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Pollinator Link at The Planting Woodfordia

By: Michael Fox I will be sharing the Pollinator Link™ vision at The Planting Festival – Woodfordia – 29 April to 1 May It is called The Planting and it is held at Woodfordia the Woodford Folk Festival site. At … Continue reading

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Learn Three Easy Steps to vibrant backyards

Wednesday 30 March – 10am to 12noon Join Michael Fox at BigW Westfield Garden City when he presents his workshop “Learn Three Easy Steps to vibrant backyards” at the BigW Garden Club. Do you remember backyards full of butterflies? Would … Continue reading

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Street trees and property value

SAVING OUR TREES – Marrickville municipality January 15, 2012 in Tree news | Tags: impact of vandalism, property values and trees, Red Flowering Gum, Street trees, street trees and property values, streetscape and property values, tree removal and property value, … Continue reading

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How do you get World Peace?

By: Laurie Deacon How do you get World Peace? Start a Pollinator Link ” garden ” in your local community park or street! Eighteen local community folks come out yesterday for Fun in the Sun! Community Spirit was high. We … Continue reading

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Creating Native Bee Homes

by Sandra Tuszynska I have recently had the pleasure of being a part of a workshop that involved creating homes for solitary native bees, at the Woodford Planting Festival. It was really inspiring to see people come together to create homes … Continue reading

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The site is prepped!

Originally posted on MGESS Pollinator Link:
IBC tank, ready to go. Job done! Grevillea Oval Embankment is raring to go. The holes are drilled and pre-watered, the rest will hopefully be fun for all. The soil was good digging so…

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Bee Open Day

By Sandra Tuszynska On the 12th of September, Valley Bees are hosting a Bee Community Open day at the Marry Valley Collage in Imbil. The motto is: Bee Inspired and Bee Informed with a myriad of presentations on honeybees and native bees that … Continue reading

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Living (Pollinator Links) in The Shires

By: Michael Fox The Pollinator Link vision is spreading to the western suburbs with publication of my article about native Blue Banded Bees. Living in The Shires is a quality production with interesting stories/trivia about the local history like the … Continue reading

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Tomatoes need the Blue Banded Bee Buzz

By Sandra Tuszynska Australia has over 1500 identified native bee species. Only about 16 of these are social bees, living in extended family systems. The rest are solitary or semi-social bees and they are essential pollinators of native plants as well as food crops. … Continue reading

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The Water-Less Way of Growing a Garden

By Sandra Tuszynska Most of us find it too time consuming to have a garden. We are used to seeing gardening as something laborious, and which takes time to water and weed. So imagine a garden design where these tasks are … Continue reading

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