2023-06-10 Riparian zone restoration project and work bee

Updated 619 Days AgoPublic

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Summary

• Clear and plant the target area of the riparian zone (just south of the bathing pool area of the creek)
• Discord channel link
• Facebook event link

To-to before the event (Thursday + Friday)

• Check Generic event hosting checklist - done, all relevant points inside that checklist have been done or transcribed below
• Buy hose for the Grundfos pump creek tap (did click-and-collect, Dylan brought it down to the bottom)
• Base off previous event 2022-04-09 Riparian zone restoration project and work bee
• @Emily to organise all plant list so the plants can be moved out of The Gorgon
• Add a hose to the Grundfos pump creek tap
• Bring all plant babies down to the bottom, may need more boxes (look in aviary for trays for holding the plants)
• Bring jute thread down for the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly vines growing scaffold
• Bring AGM notes and membership forms down the bottom (they're in Dylan's tiny home)
• Put a tick remover tool in the Gorgon
• Clean out Gorgon and remove canopy
• Contacting free paver Gumtree ad person to see if they are amenable to @Timotheos coming over, seeing if it's easy or hard to rip the pavers up, and then abandoning or continuing either way - person did not reply
• Grab pavers from that free paver Gumtree ad in Ferny Hills else buy some from Bunnings Keperra - grabbed 150 of the ones from Bunnings
• Clean up The Cottage to a state where people can visit
• Elle to order a new truckload of mulch
• Finish clearing new target area of invasive species
• @Dylan to get second (2-stroke) whipper snipper working
• Load up Versa with more black whipper snipper cable (Dylan) - not necessary now we have the other whipper snippers
• Update plan on squads and what needs to get done (plan for the day, 2 main squads)
• Check firewood supply is sufficient (Dylan said it was)
• Check live music or organise music speaker (Hannah said she would provide her speaker)
• Check we have planned any food being shared to attendees (Elle cooked some food? Hannah made broccoli cashew soup, Kari brought a lot of food to share for lunch)
• Set up gazebo (ours is broken, but Shahni brought one)
• Add watering nozzle to hose at the creek tap
• Bring black little wagon down to the bottom
• Make a sign / page / whiteboard / blackboard about the three teams below so people can see

On the actual weekend (Saturday + Sunday)

• Clear, brushcut and rake target area (Timotheos)
• Bring load of pavers down from Cottage
• Bring load of compost down from Cottage (not enough time to do this, worm castings were used instead)
• Bring Gorgon to mulch pile to load up with mulch and drive down to the old target area to save on wheelbarrow trips

The work bee will be split up into the following three groups, of which attendees can choose whichever group they prefer:

1. New target area

Coordinator: @Timotheos

• Any further removal of grass clumps that might grow
• Whipper snip and weed on the left of the creek path (staghorn area)
• Bring down metal stakes for jute area
• Pre-mark good areas for holes with wooden stakes
• Mulch target area
• Roll out jute matting over the top of the target area, staking down
• Line up pavers along the edging of the target area
• Cut holes in jute matting to plant each plant
• Arrange all plant positions
• Plant each tree in each hole with sufficient mulch and watering

2. Old target area

Coordinator: @Dylan

Dylan to lead the weeding & replanting crew on the old site area (instructions about preserving anything that looks like a living tree)

• Whipper snipper target area edges
• Line up pavers along the edging of the target areas
• Teams on weeding the target area
• Mulch target area very thickly - 10+cm deep
• Plant in any new plants on areas missing them - all plants must have 50+cm diameter well-mulched clearance from any other weeds or trees (except vines)
• Water all plants

3. Facilitation of event

Coordinator: @Elle

• Distribution of plants
• Directing new arrivals
• Finding additional sticks to use as stakes
• Taking photos
• Ensuring everyone knows what to do
• Ensuring everyone knows to find tools, gloves, PPE in the Lower Shed
• Calling lunchtime, AGM time, et cetera

• Factor in clean-up time on Sunday
• Put all tools away when done

Species List

Plants purchased for the planting:

• ... @Emily will complete this list :)

Trees

• Mischocarpus pyriformis~ yellow pear fruit
• Cryptocarya microneura~ murrogun
• Aphananthe philippinensis~ rough leaf elm/ axe handle wood
• Elaeocarpus grandis~ blue quandong~ 1
• Ficus rubignosa~ port jackson fig
• Lisea reticulata~ bolly gum~ 4
• Planchonella eerwah~ shiny leaf condoo/wild apple/black plum
• Acacia aulacocarpa~ golden flowered salwood~ 1
• Linospadix monostachya~ walking stick palm~ 10
• Neolitsea dealbata~ white bolly gum~ 4
• Diploglottis australis~ native tamarind
• Planchonella australis~ black apple/wild plum
• Achronychia oblongfolia~ white aspen~ 10
• Hoop pine~ 15
• Macaranga tanarius~ parasol leaf tree~ 2
• nurrogun tree~
• bush xmas tree~
• black tea tree~ 1
• lilly pilly~ 6

Shrubs

• Tasmannia insipida~ native pepper
• Glycosmis trifoliata~ orange berry, pink lime bush
• Abrophyllum ornanas~ native hydrangea~ 2
• Cordyline stricta~ narrow leaf palm lilly~ 1
• vanilla lilly~ 2
• Synostemon albiflorus~ snowbush~ 5
• Psychotria loniceroides~ hairy psychotria~ 11
• Mackinlaya macrosciadea~ blue forest umbrella tree~ 10
• Solanum aviculare~ kangaroo apple~ 10
• Pittosporum revolutum~ brisbane laurel~ 6
• Pittosporum multiflorum~ orange thorn
• Cryptocarya laevigata~ glossy laurel~ 3
• Orthosiphon aristatus~ cat whisker~ 2

Vines

• Melodorum leichhardtii~ zig zag vine~ 10
• Dioscoea transversa~ native yam~ 39
• richmond bird wing butterfly vine~ 10
• grassy narrow leaf yam~ 11

Herbs, ground cover

• Themeda triandra~ kangaroo grass~ 1
• Pseuderanthemum variable~ love flower~ 9
• Viola betonicifolia~ arrow leaf mountain violet~ 2
• slender flax sedge~ 2
• mentha australis~ native mint~ 1

Landowner supplied:

• Macadamia seedlings × 5

Takeaways from planting bee event

• It's very important to have very legible labels on plants, and taking more time purchasing them. We should bring white-out pens to Kumbartcho and we should label plants with full scientific name and nominal height in metres
• We need to be more organised before creating an event page because there was too much organisational stress in the lead-up to the event, again
• Commitments in the lead-up to the event need to be explicit and clear, communication and organisation is important
• Next time our planting instructions absolutely need to mention not to separate the pot and the plant so we can retain identification of the species we planted
• Be very clear about what the target areas are
• We need more wheelbarrows
• Better road access will greatly increase efficiency
• Focus on the new target area first
• Focus on single areas being completely planted up first, then move on to the next area