Tag Archives: #WaterFoodShelter

Register your Pollinator Link garden: Free

Posted on 14/07/2021 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

Pollinator Link® is a non-profit initiative of Mt Gravatt Environment Group. The Pollinator Link® project aims to bring wildlife back to our urban by providing Water, Food and Shelter for birds, butterflies and bees. Your free garden registration will support … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link | Tagged #WaterFoodShelter, bees, Birds, Butterfly, Free registration | Leave a comment

Nature Rangers make Backyard Bee Homes

Posted on 26/09/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox I’m not sure who was having more fun during the Backyard Bee Home Workshop at Downfall Creek Bushland Centre yesterday. The Downfall Team host a number of school holiday Nature Ranger activities. Jake Slinger and I represented Pollinator … Continue reading →

Posted in Bees, Pollinator Link | Tagged #WaterFoodShelter, Art for Kids Hub, Backyard Bee Home, carpenter bee, carpenter bees, Downfall Creek Bushland Centre, Leaf-cutter bee, native bee, Nature Rangers, solitary bees | Leave a comment

Greening Moorooka Pollinator Link

Posted on 17/06/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

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 →

Posted in Bushcare, Pollinator Link, small birds, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged #WaterFoodShelter, Greening Moorooka Group, GroNative, Grow Local to Feed Locals, Habitat Brisbane, Habitat Tripod, Mark Bailey MP, Steve Griffith | Leave a comment

Plant Local to Feed Locals

Posted on 21/05/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

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 →

Posted in Bushcare, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged #WaterFoodShelter, Black-headed Skimmer Dragonfly Crocothemis nigrifrons, Insects, Plant Local to Feed Locals, Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti | 2 Comments

Cooee Motel: a surprise in country NSW

Posted on 11/04/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

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 →