FIVE-hundred trees and lower-storey shrubs will be planted in the Katy Ryans Road precinct of Woowookarung Regional Park this week.<\/p>\n
Friends of the Canadian Corridor\u2019s Jeff Rootes said specific species currently missing from the land\u2019s natural regeneration process will be planted on Sunday, 8 and Monday, 9 August during three COVID-safe volunteer working bees.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re planting just north of the road in an area that was previously gorse-infested,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a really good wet area, so we\u2019re planting some Yarra gums which are endangered, quite a bit of messmate, and quite a lot of shrubs.<\/p>\n
\u201cParks Victoria used an echo-blade machine to remove the gorse three years ago, so now we\u2019re moving in to replant.\u201d<\/p>\n
When each tree and shrub is introduced to the ground during the working bees, it will be their homecoming.<\/p>\n
All of the plants have been grown locally from seeds collected at Woowookarung Regional Park.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe wonderful people at the Ballarat Community Tree Nursery on Gillies Street are the ones who grow these things,\u201d Mr Rootes said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the most fantastic little operation, turning out 15,000 trees a year. The natural environment knowledge that is around in Ballarat within volunteers and enthusiasts is just amazing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are the people that stitch things together.\u201d<\/p>\n
A third of the trees and shrubs will be planted during each working bee. Volunteers will work from the west end, along the thin paddock, connecting \u201cremnant patches of vegetation,\u201d and a wildlife corridor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FIVE-hundred trees and lower-storey shrubs will be planted in the Katy Ryans Road precinct of Woowookarung Regional Park this week. Friends of the Canadian Corridor\u2019s Jeff Rootes said specific species currently missing from the land\u2019s natural regeneration process will be planted on Sunday, 8 and Monday, 9 August during three COVID-safe volunteer working bees. \u201cWe\u2019re […]<\/p>\n