Weedbusters Week
Friday and Saturday
September 10 - 11
Winmalee Shopping Centre
Come along and find out about the weeds in you local area and bring along weed samples for identification and control.
Hope to see you there!
For more information see Weedbusters website
Tired of battling with Montbretia? Try using our easy-to-make Montbretia wiper!
Or download a PDF here.
Directions for making one are here.
Or download a PDF here.
See the list of plants classed as Blue Mountains weeds - and why - in the City Council's Development Control Plan - Appendix F.
The Mountain Landscape website is a practical guide to creating a garden in the Blue Mountains. It offers an Interactive Plant Selector for finding suitable plants for various places and purposes, village by village.
Well worth a look!
Gang-gangs feasting on Evergreen Dogwood fruit.
Bushcare Network
Click HERE for activities.
Have a copy of this free booklet posted to you by telephoning Council’s Bushcare Section on
4780 5528
or
download it now
as a PDF file.
or
request online
for a copy to be posted.
Weeds of the Month - September
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Current Issues
Draft Weed Management Strategy 2010
Back From the Brink and Beyond
Discussion of Peter Andrews landscape mangement policy
Plant What Native Where?
Does 'provenance' matter?
recent Bushcare forum
New Biodiversity Strategy for NSW
discussion paper released
TAFE Environment Courses for 2010
Welcome! This web site is for everyone who lives in and loves the Blue Mountains.
Here you can...
- learn about the value and importance of our Blue Mountains bushland
- find out about the effect our lifestyle is having on our beautiful natural areas
- learn how weeds spread
- learn how weeds can cause the destruction of our native flora and fauna
This web site, and the free booklet on which it is based, will help you identify 36 common plants that have spread from our parks and gardens into our bushland, and it will enable you to understand the serious impact they are having on our fragile ecosystems.
It’s easy to identify a weed that may be growing in your garden.
This web site will encourage you to remove these bush invaders from your garden and it will show you how to. It suggests replacement plants which are beautiful, functional and bush-friendly.
You will find out how to make your garden a haven for our wildlife.
This web site lists for you some simple steps to take at home to reduce the damage being done, and it encourages you to join other Blue Mountains residents in caring for our unique bushland.
You can find a Bushcare group near where you live.
