Native plant of the month
Viola banksii – NATIVE VIOLET Viola (vee-OH-lah) latin for violet banksii (BANK-see-eye) named after Joseph Continue Reading …
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Weeding at BA 47 this Saturday
Hi All, There’s still plenty to do at BA 47 so we will continue working on the herbaceous weeds and attacking the mega asparagus ferns along the pathway. Hope to Continue Reading …
Weeding on Thursday at 8.00am
Hi All, The rain has given us plenty to do along our patch at the National Park. We plan to do two working bees per month in July/August to keep Continue Reading …
Native plant of the month
Psychotria loniceroides /Hairy Psychotria Psychotria (si-COT-re-ah) psyche– meaning the soul, treph-to support or nurture (refers to the powerful medicinal properties of some species); loniceroides(lon-iss-er-OIDS-ees) like Lonicera, the honeysuckle. Continue Reading …
Weeding on Saturday at BA 47
Hi All, It’s time we got down closer to the beach to weed on both sides of the steps at BA 47. There are lots of herbaceous weeds down there, Continue Reading …
Native plant of the month
Hibiscus heterophyllus – Native Rosella Hibiscus (hi, or he,-BIS-cus) Latin name for Marsh Mallow. Heterophyllus (her-er-oh-FILL-us) refers to different leaves on same plant. Native Rosella is a fast growing shrub up Continue Reading …
Weeding at Beach Access 47 this Saturday
Hi Bushcarers, Welcome to the first Marcus Beach working bee for 2019. We will concentrate on weeding asparagus fern with green berries on the southern end of the swale to Continue Reading …
AGM Reminder
MBBA Annual General Meeting 5.00pm Friday November 9 3 Albatross Crt Peregian Beach Hi Fellow Bushcarers, Paul Ryan is hosting our AGM at his place this Friday. It’s a chance Continue Reading …
Thursday’s Peregian “Plantathon” postponed
This message is for anyone who intended helping at the Peregian Plantathon near the hardware store and IGA on Thursday morning. The event has been postponed due to threatening weather Continue Reading …
Plant of the Month – Quinine Berry
Quinine Berry Petalostigma triloculare The name Petalostigma (pet-al-oh-STIG-muh) refers to the stigma which can be flattened like a petal.; and “Triloculare” (trill-OC–yu-lar) is derived from Latin and means three chambers. Continue Reading …