FoMM win 2021 Landcare award! We are delighted to announce that the Friends of Mount Majura received the 2021 ACT Landcare Community Group Award at a ceremony on 10 March. (The award presentation was delayed due to Covid.) FoMM will now go forward as a nominee for the 2022 national…
Happy (lunar) New Year – Gong Xi Fa Cai It’s never too late to make a resolution to give something back to the nature park in our back yard. A huge effort by FoMM volunteers in 2021 Despite Covid disruptions, including more than three months of lockdown when it was…
Happy New Year to all our readers. We hope you are enjoying Mount Majura in the cool early mornings and evenings of summer. If you are feeling relaxed and energised after some seasonal holidays you can join us on Monday mornings, weekday evenings and one Sunday in January to give…
It has been great to resume ParkCare activities since the lockdown ended. Another La Nina season has led to prolific weed growth as well as abundant wildflowers. December working party this Sunday 12 December 9am to 12 noon. We will remove weeds along the drainage line close to the Hackett…
Lockdown has lifted, ParkCare has resumed In this lovely spring weather, we are delighted that Parkcare has at last resumed. The Mondays at the Fair crew have been tackling St John’s wort for the past three weeks – it is flourishing, although we are pleased to see very little Capeweed…
Lockdown advice from Parks & Conservation Service While everyone is relieved at the gradual lifting of lockdown conditions for ACT residents from Friday 15 October the most recent advice from Parks & Conservation Service is that organised ParkCare activities are still not permitted. FoMM will be informed as soon as…
Lockdown means our events are on hold While the ACT continues to be in lockdown it is not possible to organise events for the Friends of Mount Majura, including our regular weekly Mondays at the Fair and Third Sunday working parties. We expect another wonderful display of wildflowers in the…
Third Sunday Working Party Come along to the Fair on Sunday 15 August between 1 and 4pm. Choose your favourite activity – we will plant native seedlings of Blue Devils (Eryngium ovinum) and Variable Plantain (Plantago varia) in two of our seeding nodes, spread mulch at sites where contractors have…
Third Sunday WINTER HOREHOUND BLITZ! Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) are not hibernating during winter. Please join us for a massacre to tackle horehound in the paddock north of the Hackett water tank. Give as much or as little time as you want and be amazed at what you can achieve. When: Sunday…
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…
