Tag Archives: frog pond

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

Solar pump keeps birds and frogs happy

Posted on 28/11/2012 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox In our Queensland heat how do you keep a backyard birdbath full of water and free of mosquitoes? Circulating water from a frog pond to the bird bath is one solution. We installed a Reefe Solar Pump … Continue reading →