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Volunteer activities
Stratford Nursery
Doug ad Jules preparing seeds for propagation. Mandy weeding the seedling trays.
Morning tea time and a chance to read the magazine. From left: Una, Bob, Elaine, horticulturalist Ryan, Donna, Leslie and Tanya. Leslie pruning seedling lower branches.
Diana potting up. Rosi Darlene and Tanya Lyn
Tracks ‘n’ Trails
Russell, Hiromi and John repairing track drainage.
Clontarf Woree group constructed a step as a part of their after-school activity.
Sandpipers -Esplanade
Jim
Sharyn Black Bamboo pruning completed near the Healing Garden - Chris and Jim.
Russell (left), John and Hiromi doing bamboo control work on the Red Arrow and prepping it to be used in the The Green Space education garden.
Down ‘n’ Dirty Botanic Gardens
Down ‘n’ Dirty volunteers have spent their Wednesday mornings in Flecker Gardens and Fitzalan Gardens over the past few months, transforming garden beds, controlling weeds among the bromeliads and mulching.
Suellen, Maureen and Catherine catching up over morning tea. Gary and Anne always smiling.
Strong bonds are built at our volunteer groups - Gary, Sandy and Erica.
Jim and Mark enjoying a well earned break. Christopher and Alex digging back the Alocasia in Flecker Gardens.
Carrol raking mulch. Lee ‘finessing’ in Flecker Gardens. Wendy cleaning up a garden edge. Jenny and Botanic Gardens horticulturalist Robert.
Jabirus Cattana Wetlands Jabirus Cattana Wetlands
Jabirus impressed with their snake skin find, from left, Alan, Prue, Dawn, Sharyn and Dave. Sharyn getting stuck into the mulch pile.
Weeds growing on trees cannot be sprayed without affecting the tree - this is something that is better achieved by group effort. Well done Jabirus!
Jabiru volunteers have had a busy few months, planting out advanced trees along the path to Jacana Pool, followed by a mulching session and, of course, plenty of weeding throughout the Cattana Wetlands. It is an incredible feat to see what a large group can do by hand!
Rikki removing Sensitive Weed.
Jabirus planting out advanced trees to create shade along the path to Jacana Pool. Alan and Dave mulching.
Sue weeding by Crake Pond.
