The 20th of December 2013 marks a significant milestone in the short (but busy) existence of Nature Glenelg Trust - just under a month shy of our 2nd birthday.Today, Nature Glenelg Trust settled the purchase of Eaglehawk Waterhole – a 684 hectare (1690 acre) property...
On Wednesday we were privileged to have Kevin Handreck, one of Australia’s leading horticultural scientists, host a workshop at our nursery. More than 30 keen amateur and professional horticulturalists came from both sides of the border to hear Kevin speak. For me this was a very...
The mini-heatwave that has hit south-eastern Australia this week is a fitting welcome to the summer festive season. With many of us flocking to the coast for relief on a hot day, or for a well-earned holiday, it is timely to share some advice about...
On Saturday 14th December, perfect weather greeted a group of 40 people that had gathered to experience a leisurely and informative bushwalk in the Grampians National Park, near Dunkeld. [caption id="attachment_4348" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The group stop to listen about the bird monitoring being undetaken at the...
The publications page of our website has recently been updated! The page now includes details of publications produced since the formation of NGT (2011 to present) as well as relevant earlier ones by staff members. Some of these publications are linked to the document and we will continue to...
On this coming Saturday the 14th of December, why not join us for an informative look at Gooseneck Swamp - and learn all about the restoration trial underway at the site? Water levels in the swamp are holding - meaning there will be plenty of wildlife...
Last Wednesday 6 students completing Certificate 2 & 3 in Horticulture at Mount Gambier TAFE came down with their tutor, Joley Didwell, to find out what the Cross-border Community Nursery Project was all about. [caption id="attachment_4268" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Explaining propagation methods used in the nursery[/caption] All the...
Recently, Nature Glenelg Trust teamed up with the Department of Environment Water & Natural Resources and TAFE Mount Gambier to deliver two advanced seed Workshops led by Neville Bonney. These Workshops were aimed at people who already had a good knowledge of seed collection but wanted...
Nature Glenelg Trust and the Hamilton Field Naturalists Club invite you to join us on Saturday the 14th of December for an informative bushwalk at Gooseneck Swamp in the Grampians National Park, near Dunkeld. As well as the opportunity to learn about the natural values of the...
Recently botanist, Andrea Kodym told me that it was well and truly time to start bagging my heads. Although I was born and raised in Tasmania, that wasn’t what she meant. What Andrea was referring to was the fact that time was running out to bag...
