Plant of the Month
Swamp Mahogany
Original illustration of Eucalyptus robusta by James Sowerby (from Wikepedia) Eucalyptus robusta A firm favourite of the Koala, the Swamp Mahogany loves wet feet as it’s common name indicates. Common in coastal swamps and wet forests the Swamp Mahogany has a natural...
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Sticky Hops
Dodonaea viscosa Rather inaccurately described in “A Little Book of Latin for Gardeners” (see this month’s book review) as a “rather dull genus of evergreen shrubs” the Dodonaea genus was named after Rembert Dodoens a Flemish physician and botanist, author of the...
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Work Health and Safety Forms
To meet your legal obligations, you should be keeping safety records for each working bee or field day that your group takes part in. HRLN has developed a WHS Risk assessment form and Daily diary with WHS checklist for your group to download and use.
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13 Reasons to Join
Resources
Work Health and Safety Forms
To meet your legal obligations, you should be keeping safety records for each working bee or field day that your group takes part in. HRLN has developed a WHS Risk assessment form and Daily diary with WHS checklist for your group to download and use.
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Book Review: A Little Book of Latin for Gardeners
We’ve all been there, reading a botanical name and wondering both how to pronounce it and what the strange words actually mean.
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Celebrating 30 years of Landcare in the Mulbring Valley
On Saturday, 1st June 2019 Mount Vincent Landcare Inc (MVLC) celebrated 30 Years of Landcaring in the Mulbring Valley.
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Spotlight on … Dungog Common Landcare Group
Dungog Common Landcare Group (DCLG) operates under the auspices of the Dungog Common Recreation Reserve Manager (DCRRM) or what we call ‘theTrust’. Our workdays are spent caring for 260 hectares (600 acres) of Crown land on the northwest edge of the Township of Dungog.
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Project Achievements
HRLN Landcare Initiatives and Activities 2017 – 2018
Glendonbrook Remnant and Riparian Restoration Project
Click the link below to view and download the document about this project. It is a very large file. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TbQr9oLEIELStGG3I00TSHfP-_tYWPfL/view?ts=5a178b67 [embeddoc...
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Hunter Region Landcare Workshop grants 2018-2019
Thanks to the generous support of the Hunter Local Land Services, HRLN once again has funding available for a series of field-days/workshops, hosted by our Member Groups, on topics of interest to the Landcarers in their local area. Previous events have included woody...
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Landcare Australia’s Drought Assistance Grants
Landcare Australia’s 2018 Drought Assistance Grants program is now open to support Landcare groups and the farming community located in intense drought declared areas in NSW and QLD. The aim of the program is to help farmers to build drought resilience through...
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