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…
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…
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…
After our January working bee in the reserve area adjacent to Valour Park, Friends of Mount Majura will be returning there to cut and dab briars and pull Southern Blue Gum seedlings from 9 am to noon on Sunday, 25th February in a shady site mostly under trees. And while…
These summer evening weeding sessions have been popular as people enjoy some relaxed summer time. Join us at The Fair site in North Watson from 6-7.30 pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 9 January. The twilight sessions target St John’s Wort, Hypericum perforatum. We will work in patches…
FoMM is 20 years old and we are celebrating this milestone with a birthday party at 10am on Sunday 12 November. Ngunnawal elder Uncle Wally Bell will welcome us to country. Dr Rosie Cooney will give a short talk about the ecological significance of Mount Majura followed by birthday cake…
Spring has sprung, the early flowers are in bloom and beautiful and the unwanted plants – i.e. weeds – are sitting in their starting holes. Spring into action and help hand remove one of Mount Majura’s worst weeds, the St John’s Wort along a small drainage line with rare plants…
We will work at The Fair site in North Watson, removing Fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) Cleavers, aka Sticky Weed (Galium aparine) and Blackberry Nightshade (Solanum nigrum) at the south-eastern part of the site, close to the Antill Street roundabout. Register at the Tay and Ian Nicol Streets entrance to the nature…
Please help remove fruiting St Johns Wort plants in Wildflower patches east of The Fair. When: Sunday 20 February 2022 9am to noon Where: meet at the volunteer registration point Tay / Ian Nicol Streets, The Fair North Watson We will be working on wildflower patch 4 shown on this…
Friends of Mt Majura will continue evening sessions to remove St John’s Wort (StJW) at selected wildflower patches close to the North Watson project site in the Mt Majura nature reserve at The Fair. When: from 6 pm to 7.30 pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays through to the end…
