments

Fox Gully Wildlife Corridor

Posted on 13/04/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Benno and I spent Thursday morning restoring another section of Fox Gully Wildlife Corridor. Laughing Kookaburras Dacelo novaeguineae love to join us at Bushcare, typically finding a handy perch where they are ready to swoop on … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Pollinator Link, Roly Chapman Reserve Bushcare, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Bark Cockroach Laxta sp., Common Net-casting Spider Deinopis ravidus, Cr Steve Hung, Klumpp Road, Laughing Kookaburras Dacelo novaeguineae, Legless lizard, Madeira Vine Anredera cordifolia | 2 Comments

Nature Rangers make Backyard Bee Homes

Posted on 26/09/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox I’m not sure who was having more fun during the Backyard Bee Home Workshop at Downfall Creek Bushland Centre yesterday. The Downfall Team host a number of school holiday Nature Ranger activities. Jake Slinger and I represented Pollinator … Continue reading →

Posted in Bees, Pollinator Link | Tagged #WaterFoodShelter, Art for Kids Hub, Backyard Bee Home, carpenter bee, carpenter bees, Downfall Creek Bushland Centre, Leaf-cutter bee, native bee, Nature Rangers, solitary bees | Leave a comment

Building homes for Brisbane birds

Posted on 13/09/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Meet the proud team building new homes for Brisbane birds. Yesterday, I joined Frank, Mabanza, Andy, Salinda, Greg, Jackson, Dulcie, Ryan, Jack and Chris Lockhart SQW Project Supervisor at the Hendra Pony Club site for our second … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link | Tagged bird nest box, Carina Men's Shed, Hendra Pony Club, Hollowlog Homes, Lanotec Timber Seal, Nundah Community Living Association, Skilling Queenslanders for Work, Squirrel glider, tree hollows | 1 Comment

Greening Moorooka Pollinator Link

Posted on 17/06/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Today I had the honour of meeting the Greening Moorooka [Bushcare] Group who have been building a Pollinator Link between the western section of Toohey Forest and Moolabin Creek. Today’s event was a community planting in … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Pollinator Link, small birds, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged #WaterFoodShelter, Greening Moorooka Group, GroNative, Grow Local to Feed Locals, Habitat Brisbane, Habitat Tripod, Mark Bailey MP, Steve Griffith | Leave a comment

Planting Habitat Tripod Crosby Road Bushcare

Posted on 30/05/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox I joined the Crosby Road Bushcare team last Saturday to plant up the Habitat Tripod with vines and shrubs that will create safe habitat for small birds like Fairy Wrens to nest. Vines and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Pollinator Link | Tagged Butterfly, Climbing Guinea Flower Hibbertia scandens, Common Grass-blue Zizina labradus, Creeping Boobialla Myoporum parvifolium, Crosby Road Bushcare, Fairy Wrens., Great Carpenter Bees genus Xylocopa, Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus, Habitat Tripod, native bee, Native Sarsaparilla Hardenbergia violacea, Plant Local to Feed Locals | 1 Comment

Plant Local to Feed Locals

Posted on 21/05/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox I just read an interesting article in Canadian Geographic: Inside the mysterious decline of Earth’s insects Why are insects important? If we want to bring beautiful birds like the Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti back to our urban gardens we need … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged #WaterFoodShelter, Black-headed Skimmer Dragonfly Crocothemis nigrifrons, Insects, Plant Local to Feed Locals, Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti | 2 Comments

Give Mum Birds, Butterflies and Bees

Posted on 26/04/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

Order your Pollinator Link Mother’s Day Gift Pack today. Pack includes: Pollinator Link® garden certification Pollinator Link® fence sign and Blue-banded Bee on Google maps Gardman Easyclean Cat-safe Birdbath The Brisbane Bird Challenge Game: create a family challenge Pollinator Link® … Continue reading →

Posted in B4C Bulimba Creek Catchement Coordinating Committee, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Brisbane Bird Challenge Game, Gardman Birdbath, Mothers Day, Orchard Swallowtail Papilio aegeus, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus | Leave a comment

Australian National Botanic Gardens

Posted on 14/04/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Bright yellow Golden Everlastings provide a cheerful welcome to the Australian National Botanic Gardens (Canberra). I particularly like ANBG because it recreates habitats ranging from rainforest gullies to central Australian desert, to present a wide variety of Australian plant … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link | Tagged Aneilema acuminatum Native Wandering Jew, Austral Storks Bill Pelargonium australe, Australian Bluebells Wahlenbergia stricta, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Australian Painted Lady, Banana Bush Tabernaemontana pandacaqui, Golden Everlastings Xerochrysum viscosum, Living Mulch | Leave a comment

Bushcare nursery thriving in backyard

Posted on 19/02/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Greg Tasney’s passion for the environment and his generosity means that he has propagated more 1,000 plants for use in restoration of his Rocky Waterholes Bushcare site. Walking round garden I was amazed by the diversity of … Continue reading →