It is time for a short update from the NGT Nursery, as our dedicated volunteers - under the guidance of nursery coordinator Ange - quietly get some of the most important work done! We've been growing Melicytus (Tree Violet) seedlings, which are Endangered in South...
On a bright sunny day in early August, a group of volunteers joined Ange, Bryan, Jess and Andy at Eaglehawk Waterhole for a day of planting. During the day we planted just over 600 plants, including the culturally significant Murnong/Yam Daisy. Violet Honey-myrtle (Melaleuca wilsonii)...
Our annual Spring plant sale is on again this year! As the planting season draws to a close, we can now open our plant sales to the public - for one day only. Come down to our community nursery at Vansittart Park in Mt Gambier...
A couple of weeks ago, Angela Jones, NGT's Community Nursery Co-ordinator, took Rod Sparks from ABC South East SA Weekends behind the scenes for an in-depth look around our nursery at Vansittart Park in Mt Gambier.If you'd like to hear Ange speaking with Rod about...
We were recently contacted by Cassie Hlava from the Limestone Coast Landscape Board to see if we could grow some weeds for them. So many things ran through my mind, but after the initial shock it sounded like something interesting that we could be involved...
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...
