After two successful planting days in
December and
January, it is
once again time to turn our attention to eradicating the invasive weeds
from Garber.
On Saturday, our intrepid Broom Bashers
managed to pull most of the remaining large stands of French Broom in
Garber while the rest of us headed over to the Harwood Creek area and
managed to free a large stand of Snowberry, Osoberry, and currents from Cape ivy that was blanketing the entire slope.
Read more about two of Garber Park's most invasive weeds and you'll understand why we get such satisfaction from removing these habitat destroying weeds:
Cape Ivy, German Ivy (Delairea odorata/Senecio mikanoides) and
French Broom (Genista Monspessulana).
On Sunday we
were joined by an enthusiastic group of CAL Berkeley students, and we
were able to continue the success from Saturday. In addition to removing Cape ivy and French broom, we were able to cut down eucalyptus sprouts.
Click here to read more about why eucalyptus are considered an invasive weed and fire danger.
Click here for more pictures from our February
Habitat Restoration Days.
Thanks everyone for a successful weed removal weekend! We hope you can join us in March for one of our Habitat Restoration Days: Tuesday, March 5 and Saturday, March 16 from 10-Noon. For more information contact Shelagh garberparkstewards@gmail.com.
