Group convenor: Bob Granger
The Watercress Farm Bushcare Group site extends for 600 metres along the southern side of Enoggera Creek, near Allamanda Street, The Gap. It started in 1993 when Mick and Jill Bruhwiller and other local residents realised the potential of the mown creek bank along Allamanda Street. They wanted to create a buffer zone of trees between the creek and the footpath. With Brisbane City Council backing and a staged approach, the community got behind the project. At the first working bee the whole estate turned out to plant more than 700 trees.
Running working bees every 6 weeks or so, Watercress Farm Bushcare Group took 15 years to complete stage one. These days the core group is five local families who work hard weeding and planting and then enjoy a get together after the working bees.
Watercress Farm is one of the six bushcare sites which comprise The Gap Rainforest Project. See The Gap Rainforest Statement of Significance PDF here. Watercress Farm is the site of the oldest recorded tree in The Gap, a Brush Box estimated to be 370 years old.
This bushcare site is supported by the Brisbane City Council Habitat Brisbane program. For more information about Watercress Farm, contact Bob Granger on 0413 310 867.
Enoggera Creek at the Watercress Farm bushcare site.
Watercress Farm Bushcare Zone Map. Courtesy: Brisbane City Council
