VIDEO: Inspiring Schools – A beautiful permaculture garden at a local school
Monday, 19 June 2017
by Natura Pacific
So many schools, both big and small, undertake some wonderfully inspiring programs for their students and community. Here at Natura we love having the opportunity to share some of the things we are lucky enough to see while visiting these great inspiring schools on our travels. Take a look at the beautiful permaculture garden at
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GroNATIVE is given a ‘thumbs up’ by Hort Journal Australia
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
by Natura Pacific
It was wonderful to see the appearance of the new GroNATIVE app in the April edition of the well-known publication Hort Journal Australia. The article, written by reknowned Australian native plant expert Kate Heffernan (learn more about Kate and her work on her website), runs through the value that an app such as grow native
- Published in Announcement, Consulting, Education, GroNative, Media
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Botanic Gardens, gardening, gardening app, GroNATIVE, Hort Journal, Hort Journal Australia, horticulture, Kate Heffernan, native plants
VIDEO: Native stingless bees – How to make a hive seperator
Thursday, 25 May 2017
by Natura Pacific
Another great video about how to care for a native bee hive. This time Kieran and his young son Beau show you how to make a hive seperator, along with how to install it and how it will benefit your own native bee hive. To see our other videos about our wonderful native bees take a
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hive budding, hive recovery, hive seperator, hive splitting, native bees, Natura pacific, save the bees, stingless bees
Joining in at the Nature Play Qld Symposium 2017
Monday, 15 May 2017
by Natura Pacific
Our Early Childhood Coordinator Tracey Mayhew was delighted to represent Natura Education at the Nature Play Qld Symposium 2017 held at Palm Beach recently. Here Tracey shares with us her account of the day: And what a great day it was! Nearly 300 childcare educators and primary school teachers all gathered together to share inspiration
- Published in Community, Education, Nature Play, Sustainable living
VIDEO: Back to basics – Getting children outside
Thursday, 11 May 2017
by Natura Pacific
Tracey is Natura Education’s early childhood specialist and she is just brimming with wonderful and simple ideas for getting our children outside in the fresh air and engaged in imaginative and active play. Take a look at this video where Tracey shares some great ideas! To find out more about what we do take a
- Published in Education, Nature Play, Resources, Videos
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children outside, early childhood, early learning, imaginative play, Natura education, nature play, outside play, play ideas
VIDEO: Budding a native bee hive
Thursday, 27 April 2017
by Natura Pacific
Join Kieran and Bastian as they show you how to ‘bud’ a native bee hive. By budding a hive you can essentially create two hives from the one and so double the chances of survival for a settlement of native stingless bees that needs to be relocated due to clearing activities. If you would like
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What’s so great about a green wall?
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
by Natura Pacific
What are the benefits of a green wall for your business? They are a unique marketing tool… Is a client going to remember the blank white walls of your conference room? Probably not. But, you can bet they’ll remember the beautiful vertical garden or green wall in your reception area. Green walls are also great for creating an eco-friendly, environmentally
- Published in Education, GroNative, Sustainable living
Nature’s high rises – The importance of tree hollows and nest boxes
Friday, 07 April 2017
by Natura Pacific
Trees support wildlife in a myriad of ways, providing valuable food, shelter and nesting opportunities. Mature trees are particularly important, and play a part in the survival of around 300 Australian reptiles, amphibians, birds, insects and mammals. Many of these depend entirely upon tree hollows for nesting and raising their young. Tree hollows form when
- Published in Consulting, Education
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citizen science, ecosystems, native wildlife, nest boxes, nesting, threatened species, tree hollows, Wildlife
VIDEO: Some laughs with the Natura team from 2016!
Monday, 03 April 2017
by Natura Pacific
Well 2016 was an awesome year for Natura Pacific! Our amazing team worked hard and we achieved so much. Even better… we had a lot of laughs along the way. Throughout 2016 the Natura team dedicated ourselves to producing the many videos that you may have seen on our Latest News feed. We wanted to
- Published in BushCam, Consulting, Education, Videos
VIDEO: Back from the Brink – Part 3 (Cont.): The Angle-stemmed Myrtle (Gossia gonoclada)
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
by Natura Pacific
Following on from our last video on the endangered plant species Gossia gonoclada, we come back to Griffith University’s PhD candidate Tamara Taylor to learn more. In this video Tamara explains why this species is in danger of extinction, the threats it faces and what we can do to help its recovery. A quick note: Tamara
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endangered species, extinction, gossia gonoclada, Griffith University, Logan Shire, rare plant, Tamara Taylor