On Saturday 17th March, the Eastern Hills Branch participated in the Blue Sky Festival at Mundaring. Held in and around Sculpture Park,. the festival focussed on sustainability and environmental issues. Our display had a theme of Wattles- get rid of the weeds and grow local. With the help of photographs and actual foliage samples, we were able to demonstrate the difference. We gave away propagation kits comprising pre-treated acacia seeds- we had A.alata, A.celastrifolia, A.pulchella and A.dentifera- and starter pots containing seed raising mix. These were popular and quite a lot of people already knew of the proliferation of some of the eastern states wattles such as Flinder’s Range Wattle.
The festival had many community groups participating such as the Naturalists, Kenyana, St Barbe’s Nursery and a range of talks on nest boxes, bushfire preparation, battery storage and revegetation. The Tiny House was very interesting as was the entertainment from the Junkadelic band! The festival was supported by The Mary Bremner Small Funds bequest via our branch.
