The Mt Gambier Community Nursery has recently had three visits from Tenison Woods College Year 11 Outdoor Education students. The students have been studying 'Water in our landscape' through their investigation called 'The Kakadu of The South'. Within this, they have been learning about revegetation...
In the short updates below, we give you a taste of what volunteers can get up to at NGT...
At NGT's Mt Gambier Community Nursery, our volunteers have been busy pricking out and potting up a lot of seedlings for some of our Restoration Reserves. For the damp fringe of Mt Burr Swamp they have been potting up Melaleuca and Leptospermum species, and for...
With planting season drawing to a close, it's time for our spring plant sale! If you live near Mount Gambier, come down on Friday November 15th. Parking is available near the scoreboard at Vansittart Park in Mount Gambier, where you will also find the access...
You may remember from a previous newsletter that NGT was awarded a grant to promote the use of indigenous plant species in public gardens around Mount Gambier. Over the last month we have kicked off plantings around town starting at Burrandies Aboriginal Corporation and Tenison...
Our Community Nursery is overflowing with plants, and it's driving our Nursery Coordinator Ange a little crazy. So we've decided to have a quick plant sale in July!With the lack of rain we haven't been able to plant out some of our project areas and...
We are excited to announce that we have been awarded a grant to promote the use of indigenous plant species in public gardens around Mount Gambier! The project aims to encourage the community to include native plants in their own gardens, by creating demonstration native...
In the lead-up to Volunteer Week in May, we will be featuring some of our wonderful volunteers in each month's newsletter. This month we have the second installment: meet Carole Ryan of the University of the Third Age, a gardener, child sponsor, passionate supporter of...
Our Community Nursery site at Vansittart Park is in a fantastic central location for our volunteers, and allows us to grow seedlings for numerous restoration projects. However, space at our small nursery is limited and we have nowhere to expand, and this year's planting season...
Do you want to attract native butterflies or birds to your garden? Or do you simply want to add beautiful flowers, screening or shade that won't require lots of water and care?Local native plants are adapted to the conditions in your garden and will be...
