Tag Archives: Native Sarsaparilla Hardenbergia violacea

Become a Bee Guardian today for $33

Posted on 25/03/2021 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox “Do you have a registered Pollinator Link® garden?” As a registered Pollinator Link® garden you can become a Bee Guardian and citizen scientist researching ways to repopulate our city gardens with native solitary bees and answer the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bee Guardian, Bee Home, Brisbane City Council, citizen scientist, COUNCILLOR FIONA HAMMOND, Crown Bees, iNaturalist App, Mason Bees UK, Native Sarsaparilla Hardenbergia violacea, solitary bees | 2 Comments

Native Solitary Bee Home Trial

Posted on 14/01/2021 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Australia has over 2,000 species of solitary native bees of which twelve have been identified within Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve. My first introduction to these special locals was wondering about the green insect flying past while we … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Cr Fiona Hammond - Marchant Ward, Crosby Road Bushcare, Crown Bees, Guardian Bee Home, Leaf Cutter Bees Megachile sp, Mr Fothergill's Small Bee And Insect House, Native Sarsaparilla Hardenbergia violacea, Plant Local to Feed Locals, Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus, Seventh Brigade Park, solitary native bees, Terry Hanson Reserve, UK Mason Bees | 4 Comments

Planting Habitat Tripod Crosby Road Bushcare

Posted on 30/05/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox I joined the Crosby Road Bushcare team last Saturday to plant up the Habitat Tripod with vines and shrubs that will create safe habitat for small birds like Fairy Wrens to nest. Vines and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Pollinator Link | Tagged Butterfly, Climbing Guinea Flower Hibbertia scandens, Common Grass-blue Zizina labradus, Creeping Boobialla Myoporum parvifolium, Crosby Road Bushcare, Fairy Wrens., Great Carpenter Bees genus Xylocopa, Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus, Habitat Tripod, native bee, Native Sarsaparilla Hardenbergia violacea, Plant Local to Feed Locals | 1 Comment

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

Exploring Jen Bartlett’s Pollinator Link garden

Posted on 08/01/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Explore Jen Bartlett’s Pollinator Link garden. Jen’s garden in Salisbury is part of the Stable Swamp Creek link creating mosaic in suburban Brisbane. Black She-oak Allocasuarina littoralis are planted for gentle sound created when wind blows through the striated … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link | Tagged Black She-oak Allocasuarina littoralis, Dome Tent Spider Cyrtophora moluccensis, Dune Fan Flower Scaevola aemula, Granny's Cloak Moth, Jen Bartlett, Leaf Cutter Bees Megachile sp, Living Mulch, Native Ginger Alpinia caerulea, Native Sarsaparilla Hardenbergia violacea, Stable Swamp Creek, Wattle Notodontid Moth, Zig-zag Wattle Acacia macradenia | 3 Comments

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 →