In Memoriam Stephanie Haslam
Robert Price reflects on the legacy this remarkable woman has left for all of us.
Native Shrubs for Noosa’s Coast Urban Gardens
The following native shrubs are suited to smaller urban gardens in Noosa and will improve biodiversity and attract wildlife. These plants are naturally found in the challenging sandy soils of Noosa’s coastal suburbs, providing an attractive and sustainable garden. Seek advice from your local native plant nursery about many more species suited to Noosa coastal areas.
Native Stingless Bees
Everybody knows the familiar European Honeybee, introduced into our lives through childhood books and cartoons with their distinctive black and yellow pattern, buzzing bee-sound and delicious nectar known as honey which has become a global commodity. Often forgotten are our endemic friends and their role in the ecosystem.
Weed Spotlight – Tropical Wild Petunia
Wild Petunia grows well in the Noosa shire and is hard to control once it takes hold.
Coastal Native Wildlife Gardens Workshop
Our second Community workshop in partnership with Noosa Council was held at the J this month.
The two sessions were fully booked and the residents who turned up were enthusiastic and keen to find out how to turn their coastal gardens into havens for native wildlife.
The Differences Between Butterflies and Moths
Here in Southeast Queensland, we are lucky to have a region of diverse habitats which support hundreds of species of moths and butterflies both of which belong to the order of Lepidoptera, meaning ‘scaled wings’. Lepidoptera is one of the largest insect orders in the world with at least 160,000 species worldwide.