Event re-cap: Working Bee
On Tuesday 3rd November, around 20 people attended our first working bee to build a habitat garden at the Korumburra Railway station.
Thank you to all who helped on the day and with all of the planning and materials.
As the railway soil is not suitable to plant edible plants, the best option is to create a thriving habitat garden for our native wildlife. A family of resident blue tongues live near the new garden and will enjoy the improvement to their habitat.
With the much appreciated guidance of the Korumburra Landcare Group, and expert advice from landscape designer Simon, Grow Lightly and it's volunteers got stuck in to the steep slope, moving sleepers, weeding, digging and mulching to get the foundations of the garden's design into shape with the right materials.
The mulch was kindly donated by the South Gippsland Shire and the sleepers were repurposed. The 3 year olds who attended on the day loved the mulch pile, and were great entertainment for the group.
The planting out of natives, will happen in Autumn 2027 when the season is more suitable to do so. Stay tuned for future working bees and events. In the meantime if you'd like to join our "Garden group" we operate through a WhatsApp group chat, you can register your interest via our Expression of interest form, via our website or click the link HERE.
There are many volunteering opportunities with Grow Lightly, and everyone is welcome, all ages, abilities and needs are welcome to apply for volunteering.
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