Plant Selection and Sourcing for Future Climate — an action planning workshop for landcare growers and nurseries — was held on 5 October 2018 at Tootsie Fine Art & Design, Yass. The workshop was hosted by Bowning-Bookham Landcare and sponsored by the NSW Environmental Trust.

The purpose of this workshop was to bring landcare nurseries, growers and scientists together to develop

A workshop on native seeds and plant identification was held in Bookham in September.

Over twenty Landcare members from Sutton, Murrumbateman, Yass and Bowning-Bookham came together at the Bookham Memorial Hall to hear Stephen Bruce from Greening Australia speak about native seed collection, cleaning, storage and sowing techniques.  This workshop was made possible from funding

At the end of September the Canberra Ornithical Group (COG) visited the McGuirk property at Kangiara on Lachlan Valley Way.  Fourteen keen birders arrived at 8am and started listening to the sounds of resident and migrating birds.  Over the 4 hour visit 49 bird species were identified plus their specific numbers across the property.  Some of the more interesting bird sightings

Members of the landcare group and the public joined in planting hundreds of trees and shrubs at two properties in July. The shelter belt rows were previously ripped, making it much easier to dig a hole for the seedlings so that many more trees could be planted in a day.

The group now has two sets of tools for tree planting, and we bought tree guards to protect the seedlings, each with