Fantastic Workshops & Forums coming up We are pleased to announce another in our series of expert workshops here at the Nursery. This time Chris Brodie, Weeds Botanist with the State Herbarium of South Australia will be hosting a workshop on weed identification and setting...
On a recent visit to the Adelaide Zoo nocturnal house, it was great to see that our native freshwater fish and other aquatic species are being given some prominent space - helping bring aquatic species conservation issues to a much wider audience. In addition to the...
The Nursery has been a hive of activity the last couple of months. As well as hosting a 4 week botanical art course and a plant identification workshop hosted by Neville Bonney we have been moving along with the development of the Display Gardens, organising...
On March 23 2014, an enthusiastic bunch of butterfly spotters from both sides of the SA-Vic border joined naturalist Bryan Haywood from ForestrySA for a day out at Donnybristle – near Dartmoor - as part of the 2014 Up Close events. The day was all...
In the last month, I have been advised by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) that Nature Glenelg Trust's application for registration as a charitable institution in Australia has been endorsed. The certificate (below) arrived a few days ago, and the details of our registration...
After undertaking a brief stint of casual work with NGT last year, Lauren Veale has returned to work full time with us, based out of Warrnambool - with her first day being on Monday this week. Lauren has a research background in estuarine fish ecology, and...
Each Wednesday evening for the last 4 weeks the seed-sieves, secateurs and smoke water were moved aside as the NGT community nursery transformed into an art studio for the ‘Up Close’ botanical illustration course. Local artist and botanist Yvonne Riley ran the course for an enthusiastic...
The Up Close events for April are on their way! The Up Close program is heading to the coast for April with a marine theme, starting with SA marine life events at Mt Gambier and Port MacDonnell this weekend. Download a pdf of the flyer here,...
The autumn break signals the end of the breeding season for many of our seabirds. With most of the Little Penguins at Middle Island now finished their annual moult, there won't be much activitity at Middle Island for the months ahead. With our dusk arrival count schedule...
Thanks to Bob Green, the Convenor of BirdLife South East SA, for sending through this article about Pick Swamp (also see image below). I don't get down there so often any more, but it is a place that I continue to have a close connection to. As...
