Charles Sturt University's Bathurst campus now has its very own 'bed and breakfast' for birds, bees, butterflies and biodiversity.
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On Saturday 16 October, 23 people and one lovely little dog came together at CSU's Bathurst campus to build a community pollinator garden.
Despite the overcast and cloudy sky, the rain held off as the volunteers enthusiastically toiled in six garden areas.
The primary aim of the event was to build a garden that would encourage and nourish native pollinators like the Blue-banded Bee and the Bathurst Copper Butterfly.
The team planted more than 100 native plants including grevilleas, bottlebrush, Melaleuca, Westringia and Leptospermum.
A diligent team constructed a vertical garden made from reused pallets, and then filled it with beautiful flowering daisies.
One of the raised garden beds was dedicated to supplying fresh herbs to support CSU's catering crew.
The volunteers enjoyed a morning tea with delicious delights like home-made date scones and chocolate and peanut-butter slice, and lunch was gourmet sausages, vegie sausages, BBQ corn on the cob, and salads.
A team in the CSU School of Business led by Senior Lecturer in marketing Dr Felicity Small secured a Sustainability at Charles Sturt grant to create the pollinator garden.
"There is a general decline of pollinators around the world and in Australia, so this garden will provide much needed rest and revival for common pollinators," Dr Small said.
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