Upcoming Events Across Canberra
Impact Hour - Friends of the Dryandra
Friends of Dryandra Woodland
Dryandra Street Woodland is a once forgotten 17 hectare patch of urban park less than 3km from the city centre. Prior to 2020 it was criss-crossed by erosive, illegal 4WD tracks, full of dumped rubbish and suffering large scale invasion by environmental weeds.
Flash forward 6 years and after nearly 3,000 volunteer work hours by the Friends of Dryandra Woodland and the woodland is now a biodiversity gem which protects over 1,400 taxa. Native grasses, shrubs and a eucalyptus canopy have replaced house-block sized masses of blackberries and woody weeds. 179 native plant species have been recorded of which a remarkable 24 species are orchids.
The successful rehabilitation of Dryandra Woodland is testament to the positive outcomes that can be achieved when a government partners with, and supports, community volunteers.
Our Speakers this month are Friends of the Dryandra Woodland - Dr Jamie Pittock, Con Boekel and Bruce Baker
Impact Hour - Bruno Ferronato
Bruno will talk about turtle biology and conservation, and the activities he and his volunteers have been doing to understand turtle population, distribution and protection in the ACT.