An interactive community education event featuring speakers on flora and fauna, music, food an artwork raffle and more.
Image: Green Tree Frog artwork by artist Sophie Sorella
Event Details
Date: Sunday 8th September 2019
Time: Midday to 4pm
Venue: Old Church Gallery, 35 Lineville Rd, Moore
Hosted by Friends of the Forest Inc.
Event Flyer Below
Schedule of events:
11am - meet videographer Bob Simpson to set up recording.
11.30 - meet Solitary Bee speakers Lisa and Rosie to set up bee hotel display.
12.00 - Lunch at gallery cafe with attendees. Musicians. Carolita M.C-ing.
1pm - Jono Hooper Queensland Frog Society president.
1.30pm - Native Solitary bee speakers from Valley of the Lakes gardening group.
2pm - Lockyer Uplands Catchment Inc. president, Diane Guthrie speaking on Koalas,
Glossy Black cockatoos, LUCI group activities.
2.30pm - Wildlife carer, Kerrie Turner speaking on forest pollinators, bats, flying foxes.
3pm - Artwork raffle drawn
3.20pm - Native tree giveaway
3.30 - Group discussions. Community solutions. Action plan. Social networking.
4pm - Finish
Tree/shrub species list (donated by Somerset Regional Council):
Black She-oak (Allocasuarina Litoralis)
Evergreen, fast-growing tree up to 10m tall/ 4m wide
Male has showy red bottle-brush flowers up to 25cm long in Spring.
Female has small spikes cones, which cockatoos feed on.
Black Ti-tree (Melaleuca brachteata)
Grows to 15m near water sources
White bottle-brush flowers Winter to Summer.
Provides insects/birds with nectar.
Brisbane Wattle (Acacia Fimbriata)
Grows to 5 metres near water sources
Perfumed yellow ball flowers in Winter/Spring
Paperbark Ti-tree (Melaleuca quinquenervia)
also known as Broad-leafed paperbark
Grows to 20m tall near water source
White bottle-brush flowers late Spring to Autumn.
Qld Blue Gum (Eucalyptus teretecornis)
Also known as Forest Red Gum
Grows up to 45m
Koala food tree.
