The next working bee scheduled for Mt Rogers is on Sunday 23rd July from 09.30am. We’ll meet at the Hammett Close cul-de-sac in Spence, and, if needs be, drive a car up the slope with equipment.
We’ll be continuing seeking out thistles ad Fleabane plus any woody weed species we come across.
For the next Monday session, on 7th August, we’ll meet in Mildenhall Place, Fraser unless otherwise advised and at 09.30.
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There will be groups of Landcare volunteers on Mt Rogers at four weekend afternoons in the next months.
They will be completing the practical sessions of Landcare Restoration training for local habitats on Mt Rogers and near Ginninderra Creek at Umbagong (in Latham).
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OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THIS WEEKEND
AND AHEAD!
There are now over 30 Landcare groups caring for sites in Ginninderra Creek’s catchment area. The Catchment Group’s learning sessions are a great way to “care for Country”.
There may be places available for the October and December sessions if you know anyone who would be interested in augmenting their skills.
Habitat Restoration Weekend Workshops - Ginninderra Catchment
When: July 22nd-23rd; August 19th-20th; October 7th-8th; or December 2nd-3rd. 9.30am-4pm.
Where: GCG office, 21 Bingle St, Flynn. Afternoons at a local site (TBC) for hands-on learning.
Cost: $20 (financial hardship offer available)
Ginninderra Catchment Group (GCG) is running a habitat restoration training program for landcarers across the Ginninderra Catchment from urban, parks and rural landcare groups. The focus of the training will be on encouraging your site to regenerate its own seed bank and restore its own biological systems to bring back the bush.
The system of restoration starts with careful observation and surveying of existing biology and then offering a triage of sensitive, non-chemical repair techniques using novel approaches and tools.
Be prepared to be challenged and engaged in alternative ways of managing our sites. The workshops are two full days, both theory and practice, with morning theory sessions in the GCG office at Flynn and the afternoons out onsite learning hands-on techniques.
So that GCG can engage as many landcaring folks as possible, we will be running four weekend sessions until the end of the year, with 15 participants per weekend workshop.
Training opportunities are:
- July 22nd-23rd,
- August 19th-20th,
- October 7th-8th,
or - December 2nd-3rd
from 9.30am to 4pm, Saturday and Sunday.
Topics included in the training:
- Common ACT exotic flora and fauna identification
- What weeds can tell us about the land on which they are growing
- Novel ecosystems and weeds as habitat
- Appropriate weed management techniques
- Herbicides and their impacts on biology
- Native flora and fauna ID
- Common fauna of the ACT (GCG Catchment)
- Common flora of the ACT (GCG Catchment)
- Identification techniques – VegWatch survey systems
- Planning for restoration
- Restoration techniques
- Revegetation – Seed collection, direct seeding, tube-stock planting
- Protection from rabbits, macropods and other threats.
Catering and tools will be provided. You will receive a copy of the booklet Bringing Back the Bush: The Bradley method of bush regeneration.
Cost: $20 per person.
Financial hardship offer: If you are experiencing financial hardship, please contact us at ruralprojects@ginninderralandcare.org.au and we will see how we can support you to attend.
