Go to: http://noosariver.com.au/ urban-wildlife-gardens/
Enjoy Noosa’s native plants and the wildlife they attract.
Here is a handbook that provides information, suggestions and on-line links to help you create an urban garden for local wildlife. It will help meet the objectives of Noosa’s Urban Wildlife Gardens programme.
Discover Noosa’s native flora and fauna and the conditions that create the environment you have chosen to call home.
Learn how suburban gardens, townhouses, courtyards, balconies and verandas can contribute to living corridors through Noosa’s Biosphere Reserve.
For a full list of live links suggested in the Handbook, scan this QR code on your phone or tablet or go to: noosariver.com.au/urban-wildlifegardens/
...then, sit back and enjoy some suggestions and ideas from this Handbook.
Noosa shire contains many and varied habitats, from the coastal beach suburbs, mangroves and heathlands, to the inland eucalypt and rainforests
Getting to know your own local native plants means you can translate attractive landscaping ideas to your own site, knowing they will thrive. Trees, shrubs, groundcovers, grasses, vines, and climbers are all interchangeable.
Part of the fun is finding an idea and then studying our local native plants to see which ones might produce the same effect. Interesting contrasts of foliage colour, size and texture will become part of your palette.
Consider existing soil type, available light, height or plant and space available.
Every new garden is a challenge whether starting from scratch of redesigning an existing one.
Natural habitat is often messy. Leaf litter, fallen bark, sticks, etc. provide refuge, so leave some tangly corners.
If you stop mowing, areas will naturally regenerate with shrubs,
Ecosystems
To find out the native vegetation that grew on your site before development, go to Department of Environment and Science and request a Regional Ecosystems map using your street address. apps.des.qld.gov. au/map-request/ re-broad-veggroup/
groundcovers, grasses. Just keep watch and remove weeds as they appear.
Native plants already doing well in the area are a good indicator of what to choose. Plant more of the same and learn about the species they attract.
Plant a variety of species with an eye to having flowers, fruit, seeds, coloured foliage, at different times of the year.
An ecosystem is a community of interacting organisms and their environment. Living things interact with each other and also with nonliving things like soil, water and air. Ecosystems often contain many living things and can be as small as your backyard or as large as the ocean.
Your computer is a wonderful resource and there are many landscaping books at the Noosa Library.
Search in Google (or other browser) and try the following: Landscaping native plants Queensland. Click on ‘Images’ and enjoy a feast of ideas.
Here’s a list of links to try:
How to make an Autumn Australian native garden | Garden
Design and Inspiration | Gardening Australia www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAK3XtBk9rc
Large architecturally designed native garden in an apartment | Garden Design | Gardening Australia www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS_ZN17h8bA&t=4s
Gardening with Angus www.gardeningwithangus.com.au/the-new-formal-gardenwith-australian-plants
The Australian Garden – designing with Australian Plants
Diana Snape anpsa.org.au/garden-design-principles/ Lawrie Smith AM, Landscape Architect
Article: Design with Nature | Native Plants Queensland (npq.org.au) npq.org.au/article-design-with-nature/
Choosing Plants
Plant
selections Plant selections – the “Gardening in Noosa Biosphere” brochure is a good place to start
Protect nesting hollows in old trees
Coastal
Choose plants from the list with conditions similar to those in your garden
