47 Bilambil Street Verge A planting day was held at 47 Bilambil Street Banyo Brisbane on the 25th October 23 to continue work we had started at this address. Our vision was that this footpath would be best covered in low growing native plants beneath the council planted street tree, to make it […]
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A key participant in this pilot project is Nundah Community Enterprises Co-operative (NCEC). When we started, we had no idea how long it would take to do a verge conversion so it was hard to know how much to include in the grant application. Nobody is offering verge conversions as a commercial service. The only
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This is the first planting bee for the beds created by Nundah Community Enterprises Co-operative (NCEC)‘s youth co op members. We plant native tubestock for several reasons. It’s less digging It’s cheaper so not such a disaster if some get trampled, squashed by a ball, or die for any reason. These plants aren’t tempting to
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An important ingredient in The Shady Lanes Project collaborative model is the inclusion of social enterprises who create meaningful local employment. This morning, the Nundah Community Enterprises Co-operative (NCEC)‘s youth co op members started on their first verge as part of this project. A large part of our grant goes to NCEC to do the
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Three months ago, we started on the verge at 45 Bilambil St. Here is the same verge, all done. There is no concrete path so we had to leave a grass path for pedestrians, and a strip along the kerb to allow for passengers getting out of parked cars. The plants were all tubestock which
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Great working bee and lots of chat at Bilambil St this morning. Yes, we spent a lot of time talking but that’s part of what it’s all about – having fun, meeting people, connecting communities. And planting some native plants instead of grass to make our streets cooler, friendlier places. (Bonus: less mowing!) We all
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We have been happily transforming one of our project’s verges in Bilambil Street. In this post, I am excited to give you a brief overview of our progress on this verge. At the start, the verge was only a street tree and a pile of soil (pictured below). Before commencing, the resident had some initial
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On Saturday 4 March 2023 we had our first verge garden working bee at Bilambil Street, Banyo. Even though we achieved quite a bit in such little time, we use the slow gardening technique which allows lots of time to get to know the space, and each other. We had some great conversations and it
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ACF Community Brisbane Northside is providing support and resources for meetings for this project as part of the Australian Conservation Foundation’s Save Our Big Backyard campaign. Please follow the links below to RSVP on their event page. Meeting: Why street trees, why native plants, choosing plants WHEN: March 12, 2023 : 3pm – 5pm WHERE: Banyo Library – Meeting Room 2
On 12 February 2023, we held our third community meeting at the Banyo Library meeting room. It was incredibly exciting to see new faces of the community joining our sessions. With our core group of residents really leading the way with their local knowledge and wisdom. Some residents have been living in Banyo since they were
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