Leo wins Green Heart Award Leo Lee, active member and former president of Save Our Waterways Now (SOWN), has won the Lord Mayor’s Individual Green Heart Award for his outstanding voluntary contribution to identifying and rehabilitating native fish populations. SOWN President John Abbott said Leo’s award was richly deserved. “Leo has a passion for our native fish and this has led him to becoming a champion for preserving our waterways,” John said. The award citation makes particular mention of Leo’s recent work on Cedar Creek which is a tributary of Kedron Brook. “Leo also oversees the Enoggera Catchment Creek Health Monitoring Program, supported by Brisbane City Council and Seqwater, to learn more about the health and function of our waterways and
inform ongoing management practices.” John said Leo backed up his passion for native fish with detailed scientific knowledge about his subject. “SOWN is very lucky to have a scientist of Leo’s calibre leading our Enoggera Creek monitoring program,” he said. The monitoring program collects data at several sites throughout the Enoggera Creek catchment and needs volunteers to assist in the data collection. If you are interested to find out what is living in our creeks and how abundant our native and exotic
Leo Lee receives the Green Heart Award from Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner
species are, contact info@ saveourwaterwaysnow.com. au. Training is provided i n s a f e t y, e q u i p m e n t and use, fish and other species identification and documentation.
Clean up our creeks Clean Up Australia Day
is being held on Sunday 7 March this year. Please join SOWN at the Ashgrove Sports Ground bikepath from 8.00 am until 10.00 am. We will be collecting rubbish and weeding along Enoggera Creek. For more information, please go to the SOWN website at www. sown.com.au.
Mitchelton and Districts Garden Club Coronavirus restrictions permitting, the Mitchelton and Districts Garden Club meets at the Enoggera Memorial Hall, in Trundle Street on 4 March. The guest speaker for March is Debbie Aitcheson from the Chilli Patch in Minden and she will talk about herbs in conjunction with alternatives to use when what the recipe requires is not available. Sometimes when these plants are going to seed or are out of season, dried or frozen substitutes do not give the desired flavours and Debbie has advice about solving this problem. At past meetings Debbie has delighted those present with samples of her cooking. Who knows if she’ll have more tasty morsels to sample. The main activities for February are mowing and
controlling weeds. Most areas around this district are receiving some rain so watering is needed only when necessary. Keep up mulching the garden to save evaporation. Tip prune Hibiscus and other shrubs that were pruned heavily last year, and if you prefer to raise your own vegetable and flower seedlings start preparation now. Pansies, cineraries, petunias, allysum and snapdragons are some annuals to consider In the vegetable line there’s beetroot, cabbage, sweet corn and celery. The Mitchelton and Districts Garden Club meets on the first Thursday of the calendar month immediately after morning tea which is served at 9.45am. Visitors and new members are most welcome. The hall is close
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to public transport and accessible by wheelchair.
For more information please phone the president, Pat, on 3356 1256.
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