Harsh, sandy, salty, open, windy, sunny e.g. beachfront properties
Trees
Beach Acronychia (Acronychia imperforata) (S,T)
Beach Bird’s Eye (Alectryon coriaceus) (S,T)
Horse Tail Oak (Casuarina equisetifolia) (T)
Primrose Ball Wattle (Acacia flavescens) (S,T)
Screw Pine (Pandanus tectorius) (T)
Tuckeroo (Cupaniopsis anacardioides) (T)
Quinine Berry (Petalostigma pubescens) (T)
Shrubs
Bootlace Bark (Wikstroemia indica)
Coast Beard Heath (Leucopogon parviflorus) (S)
Coastal Boobialla (Myoporum acuminatum) (S)
Lolly Bush (Clerodendrum floribundum) (S)
Midjim Berry (Austromyrutus dulcis) (S)
Phebalium (Phebalium woombye) (S)
Westringia (Westringia tenuicaulis) (S)
Other plants
Beach Flax Lily (Dianella congesta) (G)
Goat’s Foot Convolvulus (Ipomoea pes-capre) (GC)
Paper Daisy (Xerochrysum bracteatum) (H)
Mat Rush (Lomandra longifolia) (G)
Sandy Heathland
Sandy, well-drained, sunny e.g. coastal suburbs on sandhills
Trees
Pink Bloodwood (Corymbia intermedia) (T)*
Tea Tree (Leptospermum trinervium) (S,T)
Wallum Banksia (Banksia aemula) (S,T)
Corkwood (Endiandra sieberi) (T)
Shrubs
Boronia (Boronia rosmarinifolia) (S)
Guinea Flower (Hibbertia linearis) (S)
Hairy Bush Pea (Pultenaea villosa) (S)
Heathy Parrot Pea (Dilwynia retorta) (S)
Mangrove Boobialla (Myoporum boninense) (GC)
Scented Fan Flower (Scaevola calendulacea) (GC)
Twining Guinea Flower (Hibbertia scandens) (V,GC)
Warrigal Greens (Tetragonia tetragonoides) (H)
Homoranthus (Homoranthus virgatus) (S)
Prickly Moses (Acacia ulicifolia) (S)
Woolly Aotus (Aotus lanigera) (S)
Weeping Baeckea (Baeckea frutescens) (S)
Wild May (Leptospermum polygalifolium) (S)
Other plants
Grasstree (Xanthorrhoea johnsonii)
Mat Rush (Lomandra multiflora) (G)
Native Iris (Patersonia sericea) (G)
Queensland Wax Flower (Philotheca queenslandica) (S)
Red-fruited Saw Sedge (Gahnia sieberiana) (H)
Twining Guinea Flower (Hibbertia scandens) (V,GC)
If you try other plants, keep in mind where they grow naturally and the conditions where they thrive
Check Council’s regulations to see what is allowed on your verge. Important things to consider: the postman, bin collection, where underground services are located.
New guidelines for verge planting are being prepared as part of Noosa Council’s Urban Greening programme.
These verge gardens were planned to show off plants that flower at different times of the year. They include wedding bush and swamp cypress. Note the foliage contrast.
Suggested Species
Acacias
Banksias
Ginger
Ozothamnus
Allocasuarina
Grevilleas
Lomandra
Tea tree
Westringia
Entrances Entrances
Consider
Height and the amount of maintenance required to keep the front entrance open, accessible and welcoming.
Suggested Species
Pandanus
Banksias
Interesting trunks (paperbarks)
Plectranthus
Wallum tea tree
Blue Tongue
Sago Flower
Pots and sculpture can be used help create an atmosphere.
Although space is always a consideration, several larger feature plants can be positioned to effect, with lower underplanting. Contrast colour and size of foliage. Tree bark at eye level adds interest.
Hibbertia scandens grows in an adjacent pot and trails across the gate, softening its formality.
This gate is useful as well as having sculptural appeal. The wire fence supports a vine.
Arches will need to be pruned to keep their shape and allow access.
This small garden benefits from the adjacent council esplanade and views of the conservation area beyond.
Fences, hedges & shrubs Fences, hedges & shrubs
Hedges can be clipped and formal or tangled and wild, but still need some pruning to keep them from spreading too much.
Over-planting will compensate for losses. Under-planting leaves room for second thoughts. Interplanting with fast growing pioneer-type plants is a good idea, giving shelter to new plantings and passing wildlife.
Birds will love the shelter of hedges and fruiting plants provide them with a snack.
