Weeding with Friends – Third Sunday Working Bee, 19 May 9am – noon Mount Ainslie and Mount Majura are part of the same ecosystem and in May FoMM will join with the Mount Ainslie Weeders to remove woody weeds from a ‘common’ patch. Meet at the Kellaway Street, Hackett entrance…
Weeding with a view – third Sunday working bee 21 April 1 – 4pm Come and help remove horehound at an old sheep camp on Majura Ridge. Enjoy the view, friendly company, homemade cake for afternoon tea and the satisfaction of having cleaned a patch of horrible horehound which will…
Third Sunday working bee 17 March 9am – noon, Oldfields Lane, North Watson Mount Majura nature park is an important remnant site for endangered Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum woodland, which provides habitat for many plants and animals including rare and endangered species. Early autumn is a good time…
Butterfly walk: Sunday 18 February 1-3 pm Join us for a guided walk with butterfly expert Dr Suzi Bond. Meet at the Antill Street nature park entrance next to the last Hackett houses and a classic Canberra bus stop. Wear sturdy shoes – we’ll be walking on trails on the…
Third Sunday working bee 21 January We will work at The Fair, pulling Southern Blue Gum seedlings which have escaped from the neighbouring Valour Park. This beautiful gum is native to Victoria and the grassy woodland of Mount Majura is not the place for them. To avoid a small Blue Gum…
End of year working bee Sunday 10 December We will return to the watercourse close to the Hackett tank to spread mulch and remove weeds including privet, ivy and honeysuckle. This watercourse is enjoyed by many birds and animals. We have replaced the weeds we have removed with native ground…
It’s our birthday and we’re throwing a party FoMM is 20 and we are celebrating this milestone with a birthday party. Come and join us at 10am on Sunday 12 November. All are welcome to this free event but please RSVP by clicking on this link. Ngunnawal elder Uncle Wally Bell…
FoMM is 20 In 2003 Waltraud Pix called the first meeting of what was to become FoMM, to gain support for the preservation of endangered grassy woodlands on Mount Majura’s lower slopes. Since then, FoMM has engaged many hundreds of local residents in weeding, planting and habitat restoration at sites…
Third Sunday working bee 17 September 1pm For our first spring working bee we will return to the Hackett reservoir tank and nearby watercourse removing privet, ivy and other weeds growing close to the tank, spreading mulch near the watercourse to suppress new weed growth and doing some hand weeding…
August 20 Third Sunday working bee, 1pm, Oldfield’s Lane North Watson Mount Majura nature park is an important remnant site for the endangered Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum (YBBRG) woodland, which provides important habitat for many plants and animals, including rare and endangered species. This will be a ‘search…
