Botanic Gardens and Garden Awards in fruitful accord
GARDEN AWARDS
The Mossman Botanic Gardens Committee has jumped on board the Douglas Garden Awards as a sponsor after receiving a $100,000 donation from a private donor.
Botanic Gardens Chairman, John Sullivan, said the Douglas Garden awards are a great fit for the committee to promote the Botanic Gardens and support other local gardeners.
“We see the Douglas Garden Awards as a perfect opportunity to promote the project and get the community right behind our cause and the local environment,” Mr Sullivan said.
“People’s gardens are the forefront of their environment, and to encourage all ages to learn and be creative with plants is so important.
“This is a very exciting time for Mossman where the Botanic Garden will create a huge and exciting change in the town.
“It is a project that not only sits well with the preservation of species, but with the diversification of agriculture, bringing solid jobs and high-level training in botany, horticulture, tourism and hospitality.”
The Mossman Botanic Gardens will be situated on 50 acres of land near where the Mossman markets are held.
MBG has started on the restoration of vegetation on Kubirri Creek (Marrs Creek), through a Landcare Grant, working with Jabalbini, the Australian Tropical Herbarium, and Douglas Shire Council.
Initial landscaping works are planned to start in the next three months.
Mr Sullivan said the private donation helped the project progress further.
“We had an extremely generous donation recently that will go a long way to realising the dream,” Mr Sullivan said.
“It means that we can actually do some work on the site and call in the engineers and architects to begin discussions to start documentation for planning approval.”
Douglas Shire Mayor Julia Leu said it was fantastic to see progress on the project.
“The huge community support for this project is really positive to see,” she said.
“We are also thrilled to have the Mossman Botanic Gardens team on board with the Douglas Garden Awards, which will no doubt be a hit with our region’s green thumbs.
“Council will continue to support this exciting venture any way we can.”
The community can jump on board as a member or Corporate sponsor, by visiting www.mossmanbotanicgarden.com.au.
Entries for the Douglas garden Awards have officially opened and Council is still taking applications for sponsorships. More details are available on Council’s website.
Entries will close on Friday, 12 July with finalist judging to be held on 31 July and 1 August.
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