The Urban Wildlife Gardens Working Group is delighted to announce another free workshop for Urban Wildlife Gardeners. The UWG Landscaping Workshop willl be held at Landcare's Rural Futures Centre at Pomona from 9.30 am on Saturday 22nd August.  Shaun Walsh is a Landscape Architect and gardener who has established an acreage garden in Cooran of mostly native species over 20 years.  The workshop will be limited to 20 participants so get in quick! To book:  Please text or phone Michelle Newall on 0412 074 103 or email uwg@noosariver.com.au for all the details.

The Midyim Berry (Austromyrtus dulcis) is a shrub for every Noosa garden. Confirming its toughness: it can be seen on council roundabouts throughout the shire, where it is regularly pruned quite savagely, but soon bounces back with a flush of silky pink new growth. It also provides sweet edible fruit for our native wildlife, so a must have for an urban wildlife garden! Stephanie gives more information about where and when to plant in this post.

During  June over 60 posts of interest to UWG members were added to our Facebook page.  They included  photographs, articles, tv programmes, links to web pages and a radio broadcast. Focus on finding out about the [...]

Michelle's gardening tip of the month is inspired by a property visit at Lake Cooroibah where the owner keeps track of the plants in her garden by drawing a mud map and adding the names of plants in the position they were planted. This allows her to keep track of what worked and what didn't, while adding the month and year to the records helps to gauge growth and see which species are doing well. Happy gardening!