PAST PROJECTS

Everyone's Environment: Linking restorations & community in 2014 In 2013 SOWN was successful in gaining project funding under the State Government's 'Everyone's Environment' grants. The Everyone's Ithaca project aims to link and improve existing bush care sites...

Wonderful Use of Weed Tree Timber (WUWTT) In 2012 SOWN received $10,000 from the Energex Sustainability Fund to explore the sustainable use of weed tree timber for hobby and commercial use. This project was celebrated with SOWN's first 'Weeds to Woodcraft' Expo on...

NRMA Insurance funds Coramulling Park Bushcare Site Rescue On 31 May 2012 Save Our Waterways Now (SOWN) learned its application for a bush care site rescue at Corramulling Park The Gap had been successful. NRMA Insurance's 2012 Community Grants program awarded SOWN...

A Bold Community Initiative in 2010 - 2012 Seven kilometres of inner city waterway flourishing with native trees, alive with wildlife and enjoyed by thousands of Brisbane residents. This is the aim of Ithaca Intact, a three-year project restoring and...

Restoring the Fursman Estate Wetland ~ Upper Enoggera Creek During 2006 SOWN successfully applied for a Federal Government Community Water Grant to restore a weedy wetland along Yoorala Street, The Gap. The site was initially a Singapore Daisy infested wetland area...

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