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Melton Botanic Garden showcases dryland plants

10 October 2024

Melton Botanic Garden, west of Melbourne, showcases dryland plants, those which tolerate dry climate and low water conditions. Visit to Melton Botanic Garden showcasing dryland plants One of the excursion…

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Connect with nature at the Chelsea Australian garden at Olinda

7 October 2024

Phillip Johnson and his team have recreated the award winning Chelsea Garden Show ‘The Australian garden’. The Chelsea Australian garden is located at Olinda in the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria.…

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Australian brush-turkey: unwelcome guest or ecosystem engineer?

25 March 2024

Many east coast city dwellers may wonder whether the Australian brush-turkey is an unwelcome guest or an ecosystem engineer. But the very thing that annoys people may be an ecological…

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Celebrating Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens

1 March 2024

After 20 years, a small group are celebrating the establishment of the Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens. SGAP (Australian Native Plants Society) Mackay has a vision! A dedicated local community group…

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Naturalising Melbourne’s waterways

20 February 2024

The ‘Reimagine Your Creek’ project focuses on naturalising Melbourne’s waterways. Naturalisation is a growing initiative in contemporary urban planning. It has the potential to deliver better outcomes to our waterways…

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