Trees and Shrubs available

Trees available in tube-stock
Scientific name	Common name	Height (m)
Acacia dealbata	Silver Wattle	up to 30
Acacia implexa	Lightwood	5 to 15
Acacia mearnsii	Black Wattle	20
Acacia melanoxylon	Blackwood	up to 30
Allocasuarina littoralis	Black Sheoak	8
Allocasuarina verticillata	Drooping Sheoak	10
Eucalyptus cephalocarpa	Silver-leaved Stringybark	20
Eucalyptus goniocalyx	Long-leaved Box	15
Eucalyptus leucoxylon ssp. connata	Yellow Gum	20
Eucalyptus melliodora	Yellow Box	30
Eucalyptus ovata	Swamp Gum	25
Eucalyptus polyanthemos	Red Box	25
Eucalyptus radiata	Narrow-leaved Peppermint	30
Eucalyptus tricarpa	Red Ironbark	30
Eucalyptus viminalis	Manna Gum	50
Eucalyptus yarraensis	Yarra Gum	15
Banksia marginata	Silver Banksia	10
Tall shrubs available in tube-stock
Scientific name	Common name	Height (m)
Acacia acinacea	Gold-dust Wattle	2
Acacia brownii	Heathe Wattle	0.3-1
Acacia paradoxa	Kangaroo Thorn	2 to 3
Acacia retinodes	Swamp Wattle	6
Acacia verticillata	Varnish Wattle	5 to 10
Callistemon sieberi	River Bottlebrush	up to 5
Coprosma quadrifida	Prickly Currant Bush	2 to 4
Goodenia ovata	Hop Bush	2
Grevillea rosmarinfolia	Rosemary Grevillea	2
Gynatrix pulchella	Hemp Bush	3
Hakea decurrens subsp physocarpa	Bushy Needlewood	up to 5
Kunzea leptospermoides	Burgan	3
Leptospermum continentale	Prickly Tea-tree	1 to 2
Leptospermum lanigerum	Woolly Tea-tree	3
Melicytus dentatus	Tree Violet	4
Myoporum insulare	Boobialla	6
Myoporum petiolatum	Sticky Boobialla	2
Myrsine howittiana	Muttonwood	3 to 10
Olerea argophylla	Musk Daisy-bush	3 to 10
Ozothamnus ferrugineus	Tree Everlasting	2 to 5
Pomaderris aspera	Hazel Pomaderris	3 to 15
Pomaderris lanigera	Woolly Pomaderris	1 to 5
Pomaderris prunifolia	Plum-leaf Pomaderris	1 to 4
Pomaderris racemosa	Slender Pomaderris	2 to 5
Pomaderris vaccinifolia	Round-leaf Pomaderris	3 to 4
Prostranthera lasinthos	Victorian Christmas Bush	up to 10
Solanum laciniatum	Large-flowered Kangaroo Apple	up to 3
Spyridim pavifolium	Kangaroo Apple	1
Trees and Shrubs available in 6'' pots
Scientific name	Common name	Height (m)	Number available (13/7/15)
Acacia dealbata	Silver Wattle	up to 30	4
Acacia mearnsii	Black Wattle	20	10
Acacia retinodes	Swamp Wattle	6	4
Acacia verticillata	Varnish Wattle	5 to 10	5
Allocasuarina littoralis	Black Sheoak	8	2
Allocasuarina verticillata	Drooping Sheoak	10	10
Coprosma quadrifida	Prickly Currant Bush	2 to 4	8
Eucalyptus polyanthemos	Red Box	25	10
Eucalyptus tricarpa	Red Ironbark	30	28
Eucalyptus viminalis	Manna Gum	50	10
Eucalyptus camaldulensis	River Red Gum	20	26
Gynatrix pulchella	Hemp Bush	3	16
Hakea decurrens	Bushy Needlewood	up to 5	2
Leptospermum continentale	Prickly Tea-tree	1 to 2	5
Melaleuca ericifolia	Swamp Paperbark	4 to 9	6
Ozothamnus ferrugineus	Tree Everlasting	2 to 5	2
Pomaderris aspera	Hazel Pomaderris	3 to 15	30

National Tree Day 2015

2015 marks the 20th annual National Tree Day (July 26th) and Schools Tree Day (July24th). National Tree Day is  Australia's largest community tree planting event. Last year, almost 300,000 people participated and 1.4 million native trees and other plants were planted.

This year, the La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary is getting involved and running a number of activities including kid's activities, an indigenous plant workshop, tree planting, tree sale and plant giveaways (more details below). Trees (and other plants) that are indigenous to north-east Melbourne are available for sale in our indigenous plant nursery. The nursery is open from 10am until 3pm Sunday through Friday. Schools ordering plants for Schools Tree Day are entitled to a discount.

