Come along and give a hand at the Friends of Mt Majura working party on Sunday, 16 February, help remove Japanese Honeysuckle and other pesky weeds from the bottom of at the drainage ditch close to the Hackett water tank and spread wood chip mulch to suppress new germination of…
As in the past two years, the Friends of Mt Majura will be hosting twilight weeding sessions at The Fair during the weeks on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from the 7th January until further notice. Start the new year with a good deed, enjoy a relaxing summer eve hand-weeding among…
Are you curious about what flutters around on Mt Majura? Enjoy an easy, informative walk on Sunday, 2nd February, with Dr Suzi Bond, biologist, butterfly expert, and author of A Field Guide to Butterflies of the ACT. When: Sunday 2nd February; 10 am to 12noon; note: the walk be cancelled…
Welcome the New Year with a working party to remove woody weeds in the nature reserve around the gully adjacent to Valour Park. Friends of Mount Majura will be returning to the area to continue cut and dab Sweet Briar roses and remove young blue gums on Sunday 19 January…
As the year draws to a close, we reflect on the wonderful activities and achievements of 2024. Highlights are the environmental grant to deal with weed management at The Fair and the Office of Nature Conservation project which is restoring a section of woodland by planting more wildflowers in the…
Friends of Mt Majura (FoMM) are exited to announce a Weed Management Plan for The Fair. The Plan was developed with FoMM to help manage priority weeds at The Fair using funding from the Restoration program under the Conserving Canberra Budget 2023-2025. Over more than a decade Friends of Mt…
Give a hand at the last work party for this year hosted by the Friends of Mt Majura on Sunday, 15th December; help to remove Japanese Honeysuckle, Privets and other woody weeds from the drainage line close to the Hackett water tank; and see how planted local shrubs and wildflowers…
Winter and now spring have been low rainfall seasons, and this has had an impact on the vegetation and wildlife in the reserve, with small dams drying out, and new plantings needing to be watered. As always there are still weeds thriving and FoMM is active in tackling the worst…
Each year in Spring we review the plants sightings on Canberra NatureMapr (CNM) for the previous year. The collated data let us modify the Flora List which is available on the FoMM website to add in species which have been discovered since the last review. Also, we check for things…
Please give a hand and help remove Sweet Briar Rose and Hawthorn at the northwest corner of the Mt Majura nature reserve. When: Sunday, 17 November, 9am – 12noon, give as much of your time as you want. Where: Nature park east of The Fair, North Watson; access nature park…
