On May 1st, Commonwood Farm Inc. and The Braidwood Urban Landcare Group had another successful tree planting day on the Braidwood Common.
We were blessed with a bright and sunny autumn day and a great turn out of 30 enthusiastic volunteers. All worked hard to plant another 140 advanced casuarinas along Flood creek, and about 40 smaller shrubs below the golf course lookout.
The goal of the plantings is to increase biodiversity in this forested riparian zone. The casuarinas will provide feed and habitat for Glossy Black Cockatoos and the shrubs will help protect smaller birds, like the Scarlet Robin. All plants were securely guarded against local wombats and swamp wallabies who regularly use this corridor.
We would like to thank all volunteers who came along and got their hands
dirty helping to protect and improve this wonderful piece of community land. We would also like to acknowledge support from the Communities Environment Program, administered through the Department of Industry, Science, Energy, and Resources. We appreciate the efforts of our former local member, Mike Kelly, and his staff who recommended our project for support.
This funding enabled all of us who volunteer our time to plant a total of 280 Casuarinas and 100 shrubs on the Braidwood Common.
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