Building on the Living Collection The Living Collection is divided - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Building on the Living Collection The Living Collection is divided into Precincts, Zones and Beds and is described in titles as well as numerical order. There are 19 Precincts Mangroves to Mountains Transect ( M to M) is Precinct 001 M to M then divided into Zones starting at Rosser Lake end There are 23 Zones of which 18 have been established. (It’s a garden …always a work in progress) The Araucaria Forest planting proposal has been prepared, including detailed plant lists. There are over 50 Beds…and still growing. Eg. …… Zone 03 Banksia Woodland Zone divided into Beds 04 Gum Tree Corridor divided into 11 named beds and continuing until Closed Forest Gorge which is Zone 023 divided into 5 Beds For each Precinct there is a brief planting description on the Maintenance Plan and details of specific maintenance requirements where necessary.

Brief Conceptual Planting Theme Design – eg Series of views, ground shaping, soil amelioration Plant Root Barriers Plantings – and special instructions Plants to be retained Plants to be removed Mulch Interpretation The next planting is the Lotus Bed in Zone Horticulture Display Gardens Precinct 03. PROCESS

PALMS ARECACEAE Dypsis albofarinosa Clustered, shrubby palm forming clumps to 5 x 2-3 m. Stems 4-5 cm in diam., ringed, internodes 6-15 cm, greenish but initially covered with chalky powdery white indument. Known from a small population where fewer than 20 mature individuals have been recorded in the wild, in rocky areas and now listed critically endangered IUCN Red List Madagasacar Chambeyronia macrocarpa This fantastic palm displays a bright red leaf upon opening and also features a beautiful watermeloned pattern, clean waxy trunk. Full sun/light shade, moist, well drained (tho isn't averse to wet feet). Easily the fastest of the New Caledonian palms.Large feather palm (15m) with a spectacular, bright red new leaf, which stays red for up to 10 days. The leaflets are also very wide, thick, and shiny so even without a new leaf it is very distinctive, IUCN Conwervation dependent New Caledonia

Plant species are researched and potential suppliers located Some of the data collected prior to inclusion in the collection:

Chamaedora glaucifolia solitary palm, slender habit 3-5m, need some humidity;grows on elevations above 500m , sometims on limestone outcrops. Endangered on IUCN Red list.Protected in Mexico. Mexico Adonidia merillii Christmas Palm full sun, solitary 5 -6 m; red fruits, plant some with lean ;A palm tree occurring in open forest

• n steep limestone slopes in coastal areas.Near

thretend on IUCN Red list Phillipines TREE APOCYNACEAE Plumeria cv Suggest red flowering form such as Darwin Blood

• r white form. Select upright form to start- to

provide taller shade FLOWERING SHRUBS APOCYCYNACEAE Wrightia antidysenterica Arctic Snow Beautiful compact evergreen perennial shrub growing up to 1.5m. It has glossy green leaves and is covered in 2.5cm white star shaped flowers throughout the warmer months. Sri Lanka

Site Preparation

Most areas have a conceptual plan – now called Banksia Woodland this is a zone in the Mangroves to Mountains Precinct

ZONE : 003 Bed 002 Wallum Woodland FAMILY Genus species Cultivar or hybrid name Common name Distribution Status Author ANTHERICACE AE Sowerbaea juncea Vanilla Lily QLD NSW VIC TAS Andre ws CASUARINAC EAE Allocasuarina emuina Mt Emu She Oak S E Qld Limited distribution Landsborough to Noosa Heads EPBC Threatened; Qld Nature Conservatio n Act Endangered L.A.S Johnso n

CASUARINACEAE Allocasuarina littoralis Black She Oak Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

CUPRESSACEAE Callitris columellaris Coastal Cypress Pine QLD NSW North from Angourie F.Muell ELAEOCARPACEAE Tetratheca thymifolia Back Eye Susan QLD NSW VIC Sm. ERICACEAE Subf STYPHELIOIDEAE Leucopogon parvifolius Coastal Beard Heath Qld Vic. Tas. W.A. S.A. Dc. EUPHORBIACEAE Ricinocarpus pinifolius x tuburculatus 'Bridal Star' EUPHORBIACEAE Ricinocarpus pinifolius Wedding Bush QLD NSW VIC TAS Desf. FABACEAE subf Faboideae Aotus lanigera Woolly Aotus QLD NSW Illawarra region to Shoalwater Bay

FABACEAE subf Faboideae Platylobium formosum Handsome Flat Pea QLD (SE QLD) NSW VIC Sm. FABACEAE Subf Faboideae Pultenaea villosa prostrate Coastal Carpet TM SE QLD FABACEAE Subf Faboideae Pulteanaea villosa Hairy Bush Pea QLD NSW VIC

FABACEAE Subf Faboideae Hardenbergia violacea False Sarsparilla QLD NSW VIC SA WA

FABACEAE subf Mimosoideae Acacia hubbardiana Yellow Prickly Moses Open shrub moist sandy soils incl Toorbul ; Emu Mtn; Cooroibah; Uper Mt Tinbeerwah Pedley FABACEAE subf Mimosoideae Acacia suaveolens Sweet Wattle Tugun; Pine Ridge Rd Reserve; Kingscliff; Pottsville; Moreton, Stradbroke, Bribie Is; Great Sandy NP.