Suggested Species
Wattles, Tea tree,
Casuarinas
Lillypilly
Westringia
Waterhousia (if kept pruned)
Callitris
Phebalium
Trees have a single trunk. Shrubs have multiple trunks and make a better choice for hedges.
Small trees can be interplanted with a shrub understorey.
In small gardens particularly, fences and hedges are valuable real estate for the wildlife. Make them a backdrop to seating areas where you can watch birds and butterflies coming and going.
Love thy neighbour but establish your boundaries. Check with Council for your own information now, and for new neighbours later on. A “guessed” fenceline can cause problems in the future.
Don’t be afraid to trim and sometimes heavily prune small shrubs to give form and direct their growth. With a small garden there is time for more attention to tip-pruning.
Banks and change of level Shrubs and groundcovers with rocks and boulders can be placed and planted to direct water runoff.
Vertical surfaces Vertical surfaces
Pergolas, screens & green walls
Wire mesh against a fence or wall can be a good place to train climbers and hang planters. Timber trellis is another option.
Watering systems
Essential for green walls. Good for hard-to-reach spots and topping up a high birdbath.
Worth considering if you are often away and rely on others to water your garden.
Hanging baskets & pots Hanging baskets & pots
Suggested Species
Soft ferns
Elkhorn
Consider the size of the container.
Individual baskets need regular watering, whereas stag and elkhorn ferns are more resilient and a good choice.
Staghorn
Lawn Lobelia
Native violets
Space is critical in a small garden.
Vines & climbers Vines & climbers
Suggested Species
Fraser Island creeper
Pandorea pandorana
Pandorea jasminoides
Hardenbergia
Hibbertia scandens
Vines can be used as groundcovers too. Soften harsh surfaces. Think about support.
Groundcovers Groundcovers
Suggested Species
Dianella
Lomandra small
Pigface in a sunny spot
Native grasses
Prostrate varieties of Hibbertia and Grevillea
Plectranthus
Hardenbertia
Lawn lobelia
Scaevola
Evolvulus alsinoides
Boobialla, Myoporum
Groundcovers can be interspersed with stepping stones. Low growing shrubs can be trimmed if necessary.
Preserve moss on rocks and logs.
Cissus used here as groundcover on a sloping bank.
Vines can be used as groundcovers too.
Materials
Pebble mulch
Gravel
Rocks and boulders
Mulch
Stepping Stones
Pavers
Timber
Concrete
Lawn
Safety is a primary concern, but there are lots of choices and combinations like the steps to the right.
Consider the amount of usage. Vehicle traffic, children playing, visiting the clothesline or filling the birdbath.
This is a citizen science platform to help the public identify and record Fauna and Flora sightings. This information then goes on to the Wildnet data base that the government then uses to form policies for conservation and development.
Queensland Museum website www.qm.qld.gov.au Then...... Explore...Find out about … Animals of Queensland… Enter the type of animal you’re looking for.
There is also an app, Queensland Museum Network Field Guide to Queensland Fauna App
https://noosalandcare.org... Then...Native nursery…Native plant guide…Click on the arrow for lots of information about the selected plant. https://pollinatorlink.org is a website still in development that will list plants and the insects that use them. Very helpful if you want to attract a certain insect to your garden.
Land for Wildlife www.lfwseq.org.au
Have a look around this website for interesting articles and great pictures.
More than just a website about plants. Lots of other useful information including short species lists for different areas. Look for a school near you.
Gardening Australia
Birdbaths
Pools
Ponds
Puddles
Saucers
Use sculptures and rocks with hollows that trap water.
Methods for creating water points for wildlife in your garden | Garden Design | Gardening Australia
This one is well worth a visit for some basic information
www.youtube.com/ tch?v=Bxa0DaoKZx4
Attract wildlife to your garden . . .
Attract wildlife to your garden . . .
triloculare. Birds forage in short grasses to gather worms and seeds.
