Category Archives: Pollinator Link

Love butterflies? Host caterpillars!

Posted on 01/01/2016 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox How often have you heard someone say, “We don’t see butterflies in the garden these days.”? Female Orchard Swallowtail Papilio aegeus are laying eggs at the moment so you might find some interesting caterpillars feeding on leaves … Continue reading →

Posted in Bees, Bushcare, Pollinator Link | Tagged caterpillar, chrysalis, Common Gum Tree Shield Bug Poecilometis patruelis, Crow's Ash Flindersia australis, Female Orchard Swallowtail Papilio aegeus, Finger Limes Citrus australasica, osmeterium, Rutaceae | 3 Comments

Native bees love Red-flowering Gum

Posted on 28/12/2015 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

. Re-posted from Fox Gully Bushcare By: Michael Fox A hive of Stingless Native Bees Tetragonula sp. are a fascinating and helpful addition to your Pollinator Link garden, particularly if you aregrowing Macadamia, Avacado, Strawberries, Rockmelon, Watermelon, Mango, Blueberries or Citrus (Kin … Continue reading →

Posted in Bees, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged hive, hoeny, Native Bees Megachile sp., Red-flowering Gum Corymbia ficifolia | Leave a comment

Christmas at the Pollinator Link

Posted on 18/12/2015 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Laurie Deacon I hope and pray that you all make time for peace and real joy with your dear family and friends this Holy Season. That the message that comes from the birth of Jesus Christ may give you … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Christmas, Community | Leave a comment

The Goods Line: a Pollinator Link through Sydney city

Posted on 29/09/2015 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Cities can surprise us. Who would expect to find a two kilometer long park of wildflowers two stories above New York streets? The High Line creates a wildlife corridor through high rise city buildings linking people with … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link | Tagged Alan Moore photography, bees, Birds, Butterfly, Chau Chak Wing building, High Line New York, Sydney, Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, The Goods Line, university campus, UTS Business School, Wildlife corridor | Leave a comment

Micro Mozzie Catchers

Posted on 16/09/2015 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Our second Pollinator Link article in Living in the Shires magazine looks at that great friend of our weekend backyard barbecue events, Micro-bats. I met the magazine editor, Susan Prior, this week and discussed her article, Nancy … Continue reading →

Posted in Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network, harcourts graceville, Living in the Shires, micro-bat, Microbats, Mighty Fine Book Swap, MONA, Monika and Martin P. Rhodes, Susan Prior | 1 Comment

Building wildlife and community link … inspiring

Posted on 01/09/2015 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

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 →

Posted in Pollinator Link | Tagged Griffith Mates, Sheamus O'Connor | Leave a comment

Grannies Ginger Nut Biscuits, Citizen Science and bees – 2015 National Tree Day Mt Gravatt SHS

Posted on 18/08/2015 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

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 →

Posted in Bees, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Andrew Walsh, Cr Krista Adams, Griffith Mates, Joe Kelly, Len Kann, Mt Gravatt State High School SHS, Ryan Jones, Sheamus O'Connor, Sienna Harris | Leave a comment

Hard work, laughter and fun building Pollinator Link

Posted on 12/08/2015 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

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 →

Posted in Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged birds butterflies bees, Bush habitat, Griffith Mates, Mt Gravatt State High School SHS, Sheamus O'Connor | 2 Comments

Pollinator Link at Biodiversity Seminar Series

Posted on 28/06/2015 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

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 →

Posted in Bushcare, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Brisbane Biodiversity Seminar Series, High Line New York, Mt Gravatt State High School SHS | 1 Comment

Feasting on juicy Large Fruited (native) Raspberries

Posted on 17/06/2015 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

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 →