Category Archives: Pollinator Link

Worm News – Mother’s Day – clearing drains and saving worms

Posted on 01/06/2015 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Laurie Deacon We had sixteen workers on Mother’s Day! Pretty good for Mother Earth being Mothered! The team ranged in age from 70 years old to 7 years old! And did they work! 43 hours done in one Sunday … Continue reading →

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Pollinator Link thriving with Griffith Mates help

Posted on 13/04/2015 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox What can a community achieve? Engage some friends and neighbours, involve Griffith Mates students, source donations of mulch and logs from Dale at Climb n Grind, plants for restoration from SOWN, then allow time for nature to work … Continue reading →

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Blue Banded Bee visiting Mt Gravatt backyard

Posted on 04/04/2015 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Jenny sent this excellent video of a local Blue Banded Bee Amegilla cingulata visiting Blue Ginger Dichorisandra thyrsiflora growing in her Mt Gravatt backyard. Jenny said “The shrub comes up out of the ground once a year … Continue reading →

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Abbeville Community Garden part of Pollinator Link

Posted on 23/03/2015 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Visiting Abbeville Community Garden and meeting that community was a real pleasure, not to mention the amazing chilli chutney and cheese on offer. Barbara tells me the event was organised to celebrate receiving grant from Brisbane City … Continue reading →

Posted in Bees, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Abbeville Community Garden, Blue Banded Amegilla cingulata, Blue Triangle butterfly Graphium sarpedon, Buzz pollination, European Honey Bees Apis mellifera, Fungus-eating Ladybird Beetle Illeis galbula, native bee, Teddy Bear Amegilla bombiformis | 1 Comment

The Treasure in the Jungle of Weeds

Posted on 04/02/2015 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By Sandra Tuszynska The “peanut country”, in south-west QLD has been tremendously dry in the past few years, despite the devastating floods, we’ve had in 2013. However, this summer is very different, in that it has been raining on and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bees, Pollinator Link, Uncategorized | Tagged alchemist, Banded-orb weaving spider, bees, beetles, Blue-banded bee, cobbler's peg, flowers, rain, rehabilitation, weeds, weevil | 1 Comment

Griffith mates advertised it. I love nature and the environment

Posted on 16/10/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Laurie Deacon & Larissa Roberts A team of 27 Griffith Mates students and community members! “Ok team, this is the plan. We have thirty plants to go in, logs and mulch to stabilise the banks reducing erosion.” . . … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Griffith Mates, Mt Gravatt SHS, SOWN | Leave a comment

Mmmm … beautiful winter day and fresh baked cake

Posted on 16/06/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Laurie Deacon Our Sunday working bee on the Pollinator Link Garden at Mt Gravatt SHS went well. New parents and kids joined us! It is such a pleasure to watch city kids getting in touch with nature, getting their … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Black She-oak Allocasuarina littoralis, Brush Box Lophostemon confertus, Grey Gums Eucalyptus bitturbinata, Mt Gravatt State High School SHS, Native Sarsaparilla Hardenbergia violacea, Scrambling Lily Geitonoplesium cymosum, Wombat Berry Eustrephus latifolius | Leave a comment

Majestic Park Cubs planting for butterflies

Posted on 15/06/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Laurie Deacon Thirty Cubs for a night planting: They are getting their World Environment Badge by doing many things and one is learning about and building a Pollinator Link Garden around their Den in Coorparoo. The Cubs all planted … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Butterfly, Earthling Enterprises, Helen Schwencke, Majestic Park Cubs, World Environment Badge | Leave a comment

Wildflower Season Blooms in Pollinator Link garden

Posted on 10/06/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Sheamus O’Connor The Pollinator Link Garden at Mount Gravatt SHS is beginning to display the vibrant colours of Australian wildflowers. We had a very undesirable storm season this year, hardly receiving much rain at all when we needed it … Continue reading →

Posted in Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Early Black Wattle Acacia leiocalyx, Leaf-Cutter Bee Megachile sp., Mt Gravatt SHS, Native Raspberry bush Rubus probus, Running Postman Kennedia rubicunda, Squirrel Gliders Petaurus norfolcensis | 1 Comment

Butterflies invade St Joachim’s

Posted on 09/06/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Laurie Deacon NEWS Flash: “Butterflies have invaded St Joachim’s Catholic Primary School in Holland Park.” Millie, Alessia, Emily and Sophie want people to use their backyards and schoolyards to help save threatened wildlife species like the Richmond Birdwing butterfly … Continue reading →