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25.01.2022 Changing climate, changing attitudes to water use: "People used to tell me a garden full of Australian native plants would never win grand champion," says Gordo...n Reynolds of Toowoomba, the Queensland town that hosts Australia's longest running flower-inspired spring show. "Maybe we can cut back on the amount of annuals we grow in the garden, because they do tend to use a bit more water than others" says Mike Wells, TAFE teacher and Toowoomba horticulturist "Yes, the climate has changed, and we're having chaotic weather patterns at the moment". Maria and Gordon Reynolds were the first gardeners to win grand champion in Toowoomba's annual garden competition with a predominately native garden in 2017. Gardening Australia filmed their garden in 2016, one month after the Carnival of Flowers had finished and much of the thirsty, traditional spring flowers in town were spent. This year, months of drought has meant the Reynolds have had to resort to buying water to keep their lawn green or risk losing points in the garden competition. "If we get a bit of rain we don't have to water our established native plants," Mr Reynolds said. The Reynoldses knew their garden might not take out any major prizes this year. "But people come to see the flowers, not the grass," says Maria Reynolds, "I think watering lawns is such a waste of water, and in the future I hope we'll see less focus on lawns and more focus on the flowers". "That has been the talk among a lot of gardeners around town; it's not the 'carnival of grass'," Gordon Reynolds added. Comment: "It was Australian wildflowers that attracted me to visit and migrate to Australia, so I was in heaven that day Gardening Australia filmed Maria and Gordon Reynolds' prize-winning garden near Toowoomba", Jerry Coleby-Williams :) * View Maria and Gordon's garden on Gardening Australia: http://www.abc.net.au/g/factsheets/winning-natives/10243972 * Original story, see ABC News: http://www.abc.net.au//climate-change-vs-australi/10294172 Gardening Australia HOPE Australia The Seed Savers' Network National Toxics Network
24.01.2022 September 2018 Newsletter available here: https://drive.google.com/open
24.01.2022 ...And here is our February Newsletter- enjoy https://nativeplantscapricornia.org.au///2019/Feb-2019.pdf
22.01.2022 FLOWER FIND! A critically endangered species of wattle has been found thriving on an abandoned mine site in far north Queensland. The Purple Wattle is Au...stralia's only native species of purple flowering wattle and it was previously thought there were only around 500 plants left in the wild. But workers at the Target Gully remediation site, near Irvinebank, have discovered hundreds of the plants growing in a small area around an old tailings dam, and they hope that number will push out into the thousands! Pic credit: M Fagg/Australian Plant Image Index
20.01.2022 NEWSLETTERS FOR 2018: Click on links below or access them on our website at. https://nativeplantscapricornia.org.au/newsletters/ SEPTEMBER- https://drive.google.com//1ny0EePJSecIdceiXLFxeEBurY/view... AUGUST- https://drive.google.com//1j9cO-AoIj8n_utr1aYQwwZ6U_/view JULY- https://drive.google.com//1WN-qlZjfMGwqMT38hPcHfz23U/view JUNE- https://drive.google.com//1WjcH2-1egbG0KUZFch6CPmooT/view MAY- https://drive.google.com//1SAtmeP8VYHTt5LLNy7d5NPgDL/view APRIL- https://drive.google.com//10HsYW5QgQkOQtSijiRufpBsKt/view MARCH- https://drive.google.com//1XTYMPiIflKjNzaqKYHpALOGDP/view
16.01.2022 January 2019 Newsletter is now online- enjoy: https://nativeplantscapricornia.org.au///2019/Jan-2019.pdf
16.01.2022 Wallaby apple: 'Pittosporum spinescens'
11.01.2022 It's that time of the year again, and membership fees for Native Plants Queensland (NPQld) are due. For an extra $10 you can become a member of our very own local group, Native Plants Capricornia (NPC) - and yes, you have to be a NPQld member to join NPC - but there are massive benefits for those interested in our native veg. More info of NPQld is found at the below hyperlink and our local group is featured under 'our branches'. http://npq.org.au/ Membership information is also in our February newsletter
10.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/1517610769/posts/10216792587716511/
10.01.2022 Trialing something new for our monthly newsletters. Let's see if we can access the Feb Newsletter here: https://drive.google.com//1XTYMPiIflKjNzaqKYHpALOGDP/view
09.01.2022 Hi everyone- our November Newsletter is now online; - info for the next outing (Sunday 2nd Dec) is provided; - info on the soon to be released Rainforest key; - Tondoon Botanic Garden celebration of 30 years - Website update... - What's in flower in CQ - Kakadu Blue - a new cosmetic oil - The CQUnic Cares appeal- matched funding from the Scott Williams Foundation to support a student studying plant sciences. https://nativeplantscapricornia.org.au///2018/Nov-2018.pdf See more
04.01.2022 Good flowering of the magnificent Cassia tomentella (velvet Cassia) noted from The Caves to Theodore at present.
03.01.2022 https://mobile.abc.net.au//carbon-dating-reveals/11193386
01.01.2022 It is with great pleasure that we announce the online release of Edition 7 of the interactive identification and information system ‘Australian Tropical Rainfor...est Plants’ (known as the RFK), available at this link: http://www.canbr.gov.au//RFK7/key/RFK7//Html/index_rfk.htm Edition 7 is a major update of what has been a very long term project. The geographical coverage is significantly extended with the addition of Central East Queensland (CEQ) rainforests south from Townsville to Rockhampton. Other enhancements include 200 additional species, nearly 3000 new images, updates to scientific names and current taxonomic concepts, and fully revised distribution coding. For more information on this release please follow this link: http://www.canbr.gov.au//RFK7/key/RFK7/Media/Html/about.htm Next we are working on the release of this version as a LUCID App which will enable use on mobile devices.
