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…
Start the New Year with a good deed and help remove St John’s Wort at wildflower patches close to the North Watson project site on Mt Majura at The Fair. Friends of Mt Majura will host evening weeding sessions in early January to remove St John’s Wort (StJW) from patches…
Due to the Canberra Covid19 Lock-down , the Friends of Mt Majura postpone the work party scheduled for Sunday 15 August until further notice. Come along and help to plant, mulch, and weed at The Fair on Sunday, 15 August. We will plant native Blue Devils and Variable Plantain in…
View this video scan of the transformed Fair taken in March 2021. In 2012, Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) began on-ground work to improve a 10 ha patch of degraded grassy woodland in the Mt Majura nature reserve east of the residential estate The Fair in North Watson. We named…
Come and join the Majura Mountain Scouts for an afternoon of planting local wildflowers in the Mt Majura nature reserve at The Fair. When: Sunday 30 May 2021 from 1 pm to 4 pm; please come early for an introduction; Where: Mt Majura nature reserve east of The Fair, North…
Join in FoMM’s working party at The Fair on Sunday 19 July and help to spread mulch, plant a couple of local trees, and remove more than a couple of weeds. When: Sunday 19 July from 10 am to 4 pm; give as much time as you like. Where: Nature…
Come and give a hand at our work party and help with mulching, watering and placing debris to protect our plantings. Hear about our new exciting “Seeding Nodes” project to bring back native wildflowers to Mt Majura. When: Sunday 16 February 2020, from 9am to 12noon Where: Meet nature park…
