Beechmont Landcare
For many years now a band of Landcare members, made up of a core of regular participants, have met on the first Monday morning of the month for a working bee. We usually meet at […]
For many years now a band of Landcare members, made up of a core of regular participants, have met on the first Monday morning of the month for a working bee. We usually meet at […]
If you see a lily growing on the roadside at this time of year there is a good chance it will be a Formosa Lily (Lilium formosanum). Originally from Taiwan it would have been introduced […]
In spring 2022, anticipating a wet summer we planted 1,000 trees and then experienced one of the driest years on record. Last spring, anticipating a dry summer we reduced our plantings and limped them through […]
On November 9th Beechmont Landcare had its Annual General Meeting. The Management Committee comprised of Paul Keefer, – Chair, Rob Newman – Secretary and Christine Tod – Treasurer were re-elected for another year. The primary goal of […]
The characteristic green rolling hills of Beechmont are getting pretty brown at the moment. Residents are anxiously awaiting the first good rain of the season. A concept that measures the break of the dry season is […]
Recently members who travel along Akoonah Drive were distressed to find that a grove of Banksi integrifolia var monticola (White Mountain Banksia) had been cut down. It is believed they were in a public road […]
Winter came early to Beechmont this year with a frost in early May. All across the plateau there are patches of brown in the lower areas, where frost had settled. Susceptible plants in Beechmont […]
The second in our tour of Beechmont Reserves is the Gwingana Bushland Reserve which is a tiny piece of land high up on Gwingana Court. Until a couple of years ago this reserve appeared to […]
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