Lightwood Wattle - Acacia implexa

National Tree Day activities at the La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary:

•  Plant Giveaway - plants will be given away throughout the day at our indigenous plant nursery, open from 10am-3pm
• Tree Sale - trees and shrubs will be discounted at our indigenous plant nursery, open from 10am-3pm. Species available listed here.
• Kid's activity (11am) - discover the tiny creatures that live in native grass and create your own native grass to take home
• Tree planting activity (12pm) - we will plant indigenous trees and shrubs around the La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary depot area
• Indigenous Plant workshops (1:30pm) - learn about gardening with indigenous plants and providing habitat for native animals
• The La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary will be open from 10am-3pm for bush walks, bird watching etc. 

To register for any of the events visited above, please complete the form on the National Tree Day website event registration. All events are free.

Grevillea rosmarinifolia

 
Resources for schools and gardeners:

• Aboriginal plant list
• Butterfly attracting plants
• Bird attracting plants
• Spectacular flowering indigenous plants
• Indigenous Trees
• Indigenous Grasses
• Plants for a sensory garden
• School yard plants

Retail Open 6 Days

We are Open for Business

We are Open!

BioBlitz 2015

The Sanctuary Retail Shop (Selling Indigenous plants and nesting boxes) is now open for business 6 Days a week!

10am - 3pm Every day except Saturday.

Come in and see our fantastic, knowledgeable staff and start designing your own habitat patch or Indigenous display garden now.









While your at it - why not go for a walk through the sanctuary and help us with our BioBlitz - you can help us discover the little critters that live in the Sanctuary.


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2015 Little Creature BioBlitz

Jan - April 2015

This January to April - we would like our visitors to tune in to all the little critters in the sanctuary and tell us about what they find.

Simply take photos of the small animals (macro invertebrates) you come across while in the sanctuary and upload them to the link below.
http://bit.ly/1ynV4SV

Competition 

Tell us what these little critters are for your chance to win a Twilight Tour Entry.
email to enter


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School Holidays - Twilight Tours

A Sugar Glider in a Nesting Box

January is a great month to visit the Wildlife Sanctuary there's loads of things happening in the bush, especially with wildflowers in bloom. Our Twilight Tours have been great over the past few weeks, with this weeks being fantastic! Sugar Gliders (Petaurus breviceps) were seen gliding between trees and just as we were leaving a Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua) was spotted in the trees around the office.

Twilight Tours are scheduled on Wednesday evenings during the school holidays and on the third Wednesday of every month outside holidays. The next tour is scheduled for 21st January.

Xerochrysum viscosum in flower.

Australian Animals Habitat Incursion F-2: Findon Primary School

The La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary offers exciting incursions to schools in Melbourne catering to specific curriculum content and outcomes. During the partnership between the Sanctuary and Findon Primary School, the early years program expressed their interest in an incursion based on Australian animals and their habitat.


The main learning outcome of this inquiry based, hands on and discovery incursion was for students to build an understanding of what a habitat is and what Australian animals need to survive and thrive in their habitat. This incursion also includes an exploration of some the unique physicality's of Australia's amazing animals and how people can help conserve their habitats.


Resources for this incursion includes live footage of Australian animals using nest boxes, discovery boxes about Australian animals, habitat slideshows on the types of habitats found in Australia, post trip habitat assessment exercise plus more!


The main curriculum links covered during the can be found below

Foundation Living things have basic needs, including food and water (ACSSU002) Share observations and ideas (ACSIS012) Respond to questions about familiar objects and events (ACSIS014)

Year 1 Living things live in different places where their needs are met (ACSSU211) Living things have a variety of external features (ACSSU017) People use science in their daily lives, including when caring for their environment and living things (ACSHE022) Participate in different types of guided investigations to explore and answer questions, such as manipulating materials, testing ideas, and accessing information sources (ACSIS025)

Year 2 Living things grow, change and have offspring similar to themselves (ACSSU030) Through discussion, compare observations with predictions (ACSIS214) People use science in their daily lives, including when caring for their environment and living things (ACSHE035)

Enjoy the detailed Incursion description here

Planting Complete!

As this term at Findon Primary school, a major focus has been planting and caring for developing gardens around the school.

On Thursday the 27th of November, the Planet Savers took advantage of the warmer weather to plant the remaining plants in the Butterfly Garden.

 

 

The students decided on their roles before planting without any instruction. One role they selected was to water the new and existing plants. The students noticed that this role had too many people and decided upon themselves to rotate through the different roles so it was fair. To begin with these roles included watering, taking out the plants from their pots and finding established holes. Half way through the planting session two year 2 students asked to join in. A year 4 Planet Saver was enthusiastic to get them started and showed them the process as well as explaining why they needed to wear gloves. He took it upon himself to be their buddy for the session, helping them taking out plants and making sure the holes for planting were deep enough. It was particularly special to see the older members of the Planet Savers take the initiative to lead younger students of the school.

 

 

All students expressed their sense of achievement in completing the planting in two areas of the school. All students commented on how important they felt it was to keep these gardens free of rubbish. The session ended in 'High Fives' for everyone involved in the planting. One student stated that since he was in year 4, he would be able to watch the gardens grow and continue to take care of them.