Nectar is the main food source for all butterfly species. Sugars in nectar give the butterflies enough energy to move around and mate and lay eggs. Butterflies will be attracted to nectarproducing plants.
Both bees and wasps often sip nectar from flowers. However, bees feed their young with pollen collected from flowers while wasps feed their young on insect or spider prey. So, if you see an insect collecting pollen from a flower, it is a bee, not a wasp.
Frogs will be looking for: crickets, cockroaches, mealworms, mosquito larvae, earthworms, fruit flies and spiders.
Many lizards and little grass skinks feed on insects and larvae, while larger lizards such as Blue-tongues and Shinglebacks will happily slurp up slugs and snails
Some plants are strongly preferred by native bees, including native peas and daisies, Eucalyptus, Banksia, and Acacia species.
Food for wildlife Is not just fruit on plants. It is also nectar, leaves, sap and roots. Create habitat for lizards if you want to have kookaburras.
Suggested Species
Petalostigma triloculare
Dianella
Banksias
Tall grasses provide shelter and food for seed-eating birds
Petalostigma
As well as boxes and hollow logs, wildlife need shelter at different heights. Small birds need grasses, sedges and dense planting for protection from predators. Other small creatures require untidy areas and leaf litter.
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Attract wildlife to your garden .
Overuse of cultivars with bigger, brighter flowers can upset the balance, attracting larger aggressive birds.
Suggested Species
Dense clumps of sedges and grasses
Kangaroo grass
Lomandra
Tree hollows . . . Tree hollows . . .
. . . stumps and old logs . . . stumps and old logs
Characteristics of a healthy habitat include
• a diversity of native overstorey, understorey and groundcover plants, reflective of the original vegetation community. In general, the greater the diversity of plant species, the ‘healthier’ the habitat
• old, large trees (dead or alive) with hollows
• regenerating native trees, shrubs and groundcovers
• a ground layer dominated by native perennial plants
• areas that are largely free of weeds and introduced grasses
• healthy vegetation—there are no signs of dieback
• fallen timber/ debris and leaf litter
• a diversity of native animal species are using the habitat. Again, the greater the diversity of species, the better.
Making homes for wildlife Making homes for wildlife
Feeding the birds
Preferably let them feed from your garden.
For some informed advice: “Feeding the Birds at your Table” , a sciencebased guide by Darryl Jones, a Professor of Ecology at Griffith University.
‘Nest Boxes for Wildlife’ by Alan and Stacey Franks is another good resource.
Elevated bird feeder protects from domestic animals.
boxes, frog hotels, insect
Nesting boxes, frog hotels, insect
Nesting
now
Consider type of nest boxes carefully so problem species are not encouraged.
Old Terracotta pipes for lizards to hide.
boxes
fitted with expanding coils to allow for tree growth.
Homes for solitary bees.
After a quick inspection visit, this one attracted no attention . . . . . . maybe pipes should have angles or bends?
• Mooloola Landcare sell native fish.
• Consider toad-proofing water features.
• Ensure there is an escape route out of the water – a stick or a rock.
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Water features, pools . . . Water features, pools
Swimming pools must be safely fenced. The council has strict rules about this. Choose local native plants to soften boundaries and blend the pool into your garden. This can be a challenge with a big pool in a small garden, but sensitive planting can make a big difference.
Sounds of water and frogs calling are soothing at the end of the day.
The best plants around swimming pools are palm trees, cordylines and flax plants plus any shrubs with large leaves: these are easier to clean up and don’t drop as often.
It also pays to look at the way wind blows around the pool. Try to plant trees and shrubs on the opposite side to the incoming winds. This means that the wind will keep your pool clean for you.
YouTube
(697) Methods for creating water points for wildlife in your garden | Garden Design | Gardening Australia -
This one is well worth a visit for some basic information.
