BUSHCARE volunteers come from rural Ipswich towns like Rosewood through to the more densely populated city suburbs and they are hoping to encourage new helpers who are willing to lend a hand with on-ground environmental improvement.
There are 10 Bushcare sites and volunteers are now returning to their regular working bees after the festive season.
It is the ideal opportunity for residents to come and try volunteering with Bushcare.
Woogaroo Creek Bushcare at Bellbird Park is one of the program’s newer groups, meeting monthly for a working bee at the end of Eugene Street.
Group leader Keith McCosh said being involved with Bushcare was personally rewarding as well.
“We have a dozen or so people involved at Woogaroo Creek, and they are a great bunch of people. It’s special that this community has assembled and are working together for something significant,” he said.
“It’s very social, I think that’s why people like going there.
“You find out about other environmental things going on, and you are part of a whole community of enthusiastic people with environmental interests who love the landscape we are living in.”
There are two Bushcare sites in rural Ipswich – the Masons Gully Regenerative Project in John Street, Rosewood and the Peace Park Arboretum, in Matthew Street, Rosewood.
