Adopt-a-Furrow

If you are walking on the Charlie's Hole walk starting at the Bluff Road car park, you may notice several small markers with green flags. This area has been direct seeded a number of times over the past few years, and the flagged area denotes furrows which have been direct seeded with indigenous trees.

Members and volunteers have each adopted one or more of these furrows, and are maintaining them by removing any larger woody weeds such as Carpet Weed (Galenia pubescens), Flax Leaf Broom (Genista linifolia) and Gorse (Ulex europaeus).  Until the trees have established themselves, any smaller weeds are being left, as they help to protect the trees.

If you would like to participate in the adopt-a-furrow programme, please contact a committee member, who will be happy to show you what to do to maintain this area.

Moolapio Grasslands Day

At our November meeting last night, we heard a report from two of our members who attended the Moolapio Grasslands Restoration day at Point Henry. By all accounts it was an excellent afternoon, and our members were impressed by what has been achieved in only two or three years.

The grasslands restoration project is a partnership between Greening Australia and Alcoa to re-establish native grasses and wildflowers on land previously used for agriculture. The method they are using is direct seeding, which Friends of Edwards Point also uses on our Western Block. We saw a flyer of the many wildflowers and grasses that have been established successfully at Pt Henry, which gives encouragement for the success of our own plans.

Welcome to the Friends of Edwards Point blog

Welcome to our new venture into the world of electronic publishing. This will be a place in which we can post details of our meetings and activities, as well as information about other environmental activities on the Bellarine Peninsula and elsewhere.