10 Berry Landcare Sites have regular working bees, with monthly sessions on 8 sites and . alternating 3rd Saturdays at two sites (Moeyan Hill and David Berry Hospital). 4 sites have working bees on an "as required" basis. Details are listed under Events

Moeyan Hill - 9.30am. Tuesday 7th MARCH 2017: a gentle walk along the fire trail with identification of locally indigenous tree species and refreshments at the end. Duration is 2 hours (includes a 45 minute stroll). Contact is Bill Pigott on 4464 3241 (please let us know if you are coming so we can make enough muffins and coffee).

Reading the Land @ Berry is an opportunity for 'artists' to examine and learn about a landscape. They will learn from and with people who know that landscape well: an ecologist, a Koorie artist and an historian. The challenge then is to interpret that in their art. As they see it. Reading the Land is for artists of all levels and all forms – visual, performing, musical, literary. The theme for Reading the Land is: CONNECTIONS This supports physical connections being made through landscape management between the coast and the escarpment. And it speaks to spiritual connections people feel to a landscape. Saturday 9 August, 9.00am – 2.30pm After convening at the Berry Sport and Recreation Centre on Coolangatta Rd participants will visit three sites in the local area. Car pooling will be required, before returning to Sport and Rec for lunch, conversation and art. There is no charge for this event; morning tea and lunch are provided. An exhibition of art from Reading the Land will be at: Silos Estate on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th September. PRE-REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL For catering & transport purposes – and to receive essential information – please register with Graeme Gibson: Ph; 4441 8885 or 0408 676 550 E; graeme@morethanjusttalk.com.au

Seniors’ Week Walks: There will be two Landcare Walks for Seniors as part of Seniors Week 2016: - Moeyan Hill Reserve (meet at the end of Borrowdale Close) Monday 4th April at 9.30 am, lead by Bill Pigott - Bundewallah Work site on the Wednesday 6th of April at 9:30am, lead by Will Armitage.

Seniors’ Week Walks: There will be two Landcare Walks for Seniors as part of Seniors Week 2016: - Moeyan Hill Reserve (meet at the end of Borrowdale Close) Monday 4th April at 9.30 am, lead by Bill Pigott - Bundewallah Work site on the Wednesday 6th of April at 9:30am, lead by Will Armitage.

The Berry Corridor ‘Big Lift’ May 6th & 7th 2017 Get involved in the restoration of the Berry Wildlife Corridor! Join Berry Landcare in a fun weekend of tree planting and weed punishment. Come for two hours or longer, morning or afternoon. Sessions start: Saturday 9:00am and 2:00 pm, Sunday 9:00am. BBQ lunch provided (1:00pm). Meet at Camp Quality Park, Woodhill Mountain Rd carpark (just south of Bundewallah Ck bridge). Please let us know when you’re coming, so we can juggle the snags, contact Bill Pigott on 0409 469655 wpigott@bigpond.net.au

An invitation to attend a presentation and full day workshop

In 2006 Berry Landcare held a memorial tree planting in Mark Radium Park for Rick Farley, who together with Phillip Toyne, established the national Landcare movement. On that occasion Linda Burney MP, Rick’s partner, planted an Illawarra Flame Tree (Brachychiton acerifolius). Phillip Toyne died in 2015 and his widow Molly Harriss Olson has kindly agreed to come to Berry to plant a memorial tree for Phillip in Mark Radium Park adjacent to those planted for Rick Farley. Linda Burney has also kindly agreed to return to Berry to support Molly and to replant the Brachychiton acerifolius, which is ailing. We want our memorial trees to be as strong as the movement our founders created. There will be a barbeque after the trees are planted and an opportunity to see the Arboretum of locally indigenous trees that we have established in Mark Radium Park. If you able to come, please let us know for catering at berrylandcare@gmail.com .

Berry Landcare invites Seniors to celebrate Seniors Week 2018 at a Landcare Gathering for Seniors in Mark Radium Park, Victoria St Berry, with tea, coffee and muffins, a brief talk about Landcare and trees and a walk through the arboretum of locally indigenous trees to meet different species.

Monday 9 April from 9.30 to 11.30 am, a walk for Seniors and their friends through the Moeyan Hill reserve with identification of locally indigenous tree species and refreshments at the end. (Meet at the end of Borrowdale Close, which is off Agars Lane. Wear sturdy shoes and bring a hat and water.