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& puddles
Suggested Species
Woolly frogmouth
Water ribbons (trilochin)
Water snowflakes (Nymphoides indica)
Bungwall Fern (Blechnum indicum)
Giant Reed (Phragmites australis)
Sedges such as Rhyncospora corymbosa
Baumea articulata
Grey rush (Lepironia articulata)
Native bees Native bees
A few facts on stingless native bees.
Most species of bees are solitary or semi-social, but 2 tribes, the honey bees and the stingless bees have reached a pinnacle of social complexity. Stingless bees and honey bees are related, but they separated from each other about 80 million years ago. Since then, stingless bees have spread to all tropical parts of the world, but honey bees never naturally reached Australia or the Americas.
There are about 2000 species of Australian stingless bees, but most are solitary.
Six bee species have been imported into Australia, including the honey bee. There are 11 species of Australian stingless bees. There are 2 genus, Tetragonula and Astroplebeia. The ones we get here in SE Qld are T. carbonaria, T. hockingsi, T. davenporti and A. australis.
See pages 41, 47, 91 and 92-93 of the Australian Native Bee Book for the different nest designs. Astroplebeia species close the entrance to their nest each night.
Indigenous people eagerly sought the honey, and the propolis (wax) was used in making spears and didgeridoo mouthpieces.
The bees feed on pollen and nectar, just like honey bees. The nest consists of –
• 1 Queen who lays the eggs, and lives from months to years
• Male drones fertilise the Queen… there are perhaps 100’s of them in a colony, and their life span is short (unknown)
• The sterile female workers do all the work, first as house bees in the hive, and then as foragers. They live for about 100 days, and in a typical colony of T. carbonaria, there are about 10,000 workers, and about 5000 in a colony of A. australis.
Mating takes place outside the nest, in flight. A stingless bee Queen only ever makes one mating flight, either when the old queen needs to be replaced, or when a new colony is being founded.
The male immediately dies after mating. The Queen will only mate with one male…there are lots of males (drones) flying around at the time, many from other hives, which is important to maintain genetic diversity. The Queen then returns to the nest and begins laying eggs after a few days. She will not mate again, but will use the stored sperm
to fertilise all the female eggs she will lay for the rest of her life. If the Queen wants to create a male (drone) she will not fertilise the egg.
Pests include syrphid fly, small hive beetle and hive phorid fly.
(Information from The Australian Native Bee Book by Tim Heard)
Art in the garden Art in the garden
When the delights of the ride-on mower have faded and you have moved to a smaller property, the avid gardener can scale down and discover a new suite of challenges.
A small garden can become a work of art – a little gem, a place of movement and colour.
Here is where introduced artwork can complement the foliage and paving.
Sculpted pieces and interesting pots will help fill spaces in new gardens that are waiting for plants to grow. And they can all be moved around.
Garden rooms Garden rooms Somewhere to sit Somewhere to sit
Small gardens demand that thought be given to accommodating different areas of activity. And this can be achieved by cleverly separating one from another – often just the addition of a shrub or trellis can keep the eye focused on one place with a path or stepping stones leading to the next.
Formal and informal. Separating different parts of the garden – the pool, vegetable garden, clothesline, bins.
Consider shade and sun.
Talk to the bees.
Enjoy a flowering orchid.
Sun for a coffee on a cold morning. A glass of wine shaded from the heat.
Opportunity to create a spot to enjoy, relax and appreciate the natural systems.
Bird list Bird list
This is a list of birds that keen local or visiting bird observers may reasonably expect to find in Noosa Shire. Some birds listed could be quite a challenge to find and some may have missed the list completely. Lake Macdonald, Cooroy, is a good place for visitors to start as over 120 species have been recorded there.
