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.
Join UWG for the second part of our Frog Habitat Workshops.
Sean Morrow from One Earth Landscaping will be back to demonstrate how to install a pond.
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.
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.
Come along to The J in Noosa Head on Saturday 21 March to learn how to attract wildlife to your coastal garden from the NICA Urban Wildlife Gardens experts.
Over the last few months I’ve come across some interesting creatures in my garden so thought I’d share a few with you.