LOOKING AT LANDCARE

By CENTRAL WEST LACHLAN LANDCARE, MARG APPLEBEE

Register for National Tree Day events in Forbes and Parkes this weekend and you could be enjoying a burger with the lot for lunch!

We have 20 beautiful, freshly cooked burgers with the lot to give away this weekend for National Tree Day participants who register and join us this weekend.

Ten burgers at Forbes on Saturday and ten burgers at Parkes on Sunday.

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Don’t worry! If you miss out we will still have sausage sandwiches.

Central West Lachlan Landcare is once again working with Forbes and Parkes Shire Councils to deliver National Tree Day activities.

We are pleased to be heading out to a site off the Bogan Way in the Goldridge Estate on Saturday, 16 August to provide a green buffer for the site.

We look forward to working with Forbes Shire Council once again.

We are heading back out to the Parkes Wetlands for planting on Sunday, 17 August.

This area has evolved beautifully since our last planting at the site.

Parkes’ former Sewage Treatment Plant maturation ponds are now taking shape as a high-value, hydrologically complex wetland, capable of supporting a diverse range of native fauna and flora.

Our plantings work in with the naturally occurring Fuzzy Box species that occur in the area surrounding Akuna Road.

Make sure that you take the time to find out about what you are planting and how it might contribute in the long term to the local environment.

This is a fantastic opportunity for our community to come together, plant a tree or shrub, create some memories and meet new people.

At both sites, we kick off at 10am and we will be cranking up the barbecue for lunch, so we would really appreciate registrations via the Planet Ark website.

Forbes National Tree Day will be held on Saturday, 16 August from 10am at a site in Goldridge Estate.

Find out more details via our social media or the Planet Ark website.

Parkes National Tree Day will be held on Sunday, 17 August from 10am at Akuna Road.

Find out more details via our social media or the Planet Ark website.

Of course, you can always go directly to the National Tree Day website for further information.

If you can’t register online, drop me a line on 0418 611 053.

For further information on this article, please go to www.centralwestlachlanlandcare.org, twitter, facebook or Instagram @cwllandcare