After running an intensive selection process, during which we had the pleasure of getting to know some great people in a very strong field of candidates, Ken Baker (currently of Coonabarabran) has accepted our offer of taking this project into its exciting next phase. Ken will...
As you all know, over the past few months Becky McCann has been helping get the Community Nursery Project up and running. As a result, communication with the revegetation sector across the region is well underway and (thanks to everyone’s input!) the immediate tasks for...
I managed to put in another couple of days of demolition work at the nursery site last week, continuing the process of stripping back the buildings to give us a clean slate to work with in setting up the site. Here are the latest progress photos...
I managed to put some time in last week to getting the Community Nursery site buildings upgrade underway - with a day of demolition work! Below are some images to show you the changes as they are unfolding. [caption id="attachment_1501" align="alignnone" width="300"] Site View 1 - Image...
On Thursday I met Billy Leggett (excellent fencing contractor and all-round nice bloke!) at Vansittart Park, and we made a start on the new internal boundary fence for NGT's Community Nursery Site. By the afternoon, we not only had the posts concreted into place, but I...
Over the last few weeks, Becky has been on the ABC airwaves again. Most recently, on the 30th October, she spoke with Stan Thomson to update regional listeners on the Community Nursery Project. If you are interested in hearing that interview, you can listen to it...
Here's an opportunity for you to have a spring clean, get rid of some unwanted things and contribute to kitting out the Cross-border Community Nursery site at Mount Gambier so we can grow a few plants this season. The items we're chasing are: An old bath (used to wash and reuse...
Hi everyone, The last few weeks has seen me getting out and about talking to some amazing people about the Cross-border Community Nursery and Seed Collections Project. I started at the inaugural South West Landcare Gathering on Sunday 7th October at Hamilton, organised by the Glenelg-Hopkins Catchment Management Authority and where...
Hi everyone I’ve been busy in the background getting the Growing our Future: Cross-border Community Nursery & Seed Collections Project underway, and now here’s your chance to have input into what comes next! I have put together an information sheet, which not only gives you an overview of the project,...
On the evening of Wednesday the 17th of October, Becky and Lachlan will be giving presentations about their projects (Cross-border Community Nursery and Wetland Restoration on Private Land) at a Landcare Seminar in Hamilton. The Hamilton to Coleraine Landcare Consortium are hosting the evening, which includes dinner. If you are interested...
