Project Gallery
Go behind the scenes on the creation and restoration of the Glenthorne Grassland Project. Want to get involved?
Beautiful sunset over Ityamaiipinna Yarta (Glenthorne NP)
Martin from Friends of Glenthorne digging a trench to bury the edges of a sheet of plastic to solarise
Beautiful sunset over the solarisation plots Ityamaiipinna Yarta (Glenthorne NP)
Laying the solarising plastic for PhD research
Removing topsoil for PhD research
Before grassland restoration from below powerlines.
Seeding Natives on site ready to seed the grassland in 2023
Seeding Natives with Native Seeds
First Working Bee for with Grassland Friends
Planting silky blue grass (Dicantheum sereceum) with the Grassland Friends
Conversation Starter!
Planting silky blue grass (Dicantheum sereceum) with the Grassland Friends
Soil Science South Australia field trip looking at the black cracking clay (Vertosol)
Research Plots for Max's PhD (August 2023)
Seeding the research plots
Plastic removed from the solarisation plots
Martins ebike and mower trailer
Mowing the research plots with Martin
Peppa on a Ute
soil temperature and moisture datalogger
Vegetation survey for grassland direct seeding field experiment for Max's PhD
Vegetation survey for grassland direct seeding field experiment for Max's PhD
Field of Wallaby Grass at Ityamaiipinna Yarta (Glenthorne NP)
Ecologists at work surveying the native grassland establishment on the solarised plots
Wahlenbergia germinated from seed
Native grass germination
Parks Ranger laying rubble for interpretation area path
Parks Ranger laying rubble for interpretation area path
Glenthorne Community Grassland Interpretation area
Peppa and Max enjoying new bench in mini Forrest
Overplanting the Interpretation Area with tubestocks
Nankeen Kestrel fledged at Glenthorne
Areal shot of the grassland during restoration
Restored patch of native grasses and wildflowers November 2024
Areal shot of earthworks for topsoil removal
Everlasting (Xerochrysum) in full flower
Harvesting native grass seeds
Common Blue Grass Butterfly visiting restored Grassland
Scott and Heidi surveying the research plots in November 2024
The blue devil flower, Eryngium ovinum, is a perennial plant that grows in temperate grasslands.