Urban Wildlife Gardens

What are plant families and how they can help with choosing and looking after native plants in your UWG garden?

The October workshop, ‘How to Visit a Native Nursery’, was held at the Coolum Community Native Nursery where full time manager, Tim Lang, took us on a tour of the nursery and shared his wealth of knowledge about native plants.

After a bumper crop of raspberries this winter, we have another look at this local fruit.

Keron and John Hilton share some of their garden visitors.

Killing and removing trees is hard work and can be costly. Read on to learn about drilling and how it can used in place of chain sawing on rural properties.

This tour will provide gardeners with confidence to visit the nursery at any time to choose and buy quality native plants for their garden. The nursery is also open that morning for plant sales if anything catches your eye!

Information about Noosa native plants flowering in September. Some may be suitable for YOUR urban wildlife garden. Find out more.

Sword fern is not as well-known as its smaller cousin, Fishbone fern, but it is just as weedy.

This month’s workshop was in Robert and Linda Price’s open garden in Tewantin and included an informal talk by Robert about finding a balance in an urban garden between utility areas, aesthetics and wildlife habitat.

This Handbook, one copy free to UWG members, is available for sale.  At $12 per copy, it will make a great gift.   It is available for bulk purchase at the following prices.   Why not buy [...]