Tag Archives: Pollinator Link

Pollinator Links launched at BCC Habitat Brisbane Citywide Meeting

Posted on 05/09/2012 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox The Pollinator Link concept was well received at the BCC Habitat Brisbane Citywide Meeting this week. This was an important test of feasibility as the audience included experienced BCC Habitat Offices with university qualifications in environmental science, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Bushcare Articles, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Pollinator Link | Tagged Birds, Bob the Beeman, butterflies and bees, Pollinator Link, Urban wildlife corridors, Wellers Hill | Leave a comment

World Environment Day – Girl Guides Pollinator Link Garden

Posted on 08/06/2012 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By Michael Fox Sue Jones and I joined Mt Gravatt Girl Guides for World Environment Day last Tuesday night, to plant our first Pollinator Link garden. (Pollinator Link is a trademark of Mt Gravatt Environment Group) Guide Leader, Lizi Dyrsdale, approached … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Showgrounds Precinct, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged B4C Native Plant Nursery, Common Crow butterflies, Grass Trees Xanthorrhoea johnsonii, Long-tailed Pea-blue, Men's Shed, Mt Gravatt Girl Guides, Oval Woodland Cockroach, Pollinator Link, Ringtail Possum, Running Postman Kennedia rubicunda, Waxflower Vine Hoya australis, World Environment Day | 2 Comments

White Chocolate Finger Lime Cheesecake – that’s my type of bushtucker!

Posted on 01/05/2012 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By Michael Fox I am always learning something new about our extraordinary local environment. Until recently I had never heard of Finger Lime Citrus australasica or any of the other native citrus. I discovered these fascinating plants when researching species … Continue reading →

Posted in Bush Tucker, Bushcare Articles, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Bush Tucker, Butterflies, Finger Lime Citrus australasica, Native citrus, Orchard Swallowtail Papilio aegeus, Pollinator Link, Queensland Nut Macadamia integrifolia | 4 Comments

Bringing butterflies to your garden

Posted on 20/12/2011 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

n Living on the edge of Mt Gravatt Reserve we often have butterflies visiting our yard. Today I videoed this Cabbage White Pieris rapae feeding on the Thyme flowers in our rose garden. Michael Braby in Butterflies of Australia describes … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare Articles, Pollinator Link, Showgrounds Precinct, Wildlife Corridor, Wildlife of Mt Gravatt Reserve | Tagged Bushcare, Butterfly, Cabbage White Pieris rapae, Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Orchard Swallowtail Papilio aegeus, Pollinator Link, Southside Community News, Wildlife corridor | 1 Comment

Blue Banded Bees and Variegated Fairy Wren

Posted on 09/11/2011 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

a A Blue Banded Bee – Amegilla cingulata getting nectar from one of our special Bottle Brush Grass Tree – Xanthorrhoea macronema. It is particularly pleasing to photograph my first Blue Banded Bee today because I am currently writing an … Continue reading →