have seen and tasted; I can certainly see that happening.

- Janice Dreyer

Soak Relocation

The girls at Soak have all relocated to home clinics. Please contact us on our work numbers to secure a booking in our new locations. We look forward to seeing you all soon.

Sandy 0481 194 577

(Waxing, Facials & Womens Massage)

Deb Turco 0429 964 205 (Bowen Therapy)

Deb Byers 0416 084 360 (IPL Hair Removal and Skin Laser treatments) available at Soak

Gv Tree Group

The Understorey Story

What is understorey vegetation? Understorey vegetation includes small trees, shrubs, herbs grasses, mosses, and lichens.

A good revegetation project should include understorey species. In fact, it could be a large proportion of your plantings.

Understorey is an important layer that provides essential habitat resources of food, nest building materials and shelter to numerous beneficial insects such as bees for pollination, many frogs, reptiles, small mammals and birds such as honeyeaters, wrens and many other birds which will help control pests and insects.

Many species of wildlife prefer to feed in understorey vegetation as they feel much safer than in open spaces. Honeyeaters, Sugar gliders, bees and our native bees, butterflies, wasps and ants all feed on nectar from this valuable layer of vegetation.

Wrens build their nests in prickly shrubs for protection and their young will use this as protection too.

Without ground protection from understorey, there is the potential to lose water from rapid run off, taking soil and organic matter leading to erosion and silted waterways. Species such as wattles and casuarinas help to fix valuable nitrogen into the soil which other plants really benefit from, so your new plants should thrive.

Your understorey plants will also help fill in the gaps under your trees as they grow, creating a much more effective wind break.

We have found it is far more successful to plant understorey species at the same time as trees, as established trees can compete for water and nutrients leaving your new plants struggling to survive.

Goulburn Valley Tree Group currently have a diverse range of understorey plants as well as trees for your revegetation project and our friendly volunteers love to see our plants going to good homes.

As we plant our own seeds, when our stock runs out for the year you may miss out.