Order your plants now
Planning a revegetation project? Order your plants now!
As you may know, undertaking a successful revegetation project requires some pre-planning smarts. The best time to plant is during the cooler, wetter months (allowing plants to develop their root system before the summer heat), which means your seedlings must be grown the summer/autumn before you plant.
For anyone undertaking reveg work in the Otways, Shrub Club Community Nursery has a wide range of local native plants suited to the various ecosystems/EVC’s of the area. If you’d like to get plants in the ground next year, now is the time to order, so we can collect the right seed and grow you the best plants for your job. We’re happy to help you choose the right plants for the job too!
Next year we will be raising our price to $3 per plant (in a forestry tube), however all orders before the end of this year will only have to pay $2.50 per plant, have we convinced you yet?
Bonsai Workshop
OBO Bird walk and picnic lunch this Saturday, November 4!
The recently established Otway Bird Observers (OBO) invite all local bird-lovers to a bird walk and a discussion about the groups future plans over a picnic lunch.
When: 10am- 1pm Saturday 4 November 2023OBO Bird walk and picnic lunch this Saturday, November 4!
Where: Meet at the Barham Estuary car park (near the pony club).
What to bring: Binoculars if you have some (some spares will be provided if you need, water bottle, bird book or bird app, appropriate outdoor clothing for the weather, picnic rugs or folding chairs)
Lunch will be provided! You don’t have to lift a tail-feather, just let us know if you have any dietary requirements.
RSVP: Please email georgie.custance@tsconservancy.org if you’re coming for catering purposes or text her on 0488508911.
…and if you haven’t already, please join the Otway Bird Observers group if you are interested in all things avian happening in the region. https://www.facebook.com/groups/otwaybirdobservers/?mibextid=oMANbw
Winter ’23 News
Winter is meant for hibernation, yet rust never sleeps… so it is for SOLN!
Did you know that we have:
- Over thirty funded projects currently underway.
- Seven active grant applications under review.
- Six part-time facilitators on board.
- Revamped our calendar of events and activities.
- Refined our finances and moved our accounting in-house.
Lots going on, enjoy all updates in our Winter ’23 News.
Autumn ’23 News
Autumn has seen us continue to provide educational workshops on marine and terrestrial lifeforms and deliver an extended course in birdwatching. Renovations have continued at the Support Centre kitchen, and whilst seed collecting has finished for the season, various weekly SOLN excursions are planned, including returning our attention to fungi and other great decomposers in the landscape.
If you’re looking for ways to spend the next six months, you could get involved in surveying, species monitoring, assessing native vegetation, propagating native plants, making collections, restoring habitat, or attending a raft of workshops to increase your understanding of the biodiversity that surrounds us. Keep your eyes and ears on SOLN as we share how you can landcare and oceancare in the Southern Otways.
Read more in our Autumn ’23 News.
Summer ’22 News
View or download here: SOLN Quarterly Newsletter – Summer 2022.23
