October 2014 Flower Gallery- Vale Park

On a hot blustery Sunday morning on the 19th of October, Lesley and her grandson Xavier helped water our newer Wildflower Walk plants …  

A Friendly Day at Gilberton

It was a very friendly, productive community morning  at Gilberton Woodland on Friday 17th October 2014 …

This twig is a caterpillar!

The twig seen on this endangered Glycine tabacina plant is not actually a twig. It’s actually an amazingly convincing camouflaged Twig Looper Moth Caterpillar.

Pink Fairies return to Gilberton!

Pink Fairy Orchids Gilberton

In the Gilberton Grassy Woodland, where we planted 2 Pink Fairy orchids (Caladenia latifolia) in 2010, we now have over 200 plants (all grown on site from seed) with 60 flower spikes!   The Pink Fairies are returning!

Tiny Jewel Bee collecting nectar

Native Jewel Bee

Spotted at VPOP: A tiny ‘Jewel Bee’ (Homalictus species) visiting a native flax flower (Linum marginale).

Wildflower Walk

Wildflower Walk

A variety of beautiful native wildflowers has been reintroduced to Vale Park at ‘Willow Bend’, including numerous varieties of native orchids.