Category Archives: Pollinator Link

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 →

Posted in Bushcare, Pollinator Link | Tagged Bush food, Climbing Maidenhair Fern Lygodium microphyllum, Creek Mat-rush, Eastern Water Skinks Eulamprus quoyii, Figbirds Sphecotheres vieilloti, Gardening Australia, Green Mat-rush Lomandra hystrix, Hairpin Banksia Banksia spinulosa, Joseph's Coat Moth Agarista agricola, Kangaroo Vine, Lemon-scented Myrtle Backhousia citriodora, Native Mulberry Pipturus argenteus, Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus, Pipturus argenteus Native Mulberry, Richmond Birdwing Butterfly Vine Pararistolochia praevenosa, Rocky Waterholes Bushcare, Silver Plectranthus Plectranthus argentatus, Small-leaved Lilly Pilly Syzygium luehmannii, Small-leaved Abutilon Abutilon oxycarpum, Speckled Line-blue Catopyrops florinda, Splendid Ochre butterfly Trapezites symmomus, Swamp Banksia Banksia robur, Sweet Morinda Gynochthodes jasminoides (previously: Morinda jasminoides), Syzygium australe Creek Satinash, Varied Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina, Water Vine Cissus antarctica, Yellow Admiral Vanessa itea | Leave a comment

Water Plants for Containers

Posted on 17/02/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

Water Plants for Containers If you have been inspired by Rob Lucas and his frog ponds download the excellent guide to water plants for small frog ponds from Native Plants Sunshine Coast.

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged frog pond, Native Plants Sunshine Coast, Water plants | Leave a comment

Urban wildlife oasis

Posted on 14/02/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Walking into Rob Lucas’ Pollinator Link® garden is like walking into an oasis for wildlife. Shady and cool it is also an oasis calm for people. Gardens like Rob’s, support the volunteer restoration work of groups like Melrose Park … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link | Tagged beneficial insects, Blue-banded Bees Amegilla sp., Buzz pollination, Community Nursery, Dome Tent Spiders Cyrtophora moluccensis, dragonfly, frog pond, Melrose Park Bushcare, solitary bees, Stingless Native Bees Tetragonula sp., tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides), Tusked Frog Adelotus brevis, Water Snowflake Nymphoides indica, Wax Flower Vine Hoya australis | 1 Comment

Coorparoo Urban Forest

Posted on 07/02/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Greg Neill’s Pollinator Link garden is an urban forest nestled on the edge of one of the appropriately named Coorparoo Finger Gullies. Greg’s garden has: Water provided with birdbaths and frog pond, Food, like the Red-fruited Palm-lily Cordyline … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushfood, Pollinator Link, Uncategorized | Tagged Atlas of Living Australia, Bordered Rustic Cupha prosope, Bowerbird, Common Crow Euploea core, Creek Lily Crinum pedunculatum, Fiery Skimmer Dragonfly Orthetrum villosovittatum, Finger Lime Citrus australasica, frog pond, Giant Spear Lily Doryanthes palmeri, Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae, Little Kurrajong Brachychiton bidwillii, Pink-flowered Doughwood Melicope elleryana, Rainbow Lorikeets Trichoglossus haematodus, Red-fruited Palm-lily Cordyline rubra, Scented Daphne Phaleria clerodendron, Stingless Native Bees Tetragonula sp., Wattle Blue Theclinesthes miskini | 2 Comments

Fourteen months to wildlife haven

Posted on 29/01/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Allison’s garden is a great example of a habitat haven created for wildlife and people. A typical suburban two-dimensional grass and dirt garden converted to a thriving wildlife habitat in just fourteen months. All without losing the … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Backyard Bee Home, Bleating Tree Frogs Litoria dentata, brids, Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula, butterflies bees, Cadaghi Corymbia torelliana, Climbing Guinea Flower Hibbertia scandens, Common Crow Euploea core, Fairy Wrens., Finger Lime Citrus australasica, Food for wildlife, frog pond, Green Tree Frogs Litoria caerulea, hoverflies, Native Sarsaparilla Hardenbergia violacea, nest box, Orange Caterpillar Parasite Wasp, Orchard Swallowtail Papilio aegeus, Pacific Blue Eyes Pseudomugil signifer, Puddling Place, Shelter for wildlife, Stingless Bees Tetragonula sp., Sun Parasol Giant Pink Mandevilla hybrid, water for wildlife | 1 Comment

