Come to Kongwak on National Tree Day
National Tree Day is on July 29. To mark the occasion, Kongwak Hills Landcare is holding a planting Day.
This year’s National Tree Day is on July 29.
To mark the occasion, Kongwak Hills Landcare Group (KHLG) is holding a planting Day at Kongwak Pioneer Reserve.
Kongwak Hills Landcare Group obtained funding from Planet Ark and South Gippsland Shire Council grants to support its "Love your Reserve" project.
The project focuses on education, restoration and preservation of the Kongwak Pioneer Reserve.
The reserve is 41 hectares of significant remnant vegetation in the heart of Kongwak township and home to a diverse range of flora and fauna, some threatened.
In recent years, the Reserve has suffered the effects of die-back to its vegetation and is in need of love from the community.
Dry years have diminished the north/west section such that a critical mass of understorey and trees have died back, leaving the forest exposed to further dryness, loss of plants and proliferation of weeds.
Replacing the understory, midstory and trees will restore this part of our beautiful reserve to a sustainable landscape and support its plants, animals and birds.
Project
Project events will coincide with "National Tree Day", kicking off with a Community Tree Planting Day within the Reserve on Saturday July 29.
It will be celebrated with a Bush Foods feast for lunch, including Wolfgang’s renown gourmet sausages seasoned with bush herbs, native fruit and honey bliss balls and river mint tea.
In conjunction with Kongwak Primary School’s “Sustainable Kongwak” program, KHLG will also host a planting event on Schools Tree Day (July 28) and a further three educational workshops where students have the opportunity to gain an understanding and contribute to the sustained health of the Reserve.
Workshops will involve indigenous plant propagation, learning about biodiversity and what makes a sustainable forest.
KHLG is excited to create an opportunity to connect with the Kongwak community and further educate on this beautiful and significant place in its "backyard".
Thank you to the Kongwak CFA and other local brigades that undertook the cool burn to help prepare planting sites.
Join the community planting day on Saturday, July 29, from 10am to 4pm, at Kongwak Pioneer Reserve, Williams Street Kongwak.
Parking available at RN Scott Memorial Park, 1455 Korumburra Wonthaggi Road.
Planting area: immediately beyond the entrance.
BYO: gloves, sturdy footwear, suitable outdoor clothing, drink bottle, snacks, planters (if you have).
For more information, contact Site Organiser: Grace Couchman 0419 591165 or www.basscoastlandcare.org.au/kongwakhills
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