Urban Wildlife Gardens

The Christmas Bells, Blandfordia grandiflora, flowers in Summer and can be seen in the wallum of the Girraween Estate in Noosa Shire. 

Check out the Urban Wildlife Garden Facebook page for regular updates over summer.

Here are some of Noosa's native plants flowering in December.

Urban Wildlife Gardens is a community engagement program providing a resource and service for urban landowners wishing to create native gardens that will increase biodiversity values on their property, promote enjoyment, awareness, and provide opportunities for citizen science monitoring. 

This month we look at a very attractive and hardy native, Thyme honey myrtle ( Melaleuca thymifolia)

The recent rains have been wonderful for the garden. It’s the best time of the year to plant for us, due to the cooler temperatures and the plants thrive in the current conditions. It is also great weather for frogs.

Read about how a UWG member is creating much needed housing for our local wildlife from what is usually considered a waste product. For our recently joined members there is also a link to a previous article discussing nest boxes and providing resources.

According to entomologists and ecologists, insects are vanishing at an alarming rate.

You might be surprised by what can be found in your backyard

The Urban Wildlife Gardens (UWG) program continued its bi-monthly workshops on Saturday 9th October in the Cooran Garden of Jan Cole.