Please enjoy Noosa’s abundant birdlife
Australasian Gannet
Australasian Grebe
Australian Brush-turkey
Australian Hobby
Australian King-Parrot
Australian Magpie
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Australian Pelican
Australian White Ibis
Australian Wood Duck
Azure Kingfisher
Bailon’s Crake
Barking Owl
Barn Owl
Barred Cuckoo-shrike
Bar-shouldered
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black Bittern
Black Kite
Black Swan
Black-breasted ButtonCurlew Quail
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Black-faced Monarch
Black-fronted Dotterel
Black-necked Stork
Black-shouldered Kite
Black-winged Stilt
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Brahminy Kite
Brolga
Brown Booby
Brown Cuckoo-Dove
Brown Falcon
Brown Gerygone
Brown Goshawk
Brown Honeyeater
Brown Quail
Brown Thornbill
Brush Bronzewing
Brush Cuckoo
Buff-banded Rail
Bush Stone-curlew
Bush-hen
Caspian Tern
Cattle Egret
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Chestnut Teal
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
Cicadabird
Clamorous Reed-Warbler
Collared Kingfisher
Collared Sparrowhawk
Comb-crested Jacana
Common Greenshank
Dove Common Koel
Cotton Pygmy-goose
Crested Pigeon
Crested Shrike-tit
Crested Tern Sandpiper
Darter
Dollarbird
Double-banded Plover
Double-barred Finch
Double-eyed
(Coxon’s)
Dusky Honeyeater
Dusky Moorhen
Dusky Woodswallow
Eastern Curlew
Eastern Reef Egret
Eastern Spinebill
Eastern Whipbird
Eastern Yellow Robin
Emerald Dove
Eurasian Coot
Fairy Gerygone
Fairy Martin
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Figbird
Forest Kingfisher
Fork-tailed Swift
Galah
Glossy Black-Cockatoo
Glossy Ibis
Golden-headed Cisticola
Golden Whistler
Great Cormorant
Great Crested Grebe
Great Egret
Great Frigatebird
Great Knot
Greater Sand Plover
Green Catbird
Grey Butcherbird
Grey Fantail
Grey Goshawk
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey Teal
Grey-crowned Babbler
Grey-tailed Tattler
Ground Parrot
Gull-billed Tern
Hardhead
Horsefield’s Bronze-
Fig-Parrot Cuckoo
House Sparrow
Intermediate Egret
Jacky Winter
Large-billed Scrubwren
Latham’s Snipe
Laughing Kookaburra
Leaden Flycatcher
Lesser Frigatebird
Lesser Sand Plover
Lewin’s Honeyeater
Lewin’s Rail
Little Black Cormorant
Little Bronze-Cuckoo
Little Corella
Little Eagle
Little Egret
Little Friarbird
Little Lorikeet
Little Pied Cormorant
Little Shrike-thrush
Little Tern
Little Wattlebird
Long-billed Corella
Magpie Goose
Magpie-lark
Mangrove Gerygone
Mangrove Honeyeater
Marbled Frogmouth
Masked Lapwing
Mistletoebird
Nankeen Kestrel
Night Heron
New Holland Honeyeater
Noisy Friarbird
Noisy Miner
Noisy Pitta
Olive-backed Oriole
Osprey
Pacific Baza
Pacific Black
Pacific Golden Plover
Painted Button-quail
Pale-headed Rosella
Pale-yellow Robin
Pallid Cuckoo
Peaceful Dove
Peregrine Falcon
Pheasant Coucal
Pied Butcherbird
Pied Cormorant
Pied Currawong
Pied Oystercatcher
Plumed Whistling-Duck
Powerful Owl
Purple Swamphen
Rainbow Bee-eater
Rainbow Lorikeet
Red Goshawk
Red-backed Fairy-wren
Red-browed Finch
Red-capped Plover
Red-kneed Dotterel
Red-necked Stint
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Red-winged Parrot
Regent Bowerbird
Restless Flycatcher
Richard’s Pipit
Rock Dove
Rose Robin
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove
Royal Spoonbill
Ruddy Turnstone
Rufous Fantail
Rufous Whistler
Russet-tailed Thrush
Sacred Kingfisher
Satin Bowerbird
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Scarlet Honeyeater
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Shining Flycatcher
Short-tailed Shearwater
Silver Gull
Duck Silvereye
Sooty Oystercatcher
Southern Boobook
Spangled Drongo
Spectacled Monarch
Spotless Crake
Spotted Harrier
Spotted Pardalote
Spotted Turtle-Dove
Straw-necked Ibis
