Friends of Edgars Creek

Hi All,

We plant for the last time this year on Sunday! Wow there goes another planting season, though don't worry about how you can spend your third Sunday of the month because we still have maintenance activities planned!

The September planting is always known as "Christmas in September", where we celebrate another season of planting; doing what we love to do, making our creek more amazing and dong it with great people. After the planting we will fire up the BBQ for some snags and we also have some other catering coming thanks to the Elizabeth Cafe (and Rob Stocks great negotiation skills).

This weekend the plan is:

Sunday 16 September 2018, 1-3pm (“Christmas Party Planting”) Planting: Escarpment shrub & grass revegetation – at the Silurian cliff area (west side of the creek). Hosted by the FoEC, Planting funded by MWCG and “Christmas” celebrations funded by the FoEC. Meet at the Silurian Cliff site – cross at the Kodak bridge and wander across to the right of the bridge - we'll sign post it..

The forecast is looking good - not too hot! 14 degrees and only a slight chance of not much in the way of showers (40% chance; 0-0.4mm).

More details from our grant application for those who are interested:  

Streambank shrubland revegetation extension of the southern end of the Silurian Cliff site (EVC 851). 

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Silurian Cliff site (southern end) expansion and maintenance project seeks to build on FoEC’s MWCG funded projects of 2016-17 that saw extensive consolidation of the stream verge plantings downstream of the Silurian Cliff; we have now been planting and undertaking maintenance in the Silurian Cliff area since 2009. This project will see a linkage along the existing revegetation works of Greening Australia and to an area FoEC affectionately refers to as “Stock Mountain” – a circular planting area our works manager has single handed developed on ground where a boxthorn burn previously took place – and the 2016-17 site extension.

The terrain includes a rising slope which will be mulch covered and expanses of grasses will be planted out, offering a diversity in the range of habitat being created along the creek reserve. High voltage lines in the area create easement restrictions that have driven the plan for the extended grass plain whilst the lower reaches of the site allow for tree and tall shrub planting. Path alignments will be somewhat modified by the planting layout and vehicular access (tractor/slasher) will be factored into the design of the site. A significant area of Chilean Needle grass will be removed assisting the creek reserve with decreased weed competition.