Weed and Feed! Saturday April 2nd at 4.00pm

A fantastic opportunity to learn about different weeds and help to remove them from the Botanic Gardens.

Weeding: 4.00pm
Please meet at the Meeting room of the Botanic Gardens at 4.00pm.
Garden Friends and other volunteers will then learn some Weed Identification using a collection of laminated pictures and information on weeds and some
matching real life examples. You will also gain information about the growing pattern of weeds, their seeds and ways of using common tools (screwdrivers, pliers and some weeders / mini matiks) to remove the stubbon and prickly ones. This short activity and following induction will assist everyone in knowing which plants are definitely a weed and the ones to pull out.
Weeding will begin at the Orientation Garden, Screen and Hedges, World Cycad Garden and then further down the paths.
Friends / volunteers are welcome to bring home gardening tools but as we are serious about introducing fungus, bacteria and other pests, they will be sprayed  with a metho/ water combination before digging in any of our soils.

Feeding: 600pm
A BBQ will follow afterwards at the Meeting room from 6.00pm so we can thank all those who have got down and dirty and volunteered their time to rid the Gardens of these unwanted plants.
We ask that participants bring along a salad or sweets to share. Meat, drinks and breadrolls will be provided.

Please R.S.V.P.to Maya on 49527321 or email botanic@mackay.qld.gov.au if you are coming in this event.

Contact: Maya Harrison

Phone: 49527300

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