Striated Heron
Striated Pardalote
Striated Thornbill
Superb Fairy-wren
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Superb Fruit-Dove
Swamp Harrier
Tawny Frogmouth
Tawny Grassbird
Terek
Topknot Pigeon
Torresian Crow
Tree Martin
Varied Sittella
Varied Triller
Variegated Fairy-wren
Wandering Tattler
Wandering Whistling Duck
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Welcome Swallow
Whimbrel
Whiskered Tern
Whistling Kite
White-bellied Cuckoo-Shrike
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
White-breasted Nankeen
Woodswallow
White-browed Scrubwren
White-cheeked Honeyeater
White-eared Monarch
White-faced Heron
White-headed Pigeon
White-naped Honeyeater
White-necked Heron
White-throated Gerygone
White-throated Honeyeater
White-throated Needletail
White-throated Nightjar
White-throated Treecreeper
White-winged Black Tern
White-winged Triller
Willie Wagtail
Wompoo Fruit-Dove
Wonga Pigeon
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Yellow-throated Sandpiper
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
Scrubwren
Maintenance & pruning Maintenance & pruning
General pruning advice for Australian native plants. https://apsvic.org.au/pruning-australian-native-plants/
Although this is from a Victorian source, it contains good basic information about pruning Australian plants
• Keep Noosa Biosphere Reserve’s Green Corridors in mind when landscaping your business premises.
Weed identification on line
Enter name of weed and get very good fact sheets from www.daf.qld.gov.au also https://weeds. brisbane.qld.gov.au/ bris city council // weeds
The Urban Wildlife Gardens monthly newsletter draws attention to environmental weeds and their control.
This is an example: https://noosariver. com.au/weed-of-themonth-madeira-vine
When removing large areas of weed or unwanted exotic species, do this gradually and replace with alternative natives to provide ongoing shelter for resident species.
Beware of Nut Grass. This can be introduced to the garden in bought in mulch. Make sure the seller guarantees “Nut Grass Free”.
Some North Queensland native plants are weedy in our climatic conditions and should not be encouraged, even though they are “Australian native plants”, eg Umbrella trees, Atractocarpus fitzalanii and Cadagi.
Where to get advice Where to get advice
Urban Wildlife Gardens Members
Page posts images of Noosa’s local plants and wildlife on Facebook and welcomes photographs, information and questions.
Join the programme
To receive individual weed identification and advice. http://noosariver. com.au/urbanwildlife-gardens/
Visit Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens dedicated to the study and promotion of native plant species of the Sunshine Coast.
Friday morning interpretive birding walk From The Environment Centre, Noosaville, led by Valda McLean from Noosa Parks Association. Join a local weeding group.
Noosa and District Landcare
Open to the public for native plant sales, a curated collection of locally made artisan gifts, and an extensive book list.
Station St, Pomona (opposite the bakery)
Phone 5485 2468
For Hinterhub – public nursery and gift shop –hinterhub@noosalandcare.org
Monday to Friday 8.30am – 4.00pm Saturday 8.00am – 1.30pm
Our new and improved Native Plant Guide shows what we currently have in stock, and with just one click, you can view information on every species.
https://noosalandcare. org/plant-sales/
Coolum Community Native Nursery grows plants native to the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
157 Warran Rd Yaroomba, Qld 4573
Phone 5473 9322
All enquiries –info@coolumnatives.com
Tuesday to Friday 7.30am – 3.30pm Saturday 8.30am – 12.30pm
Closed public holidays Mondays by appointment only https://coolumnatives. com/wordpress/speciesinformation/
