JUNE WORKING PARTY – PLANTING WILDFLOWER SEEDLINGS AT THE FAIR An exciting continuing FoMM activity has been the establishment of seed nodes – a ‘Noah’s Ark’ project to plant herbaceous wildflowers (forbs) to establish a future seed bank in fenced-off areas which protect young plants from grazing by rabbits and…
FOMM BIRDWALK THIS SUNDAY 9 MAY Join bird enthusiast Peter Miller for a morning stroll through Mt Majura’s woodlands to spot, observe, listen to, and learn about the amazing variety of birds on Mt Majura. When: Sunday 9th May, 8am (sharp) – 10 am Where: Meet at nature reserve entrance Tay St…
THIRD SUNDAY WORKING PARTY 18 April 1-4pm With the coming of autumn, we move our monthly working bees to the afternoons – we hope this will also lead to an increase in participant numbers. This working party will focus on woody weeds in the nature reserve area near Mackenzie street,…
FoMM News Apologies for the late edition of the newsletter this month – the FoMM Secretary has been away. Third Sunday working bee – Sunday 21 March, 9am to noon Our next working bee will be on this Sunday morning 21 March planting and weeding at the Drainage Ditch. Come…
FoMM News Happy lunar New Year to the Friends of Mt Majura! We hope you enjoyed a happy and relaxing summer break. Working Party @ The Fair this Sunday 21 February 2021 FoMM will resume its third Sunday monthly working bees on 21 February, at the Fair site at North…
It’s been a huge year of activity for the Friends in 2020 with La Nina weather bringing lots of rain and sunshine which has been great for wildflowers, but also for weeds. Most of our effort has been at the Fair site. It’s looking good, with many wildflowers flourishing under…
Events For more information on any of the below events, please visit our website at www.majura.org. Please sign-in on the Friends of Mt Majura activity sheet at the volunteer registration point, and follow the Covid19 practice. Sticky Weeds Rampage (Saturday, 14/11/2020) Please come and help remove the rampant Cleavers (Sticky weeds)…
Events For more information on any of the below events, please visit our website at www.majura.org. Spring Wildflower Rambles Explore the wildflowers that bloom in spring on two delightful walks with local ecologist Michael Doherty (photo below: wildflower Early Nancy, Wurmbea dioica, by W. Pix) First walk, 11th October When: Sunday, 11 October…
Events For more information on any of the below events, please visit our website at www.majura.org. WoW! Wild on Weeds Hand Weeding Sessions, Sundays in September Following terrific hand weeding sessions in June, the Friends of Mt Majura (FoMM) will be hosting another set of hand weeding sessions over the…
EVENTS Around the Ditch Working Party Sunday 16 August 2020, 1pm to 4pm See out winter with a FoMM working party to remove herbaceous weeds around the drainage ditch close to the Hackett water tank, love your frogs, plant some Tall Sedge plants at the bottom of the gully and…
