Bribie Butterfly Volunteers Inc. is a local volunteer project aimed at bringing the community together and to promote the butterfly population on Bribie Island and beyond. First established in 2013 at a residential property at Banksia Beach on the island, it has grown to be a great success and is now entering a second and bigger phase.
Our designers Artistic Plan of the future Butterfly House.
The original
project is situated at a privately owned Banksia residence. It consists of
gardens, nursery and a hydroponic gardening area. This is the place where the
host plants are grown to feed the caterpillars. There is also a basic
laboratory where the hungry caterpillars are fed and housed. Here they reach
their pupal (chrysalis) stage. A butterfly house out the back is where the
butterflies live and happily mate and lay their eggs, so we can produce more
butterflies.
Thanks to
the amazing support of our treasured Volunteers, we have successfully bred over
20 species of Australian Butterflies. Some, we release back into the natural
environment to help increase the local population. We also give away free host
and nectar plants for Bribie residents to grow in their gardens. This will help
increase the local butterfly population. It is working well. During the last 12
months, gardeners on Bribie have been getting involved and have currently
planted over 3000 of these butterfly attracting plants in their gardens.
Thanks to
the great success, support and interest of the locals we are expanding. Our
local Councillor - Gary Parsons and the Moreton Bay Mayor - Allan Sutherland
have helped immensely. They have secured for Bribie Butterfly Volunteers, a
block of land where we are establishing a bigger and better butterfly house.
This will be located at First Avenue, Bongaree - near the AFL grounds, behind
the Orchid House and beside the Community Nursery. This will continue to be run
by our ‘Bribie Butterfly Volunteers’ and once established will be open to the
public. It is very exciting for the Bribie Island community and we hope to open
this facility by the end of 2015, so please tell your family and friends. We
always need more volunteers and you can help in many ways. Please check out the
‘Volunteering’ section for details. Thank you very much for your interest and
kind help.