GATE Gardening Botany

Unexpected gardening adventures at Plaza Smash when I took the  Castor Bean  and Eucalyptus off cuts to South Perth Recycling Centre. https://southperth.wa.gov.au/residents/waste-and-recycling/recycling-centre

Leederville TAFE was where I studied Mining in 2010 Down in South Perth /Como area I came across this;  Granite with possibly Dolomite, Quartz and Feldspar phenocrysts and intrusions. ...and some ducks (they live here / not intruding)

All set to go for my Wilderness Community Organising Training weekend. Hey this place looks familiar. It's the May Drive Parkland we visited on Thursday. We traveled along the Freeway passing the Geraldton Wax and Lantana, passed Parliament House with its Coral Trees to arrive at Kings Park. We strolled along the well maintained Kikuyu grass to observe the Spider Net Grevillea. The pond area has a prehistoric theme referencing; Calamites, Thromboloites, Stromalites, Cyan Bacteria and mucas. (oh well, back to community organising training) During the two days we covered many components of what it means to be an Organiser: Community organising and movement building Relational one-on-ones Making an effective ask 'Organising Gatherings' as an effective movement building tactic Using personal narrative Developing a strategic organising campaign If you're interested in reading up on different types of tactics, you can check out these two w

Native Wisteria - Coral Pea https://perthwildflowers.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/native-wisteria-3/ Spyridium globulosum , the  basket bush , is a shrub in the family  Rhamnaceae . It is endemic to  Western Australia  where it occurs on coastal dunes and in limestone areas. It grows to between 0.6 and 5 metres in height and produces white flowers between June and November in its native range. https://perthwildflowers.wordpress.com/2014/07/15/basket-bush/ Some of the plants we looked at are from overseas; sea spinach out competes the spinifex Some of the plants we looked at are considered to be weeds; https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/euphorbia_paralias.htm http://www.pestandweeds.com/weed-profiles/weed-herbs/gazania/ Spinifex hirsutus Labill. and some times they don't know what to think; http://beachcombers-kit.fish.wa.gov.au/species-list/seagrasses-and-algae/fibre-ball/