Volunteer members of the Australian Native Plants
Society hold a WEED SWAP twice a year, once in the autumn and once in the spring.
We give free Australian native plants to the public who have removed environmental
weeds from their gardens and bring them to Canberra Sand and Gravel?s yard off
Southern Cross Drive or Corkhill Bros? yard near the Mugga Lane Tip.
The weeds that do great environmental damage in the ACT situation are Cotoneaster,
Pyracantha and Privet. All have berries in the autumn and birds feast on the berries
and deposit them in nature reserves and other gardens with their droppings. We also
need to remove ivy, periwinkle, broom as they are very invasive.
For further information on weeds, www.tams.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/133588/Garden_plants_Going_Bush.pdf
The original weed-plants were given away in the seventies to 'green-up' new blocks
and were successful. Householders unlucky enough to have inherited these environmental
disasters would find that they absorb much precious water and compete with desirable
plants for nutrients and space.
The new 'free' plants are grown by members of the Society and are paid for with
funding from the ACT Government?s Weed budget. There are ground-covers, clumping
plants, small, medium and larger shrubs and a few trees available. The plants are
clearly labeled and volunteers will offer planting and care advice.
For the specific dates of WEED SWAP, please look in the Calendar section of this
website.
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