What Local Native Plant Is That?
In Bushland Near Your SchoolGardening
What is the difference between a planted and landscaped garden and natural bushland?
Aboriginal people didn’t make gardens as we know them — they treated the land as one big garden and ate and used whatever was about.
European people came from places like England and changed the soil so they could grow plants from other countries. Often this was very difficult as the soil was so different, but sometimes the new plants were so happy that they escaped into the bush and smothered local native plants. The local birds and animals that depended on these native plants then had nothing to eat, so they went away or just died.
Your school can help link wildlife corridors on the Sunshine Coast
Do you have any of the original local native plants growing in your school grounds?
Turn “Plant Ed” into “Planted” in your school grounds:
Participating schools will have the opportunity to enhance a small demonstration area of school landscaping with LOW MAINTENANCE local native plants, should they wish to do so.
Where food gardens have been established, we will help you add some local native bush tucker plants.
Get free plants, help and advice from the experts.
Contact us if you would like to do this.
