More Trees Please! Here's an interesting statistic, the average urban street tree provides around $424 of benefits to its community each year! Thats more than $25,000* in its lifetime! The benefits are in the form energy savings from tree canopy shade, raising property values, reducing storm water...
Newly Discovered Fungi Feeds on PlasticA group of students from Yale University (USA) have discovered a fungi in the Amazon which eats plastic. Could this be the solution to one of the worlds largest waste problems?For the full article click here.
What Does it look like? Myrtle Rust produces masses of bright yellow to orange-yellow powdery looking spores. It attacks susceptible species causing spore-filled lesions on young actively growing leaves, shoots, flower buds and fruits. Affected growth usually becomes gnarly and twisted sometimes resulting in death. ...
Botanical Art Classes The Bottlebrush Room, The Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan Friday 3, 10, 17 & 24 February 10am-4pm The Friends of the Botanic Gardens are pleased to introduce the first in a series of botanical art classes at the Australian Botanic Gard...