• Sm. (Willd)

FABACEAE subf Mimosoideae Acacia ulicifolia var ulicifolia Prickly Moses Coombabah; Pine Ridge Rd Reserve; Fraser, Moreton and Bribie Is; Cooloola; Noosa and Pt Cartwright (Salisb.) Court FABACEAE subf Mimosoideae Acacia leiocalyx Moreton, Stradbroke, Fraser Is; Tweed; Caloundra (Domin) Pedley LOMANDRACEAE Lomandra longifolia Spiny headed Matt Rush QLD NSW VIC SA TAS Labill. LOMANDRACEAE Lomandra confertifolia ssp pallida 'Mallacoota Tuff' QLD NSW (Nth from Sydney to Central Qld, mainly coastal) A.T Lee MYRTACEAE Baeckea frutescens Syn stenophylla Weeping Baeckea QLD NSW North from Port Macquarie

• L. (Muell)

MYRTACEAE Eucalyptus bancroftii Tumbledown Gum; Orange Gum QLD NSW Far Nthn NSW to SE Qld **GC Citywide significance for conservation Maiden (Maiden) MYRTACEAE Eucalyptus racemosa Scribbly Gum QLD NSW Cav. MYRTACEAE Eucalyptus robusta Swamp Mahogany QLD NSW Sm. MYRTACEAE Leptospermum liversidgei Olive Tea Tree QLD NSW North from Myall Lakes to SE Qld R.T Baker R.Sm MYRTACEAE Leptospermum semibaccatum QLD NSW North Coast NSW to SE QLD Cheel MYRTACEAE Melaleuca sieberi Siebers Tea Tree QLD NSW North from Gosford to Fraser Coast Schauer MYRTACEAE Melaleuca quinquenervia Broadleaf Paperbark NSW QLD (Cav.) S.T.Blake PHORMIACEAE Dianella caerulea Blue Flax Lily Qld, Vic, Tas, NSW, Coastal areas Sims PHORMIACEAE Dianella longifolia Blueberry Lily Qld Vic. Tas. N.T. S.A. W.A R.Br PROTEACAE Banksia

• blongifolia Syn. Integrifolia var
• blongifolia

Dwarf Banksia or Fern Leaf Banksia QLD NSW Ulladulla to Bundaberg region Cav. PROTEACEAE Banksia integrifolia L. f ssp integrifolia 'Roller Coaster' Prostrate form Cultivar

• G. Harden

PROTEACEAE Banksia spinulosa var collina Golden Candlesticks ** QLD NSWW Hawkesbury R to Nambour

PROTEACEAE Banksia

• aemulaSyn. serratifolia

Wallum Banksia QLD NSW Sydney region to Central QLD Coast R.Br PROTEACEAE Banksia integrifolia Coastal Banksia QLD NSW VIC L.f PROTEACEAE Grevillea leiophylla x humilis ssp maritima 'Pink Midget' Pink Midget (leiophylla) F.Muell. ex Benth ( humilis ssp maritima) Makinson PROTEACEAE Hakea florulenta QLD NSW Far North Coast NSW and SE QLD Meisn. RUTACEAE Acronychia wilcoxiana Silver Aspen QLD Nth Coast NSW Bogangar; Broken Head; Buderim (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley RUTACEAE Boronia safrolifera QLD NSW North Coast NSW to SE QLD Cheel XANTHORRHOEACEAE Xanthorrhoea fulva Swamp Grass Tree Qld, NSW, north from Wyong. (A.T.Lee) D.J.Bedford XANTHORRHOEACEAE Xanthorrhoea johnsonii Johnsons Grass Tree QLD NSW

The Plant Data Base has 26 fields - an example of part of the data Precinct No; Precinct Name Zone No. Zone Name Bed No Bed Name FAMILY Genus species Cultivar Common Name Authority Synonym Distribution (World) Distribution SEQLD Status Supplier Date Planted Date removed No of plants Date entered Entered by Label Other info Use Tree

Objectives of the Master Plan + Friends Objects of Association

• BG’s everywhere are responsible for ex situ protection of

economically and ecologically important plants.

• The Gold Coast is rich in natural area diversity and should be

‘shown off’ in its central location. Telling the local story….

• Giving our locals and our visitors a sense of local place and

identity.

• Helping people discover the pleasure and benefits of plants ,

gardening and associated wildlife.

• Helping people recognise that everyone has a role to

contribute to a healthier environment.

• Inviting people to become part of the BG’s community.
• Showing that creating something of nature is beautiful ..both

to see and to create.

in a nutshell …. why interpret and what’s to interpret?

Sign fabrication and installation Friends or Friends Gift Fund total $37,000 Gum Tree Corridor x 7 signs INSTALLED Dahl Trust Grant plus Friends Rotary Education Pavilion x 5 signs INSTALLED Rotary Gold Coast Birds and Plants perfect partners , wading, water and birds of the gardens x 3 and Butterfly x 1 INSTALLED Rotary Southport ; Gold Coast Bushwalkers and Friends Indigenous Plant Use Trail Sign x 1 and 15 + individual signs Ready Rotary Gold Coast Endangered Plants Trail x 1 and 15 individual signs Ready Charles Wang Southern Pacific Developments Story of our Country sign Ready Community Grant Biodiversity - a million years in the making Ready Friends She Oak Harps ready Friends Catchment Matters in process Friends Wild at heart ready Friends History of site sign in process Friends Art and Gardens or alternate sign in process Alan Donaldson and Friends Bed of roses ready Friends

signs in blue are about to go to final design – removing image ‘cut out’ boundaries, overall sharpening and finish before final review and fabrication and installation

Rotary Education Pavilion Plant science 101

Note : The following are a sample of signs in draft form and are ready to go to final draft, with amendments where necessary. Photographers will be acknowledged inside edge of image circle. Image outlines will be cut in more detail with In Design software. There are 15 individual plant labels 210 x 150 for each of the two plant trails and self guided walking trails in production. Kate

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