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Glenmorgan School students visit the Garden

2010 Open Day and Bird Week

The Brigalow Birds Inaugural Photographic Exhibition

Design a tea towel

Water Tank

New Structure for 2010

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working bees

PCAP Camp with Glenmorgan State School students June 2010

On the 15^th – 17^th June Mr Sheldon Boland, Field Studies Officer from PCAP (Priority Country Area Program) Charleville, led the Glenmorgan State School children on a two day camp at Myall Park Botanic Garden. Twenty six children arrived Tuesday afternoon all full of enthusiasm to set up camp and call Myall Park Botanic Garden their home for the next two nights. Tents were erected with help from parents, including Sue Reilly who was on hand to meet Sheldon and discuss the activities of the next couple of days.

The Quarters were an excellent base when meals were to be prepared , at shower-time, when children all needed a hot shower, and it provided a comfortable bed for those teachers and helpers who needed a good night sleep after a busy day in the field.

Sheldon had the children bird-watching and orienteering. They did archery, environmental studies and learnt bush survival skills.They went on bush walks, and even had time to keep their tents in order ready for daily inspection! Everyone thoroughly enjoyed their experience at the garden and look forward to the possibility of coming again in future years.

BRIGALOW BIRDS WEEK

The brigalow region west of Dalby features many diverse and publicly accessible birding sites, all within a four to five hour drive of Brisbane. Key sites include Myall Park Botanic Garden, Southwood, Alton and Eringibba National Parks and several large and diverse reserves along the stock route network including The Gums, Green Timbers and Basin Downs.

Over 200 bird species have been recorded from the region. Regulars include Hooded Robin, painted Honeyeater, White-winged Fairy-wren, Crested Bellbird, Blue Bonnet, Ground Cuckoo-shrike and Square-tailed Kite. These and many other Brigalow Belt specialties can be seen at the 16 recommended public birding sites.

'Feathers and Flight' Photographic Exhibition

The exhibition will be on display at Myall Park Gallery, Myall Park Botanic Garden, Glenmorgan, Queensland from the opening on 28 August until late October.

You are invited to submit photographs

See article and entry form

Website Sponsor

We are currently looking for a new Sponsor to pay for the annual web hosting fee of the Myall Park Botanic Garden Limited website. It costs approximately $100.00 per annum.

Please contact the office for details on 07 46656705 or email: myallparkbotanic@bigpond.com

After our recent Annual Meeting great excitement has emerged for the new

management structure that will move our Garden into the next phase of future planning.

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Can you help? We need someone to input botanical

details to our Access database. You need not be situated

geographically close to the Garden, but it's essential

to have Microsoft Access.

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We need a new concept for our tea towel

Designers and Artists out there ! We are searching for a new design to promote Myall park Botanic Garden as a whole .

Do you think you could design one for Myall Park Botanic Garden ? Please send your ideas through to us at myallparkbotanic@bigpond.com .

The Garden's new ground water tank is now operating.

Going up

Finishing off

The old and the new

WORKING BEES

Working bees for 2010

are being held on the following dates.

Friends of the Garden Working Bee April 10th - April 16th

Caboolture Daytime SGAP April 19th - April 22nd

Caboolture Daytime SGAP September 6th - September 9 th

Visitors are encouraged to participate in research and educational projects currently underway

Anyone wishing to assist us with future working bees is invited to

Friends’ working bee April 2010.

Fourteen Friends of Myall Park Botanic Garden, including two Directors, have just completed an arduous working bee at the Garden. They came for periods of three to twelve days as they were able – from as far afield as Boggabri and Kingscliff (NSW), Brisbane and the Gold and Sunshine Coasts. They clocked up 609 working hours plus 156 hours travelling time to get here.

The new manager of the Horticulture, Conservation and Research division led some of the group in planting 210 plants, including preparing the ground, spreading mulch and constructing new wallaby-proof fences. The plants were all mapped and recorded.

Others repaired and serviced the old Gardens vehicles and also repaired and laid new watering lines.

The contributions of these volunteers help to maintain this valuable botanical resource and tourist attraction – Myall Park Botanic Garden.

spreading sorghum mulch

serious planting

Caboolture Daytime SGAP group visits the Garden 2010

Once again, our branch has had a very productive and enjoyable trip to Myall Park Botanical Garden from the 19^th to 23^rd April.

On the drive out west, I felt that we received a good omen for a delightful week ahead, when we saw beautiful pastel colours reflected in the clouds.Never before have I seen such a variety of beautiful butterflies. Everywhere we were working or just admiring the gardens, we encountered Orchard butterflies. I saw my very first Scarlet Jezebel and we saw White Migrants, Lemon Migrants, Small Grass Yellow, Lesser Wanderer and the Dingy Swallowtail.

To the right of the Gallery we planted twelve Swainsonia swainsonoides after Howard attacked the ground with a crowbar. In front of the Gallery, we planted Hakea orthorrhyncha and Senna circinnata

In Avochie’s garden, we planted Acacia conferta, A. spectablus and A. formosus.

A new fence in a freshly ripped area was erected in a very short time, with everyone’s help, then sprinklers were sorted and the water pump put on overnight. Next morning it was so much easier for Howard, Gary and Rob to dig the holes so the rest of us could plant the Acacia Spectablus, Ac. Bancrofti, Ac. grandifolia, Ac. landsdownia and Ac. conferta.

In the original fenced Acacia area, we planted Acacia baileyana and Ac. Holerisia

When the Gossypium sturtianums (Sturts Desert Rose) were being planted, we discovered that another one had already conveniently self-sowed right beside the water pipe. Marijke lovingly watered and mulched the dear little thing. A Eucalyptus salubris was planted in the scientific area where we all wore facemasks while spreading mulch. Grevillea Merinda Gordon and Grevillea fililoba were planted in the garden between Avochie and the Quarters.Sue planted Cronum bulbils, collected by herself and Gill, near the thongaphone.

The loveliest flowering plants while we were at the garden were Eucalyptus lansdowneana(two gorgeous shades of pink) and Banksi ashbi. .

Caboolture Daytime SGAP Group

Garry Horne, Sue Gallagher, Graham Forster, Howard Heyworth, Joe Geoghegan, Edgar Askew, Denise White, Carol Heyworth and Rob White.

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Don't forget, we have wonderful plant photos for sale

by various photographers

also some of the best photos by Sandra Neill

plus great bird photos by Bindy Warby

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