Has your garden seemed a bit different in recent years, the comforting buzz of bees much quieter, the air less colourful and alive? Bee and butterfly populations are facing an alarming worldwide decline, an especially frightening thought as the majority of crops that us mere mortals rely on for food, are very reliant on regular visits from these buzzing and colourful pollinators.
Bees and butterflies require safe spaces in order to feed and find mates. This is where you come in and can help, by ensuring your own garden and backyard is a pollinator-friendly pit stop.
Create a green space at home to attract pollinators - Image: Nennieinszweidrei > Pixabay License no att req
Join Ken Cross and Natalie Sanderson from
Backyards for Biodiversity SEQ to learn which plants you need in your garden to create the ideal environment to attract more bees and butterflies into your backyard, on to your balcony or around your verge garden. Discover how to create a green space with ecological variety in mind, at the
Bees and Butterflies sessions and even get to take home a free plant, to help you get started.
The Bees and Butterflies Sessions are FREE, but with limited numbers, registration is essential. Please follow the highlighted links below to register your interest.
These sessions are proudly supported by the Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Gardens.
Bookmark the dates and show you're buzzing keen ... Image: suju-foto>Pixabay License no att req
COOLUM LIBRARY, 6 PARK STREET, COOLUM
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🐝 WEDNESDAY 8 FEBRUARY, 10.00am to 11.30am
MAROOCHYDORE LIBRARY, 44 SIXTH AVENUE, MAROOCHYDORE
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NAMBOUR LIBRARY, CNR CURRIE AND BURY STREETS, NAMBOUR
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🐝 SATURDAY 11 FEBRUARY, 10.00am to 11.30am
CALOUNDRA LIBRARY, 8 OMRAH AVENUE, CALOUNDRA
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🐝 WEDNESDAY 15 FEBRUARY, 10.00am to 11.30am
BEERWAH LIBRARY, 25 PEACHESTER ROAD, BEERWAH
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Stunning colours! Image: suju-foto > Pixabay License no att req
Have you and your family ever visited the spectacular
Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Gardens before? Pack a picnic and pack the kids, this must-do sanctuary of beauty and serenity, showcasing the flora of the Sunshine Coast region, is a fabulous spot to head to for a day trip. These breathtaking bushland gardens feature tall open forests interspersed with wet rainforest gullies; children's very own
Whipbird Walk and Whipbird Village, undercover picnic areas as well as its very own Sculpture Gardens.
Lagoon at the Botanic Gardens - Image: Elaine de Wet, author
The plant collection at the Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Gardens contain more than three hundred and fifty naturally occurring plants of the Sunshine Coast region, all playing an integral role in conserving rare and endangered plant species.
Bookmark the dates for the Bees and Butterflies sessions, make sure to register your buzzing interest and then take the day off for a family visit to the local Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Gardens. Please note, no dogs are permitted at the gardens as this is a location that the koalas love to call home.
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