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The 2023 Health Harmony & Happiness Festival in January has enabled organiser to hand over a donation to support the Nature Glenelg Trust Community Nursery, which is situated at Vansittart Park in Mount Gambier.

This nursery makes a valuable contribution to the conservation of rare and threatened plants in the Limestone Coast region.

One of the important roles of the nursery is to conduct research into propagation techniques. This research will eventually lead to an increase in the diversity of species available for regeneration projects and for home gardens.

Spring and summer is when they do the bulk of the seed collecting for the following year. Employees and volunteers head out to the bush to collect seed material from targeted species. This material is then dried, processed and stored.

Sowing takes place all year round, depending on the species being grown. A selection of local native wildflowers are available for purchase from the nursery so that people can add plants to their gardens that support native wildlife including butterflies and bees. Contact them if you would like to be a volunteer.

Over the next few months, the Health Harmony & Happiness committee will lead free community wellbeing sessions at the Town Hall in Kingston, providing an opportunity to learn simple movement techniques to reduce stress and improve focus.

KINGSTON SESSIONS

Wednesday, May 10, 2.30-3.30pm
Wednesday, May 10, 3.30-4.30pm
Thursday, June 15, 4-5pm
Sunday, June 25, 3-4pm

The next Health Harmony & Happiness Festival will be held on June 10 and 11and organisers urge you to come and join us and spend some time at the Robe Institute enjoying the stallholders’ expertise and products.

NATURE GLENELG TRUST HARD AT WORK: (Above) Heather Gibbons (Health Harmony & Happiness secretary) & (below) Carmen Bliss in the Nature Glenelg Trust Community Nursery and volunteer Sue Black & Angela Jones (Community Nursery Co-ordinator, on right) working in the Nature Glenelg Trust nursery