NEW NICA Polo Shirts
We now have NICA Polo shirts made of pure cotton available on our website and from our office, the price is $40 and $35 for members.
Noosa River Oyster Ecosystem Restoration Project
NICA is pleased to be partnering with TNC to launch an Oyster Gardening initiative
Weed of the month Aug 2021 Orange Trumpet Vine
Orange Trumpet vine has just about finished flowering in the Noosa region. If you have been to the Village complex in Noosaville in the last month it is likely you would have noticed it growing along the Mary Street entrance. Read on to find out more about this exotic climber.
‘Enter the Flyosphere’
NICA is pleased to announce the commencement of stage 2 of our Noosa River shorebird conservation program in partnership with Noosa Council. Entitled "Enter the Flyosphere"
‘A Line in the Sand’
In partnership with OzFish Unlimited (Noosa), NICA is pleased to announce the launch of our newest initiative entitled "A Line in the Sand".
Bushland regeneration work vandalised
Girraween bushland group have had to replace plants taken from a Noosa Heads bushland regeneration site recently.
Learn stuff and get arty in YOUR garden
Take a closer look at what's in YOUR garden. It can be a place of enjoyment and inspiration as well as somewhere to exercise your creative bent.
Miniature Lives
Fact is stranger than Fiction, and those who joined us for Michelle Gleeson’s presentation on insects may have been struck by the inspiration that Sci Fi writers must draw from real live insects when developing their scary ‘alien’ characters.
Where Can I Buy…?
For our new members, here is information on where to buy local plants. Its worth remembering that Native nursery doesn’t mean local plants from provincial stock. The Landcare nurseries and Coolum Native nursery are the best places to buy plants that are from this area. This doesn’t mean other nursery’s don’t sell local plants but its best to ask.
Weed of the Month July 2021
This month we look at Blue top Ageratum houstonianum. 'Billy Goat Weed" I get asked about this weed more than any other.