Explore Bernadette’s Pollinator Link garden

Posted on 21/01/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Visiting the Pollinator Link garden of Bernadette and Len Crook is like an adventure in a botanic garden. Step through the front gate straight into an urban forest habitat supporting bird, butterflies and bees. The balcony provided … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Australian Leafwing, Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi, Backyard Bee Home, bees, Bernadette and Len Cook, Birds, Blue Argus, Blue-banded Eggfly, Brazilian Jasmine Dipladenia sanderii, Bush food, Butterflies, Common Crow Euploea core, Common or Varied Eggfly, Danaid Eggfly, Golden Everlasting Daisy Xerochrysum bracteatum, Lemon-scented Myrtle Backhousia citriodora, Love Flower Pseuderanthemum variable, Midgen Berry Austromyrtus dulcis, Native Geranium Geranium solanderi, Pink-flowered Doughwood Melicope elleryana, Rainbow Lorikeets Trichoglossus haematodus, Richmond Birdwing Butterfly Vine Pararistolochia praevenosa, Silver Wattle Acacia podalyriifolia, Wattle Notodontid Moth Neola semiaurata | Leave a comment

Exploring Marie’s Pollinator Link Garden

Posted on 14/01/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Explore Marie Hollingworth’s garden with me. Marie’s garden is part of the Corinda Creeks link creating mosaic habitat in Oxley Creek Catchment. Entering Marie’s Pollinator Link garden is an adventure in discovery: lizards, butterflies, moths, bees, … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, small birds | Tagged Blue Banded Bees Amegilla cingulata, Blueberry Lily Dianella longifolia, Cabbage White Pieris rapa, Climbing Guinea Flower Hibbertia scandens, Companion Planting - Sustainable Gardening Australia (SGA), Cycad Blue Theclinesthes onycha, Easter Cassia Senna pendula., Edge Senna Senna acclinis, Love Flower Pseuderanthemum variable, Mango Planthoppers Colgaroides acuminata, Metallic Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa (Lestis) bombylans, Monarch or Wanderer Danaus plexippus, Nasturtiums Tropaeolum majus, Orchard Swallowtail Papilio aegeus, Sweet Basil Ocimum sp, Verge garden, White Banded Noctuid Moth Donuca rubropicta | Leave a comment

Exploring Jen Bartlett’s Pollinator Link garden

Posted on 08/01/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Explore Jen Bartlett’s Pollinator Link garden. Jen’s garden in Salisbury is part of the Stable Swamp Creek link creating mosaic in suburban Brisbane. Black She-oak Allocasuarina littoralis are planted for gentle sound created when wind blows through the striated … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link | Tagged Black She-oak Allocasuarina littoralis, Dome Tent Spider Cyrtophora moluccensis, Dune Fan Flower Scaevola aemula, Granny's Cloak Moth, Jen Bartlett, Leaf Cutter Bees Megachile sp, Living Mulch, Native Ginger Alpinia caerulea, Native Sarsaparilla Hardenbergia violacea, Stable Swamp Creek, Wattle Notodontid Moth, Zig-zag Wattle Acacia macradenia | 3 Comments

Planning Brisbane’s future – Intergenerational Forum

Posted on 23/11/2017 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox I joined approximately one hundred other Brisbane community members of all ages yesterday, to discuss the future of our city. Hosted by Brisbane City Council the Forum is an interesting and genuine effort to understand how our … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link | Tagged Brisbane City Council (BCC), Dr Katherine Loflin, Globalisation and Competition: The New World of Cities, greenspace, Intergenerational Forum, James Tuma Urbis, Kirsty Kelly Consulting, New World City, Power of Place, Prof Greg Clark | 2 Comments

What’s in your garden?

Posted on 20/11/2017 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Blue Triangle Graphium sarpedon butterfly Puddling in neighbour’s sandpit. Butterflies, like all animals, need water. At breeding time, male Blue Triangle butterflies and other swallowtail butterflies will be looking for mineral laden water. Blue Triangle butterfly caterpillars feed … Continue reading →