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Poorman's Stream Restoration: Horticultural Sustainability Action Project

Plan, implement, and evaluate a personal action to enhance Poorman's Stream using horticultural skills. Explore issues like soil erosion, water quality, and bird habitat for a sustainable impact. Consider actions such as planting projects, runoff control, plant propagation, public education, and biodiversity corridor development. Enhance the stream's ecological health and promote wildlife diversity in your individual or small group project.

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Poorman's Stream Restoration: Horticultural Sustainability Action Project

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  1. POORMANS STREAM RESTORATION PROJECTPlan, implement and evaluate a personal action for sustainability AS 90810 Level 2 Horticulture

  2. Introduction • The task

  3. The Task… By the end of this assignment you will be able to show that you can: • Planan action in relation to the Poorman’s stream restoration project. • Implementyour plan of action. • Evaluateyour plan of action. • AIM: This will be an individual or small group (2-3 students) action project to explore an aspect of using Horticultural skills to improvePoormans Stream. • Please note that if you elect to work in a small group, each student will need to submit an individual report.

  4. Horticultural Skills • Horticulturalists and Agriculturalists are multi-skilled • Some of the skills / knowledge sets they have include: • Plant Propagation • Soil science knowledge • Plant pest control skills • Waste water management knowledge • Ecological systems knowledge • Agrichemical knowledge • Plant identification skills How could these skills be applied to the Poorman’s Stream Restoration Project?

  5. Your skill needs to be applied so that it enhances the ‘project’ • To enhance the project – you need to identify an issue (or something that needs improving) Possible issues (opportunities for improvement) • Soil erosion • Water quality issues • Birdlife habitat • Bird corridor pathways • Water Uptake. “Water needs to be Cool / clear and flowing” COMMON CONTAMINANTS • Nutrients- eg nitrates, phosphates • Heavy metals- urban stormwater - Often bound to fine sediments • Persistant organic chemicals • Fine sediments • Faecal material

  6. Make the connection • Link the skill/ knowledge to the issue Skill/ Knowledge Issue • Plant Propagation • Soil science knowledge • Plant pest control skills • Waste water management knowledge • Ecological systems knowledge • Agrichemical knowledge • Plant identification skills Soil erosion Water quality issues Birdlife habitat Bird corridor pathways Water Quality

  7. Possible actions • Riperian Planting projects • Swale – runoff control • Plant propagation • Landowner Education • Plant pest control • Publicity/ education of the project • Plant identification

  8. Biodiversity corridors • Biodiversity is the natural range of genes, species, populations in an area. • Biodiversity corridors are vegetation pathways that allow wildlife to travel from one area of native bush to another. • A corridor provides shelter, food and protection from predators by imitating the structure and diversity of native vegetation. • We need biodiversity corridors because changes that have been made to the landscape often leave native species confined to isolated areas, making them vulnerable to local extinction. • As well as providing passage for native wildlife biodiversity corridors support the spread of native plant species.

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