BUSHCARE IN THE BUSH CAPITAL

Improving Canberra residents’ understanding of their local environment and how to care for it

Participants in Bushcare in the Bush Capital find out about how garden plants can escape into the bush thereby reducing its health and viability. They help conserve the bush at the edges of urban areas, and reduce weeds and grow native plants in their own backyards. New residents of Gungahlin also have the opportunity to learn about their nature parks. For example, creation of the Bush on the Boundary Reference Group in Gungahlin, brings together land developers, local community and catchment groups, scientists, and residents to work collaboratively in addressing the impact of suburban development on surrounding nature parks, reserves and public land, by targeting issues such as cat containment, urban wetlands, illegal dumping and weed control.

Project to re-instate wood into Mulligans Flat.

Gininderra catchment tour of Mulligan’s Flat

Photos Micheal Schultz