Save Our Waterways Now in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Local business
Save Our Waterways Now
Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Address: 57 Paten Road, The Gap 4061 Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Website: http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au
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25.01.2022 Well done to the Lugg Street Bushcare group and BCC for their fantastic efforts in holding the 'Know Your Nature' community event! The event attracted over 50 community members, and the kids looked so fascinated by the bug display and bug hunt. It is really great to see the community coming together to protect our wildlife and environment.
21.01.2022 SOWN Nursery is definitely open today 7 July 2021. Wear your mask and observe social distancing.
21.01.2022 https://youtu.be/qZPE-EB_w1Y Harlequin Beetles Also known as: Hibiscus Harlequin Bug, Jewel Bug, or Cotton Harlequin Bug Tectocoris diophthalmus... These photographs show the colour variations & lifecycle of the beautiful Harlequin Beetle. Adult females are mostly orange and males are both blue and red or orange, while nymphs are typically metallic green and purple. The colours are quite variable, and experiments suggest that the variation in colour may reduce bird predation, especially on the immature stages. This extreme level of variation is such that different taxonomists have, since 1781, described this species under different new names at least 16 times, some of these supernumerary names remaining in use until 2006, when it was finally confirmed that they were all colour forms of a single organism. It is common in Eastern Australia, New Guinea and several Pacific Islands in habitats ranging from urban to agricultural and coastal areas. The Hibiscus Harlequin Bugs feed on many species of the family Malvaceae, as well as cultivated cotton. They will also feed on Illawarra flame tree flowers, grevillea and bottlebrush saplings. They pierce the stems of young shoots and suck the sap. Females lay clusters of eggs around stems of usually the hibiscus plant and then guards them until they hatch.
20.01.2022 Weed of the Month -- Emilia Emelia sonchifolia is a common weed found in gardens and on footpaths and roadsides. While it is fairly harmless, there are plenty of small native plants that it can be replaced with. For example, the love flower (pseuderanthemum variabile) is a key butterfly host plant. Check out our website for more ideas. https://sown.com.au/07-july-emilia-sonchifolia-asteraceae-/
17.01.2022 SOWN eNews July 2021 - https://mailchi.mp/108b481c5e78/sown-enews_july_2021-5953996
16.01.2022 Good to see the new tree poppers are getting plenty of use. The group would love you to come and join them if you want a demonstration on how good the poppers are at clearing ochna and celtis.
15.01.2022 SOWN eNews June 2021 - https://mailchi.mp/74ed793d76d8/sown-enews_june_2021 New issue out now.
15.01.2022 Event details and schedule have been confirmed for our National Tree Day Event! Schedule: 10 am Welcome to Country 10:30 11:30 am Planting in Paten Park... 11 am 1 pm Sausage Sizzle with Ashgrove-The Gap Lions 12 pm Snakes and lizards demonstration with N&S Wildlife 1 pm Native Bee demonstration with Tim Heard All day activities include: Bugs Ed display Insect and frog hotel making Tours of SOWN and PPNN nurseries Bush foods stall Kids nature craft activities
13.01.2022 Join us for bushcare this Saturday.
12.01.2022 With World Environment Day this Sunday the Yoorala St bushcare group are giving you a chance to make a difference to our local creeks.
04.01.2022 Come along. Saturday expected to be mostly sunny!
03.01.2022 SOWN will be holding a stall at the inaugural Cooper eco-forum which will bring together decision makers from government and industry, as well as local environmental legends to talk about the action they’re taking to reduce carbon pollution and adopt low carbon alternatives and to demonstrate the simple steps we can all take to protect and sustain our planet. We hope to see you there!
01.01.2022 The Nicholas Park Group are back out again this Wednesday morning (9 Jun) around the creek crossing behind The Gap State High School (Tandara St end). There are always some spare tools if you want to join them!
