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Category Archives: Wildlife Corridor
Greening Moorooka Pollinator Link
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
Plant Local to Feed Locals
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
Give Mum Birds, Butterflies and Bees
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
Cooee Motel: a surprise in country NSW
By: Michael Fox Travelling to Canberra over Easter and planning to visit the Western Plains Zoo at Dubbo, we needed somewhere to stay overnight. We found Cooee Motel, a real gem in the small country town of Gilgandra, three hundred and thirty kilometres … Continue reading
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Tagged #WaterFoodShelter, Australian King-Parrots Alisterus scapularis, Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi, Casuarina, Cooee Motel, Cypress, Gilgandra, Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae, nest hollows, Tony and Lois Smolders, Western Plains Zoo, Western Rosella Platycercus icterotis
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Water Plants for Containers
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.
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Tagged frog pond, Native Plants Sunshine Coast, Water plants
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Fourteen months to wildlife haven
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
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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
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Explore Bernadette’s Pollinator Link garden
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
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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
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Water for backyard wildlife. Echidnas?
By: Michael Fox Water, Food and Shelter for wildlife are the key to bringing a bit of Australian bush to our city gardens. Some suprising wildlife is still surviving in Brisbane suburbs. What wildlife is benefiting from your Pollinator Link … Continue reading
Meeting Costa at Millen Farm
By: Michael Fox I visited Millen Farm at Samford yesterday for their International Compost Awareness Week event. It was a real pleasure to listen as Costa, from Gardening Australia, shared his passion for everything from plants to people. Costa talk … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob The Bee Man, Common Spotted Ladybird - Harmonia conformis, Costa the Composter ICAW Ambassador, Debbie Needham Woggoon, International Compost Awareness Week, Millen Farm, Native bees, Samford Eco-Corridor, Star water solutions, Zinnia
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Pollinator Link Display – Paten Park Native Nursery
By: Michael Fox I know Backyard Bee Homes are valuable Shelter for our native bees, however, I was still amazed to a prospective tenant checking out the accommodation before I even finished up setting up the Pollinator Link Display. Pollinator … Continue reading
