Friends of Blackwood Forest

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We aim to help with providing sustainable recreational opportunities, highlighting historic values,

05/09/2026

If you haven't been to the Blackwood forest in a while this is the time! Don't miss it l! The Avenue of trees with the Manchurian pears honouring the volunteers and the history of the park is in full blossom! What a beautiful sight!

Next Sunday 13th September is our monthly working bee, come and join us for a couple of hours and enjoy spending time in this special place that is the Blackwood forest.

16/08/2026

Thank you to all the community members who turned up today to help our friends of Blackwood forest volunteers w**d, plant and mulch on this beautiful Sunday morning. What a perfect day to be out in the fresh air and reconnect with nature! Our little group of volunteers are so thankful to all the helpers today. We couldn't do what we do without you!

15/08/2026

What a stunning morning at the Blackwood forest today. The first Manchurian pear blossoms are out and in a couple of weeks the Avenue of trees will be looking magnificent. If you ever considered helping our volunteers during our monthly working bees this is your chance. Our August working bee is tomorrow 9.30am and the weather is looking nice and dry like today. We always need extra pairs of hands so if you can't make tomorrow stay tuned for our next September date. Our working bees run on the second Sunday of every month! See you all soon and thank you for all the help as always!!

11/08/2026

Good morning! Calling out for extra help for this Sunday's working bee. We have a very busy morning ahead of us. If you could spare a couple of hours to join our volunteers and give us a hand this Sunday morning it would be wonderful. We will be planting more native grasses and w**ding in different sections of the forest.

We will meet at 9.30am at the managers office near the Blackwood forest car park where the different tasks will be allocated.

If you can come, please ensure you wear enclosed shoes, a hat and bring drinking water. It's also helpful if could bring gloves and a garden fork or mattock if you have one. No problem if not.

Please message us with any questions!

See you on Sunday?

23/07/2026

Have you ever spotted bandicoots or yellow-tailed black cockatoos in the Blackwood Forest? Our national park rangers have asked the community to help monitor some of these vulnerable and endangered species in our park. If you can help, all you have to do is register and log the sighting in the free INaturalist website or app (links to App store and play store below).

The rangers can access your sightings from there. It is important for the national parks' staff & ecologists to have this data as it affects how they effectively manage areas of the park and adjust conservation strategies to protect endangered wildlife.

Thank you!

Inaturalist app details below.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.inaturalist.android&pcampaignid=web_share

https://apps.apple.com/au/app/inaturalist/id6475737561

19/07/2026

Thank you to all the volunteers, rangers and especially the wonderful new people we have met today during our special planting working bee. We couldn't have done without you all. Thanks also to Green Adelaide without which this project wouldn't be possible. A mix of photos from today's working bee (thanks to all who sent some snaps from this morning!). If you ever want to participate in our monthly working bees, they take place on the second Sunday morning of each month. Don't hesitate to message us on Facebook with any questions.

18/07/2026

Come and spend some time with us at tomorrow morning's working bee replanting some 200 native grasses by the two creek lines. It is going to be a beautiful day ☀️ see you there?

16/07/2026

Thank you James Devine for sharing these beautiful photos of the Blackwood forest this morning. We don't often see it looking so wintery! It's got such a magical feel to it!

13/07/2026

Good morning! Just a reminder that we would need a few extra helping hands for this Sunday's working bee 9.30am start, to help us with the planting of around 200 native plants.

Come and join us for a couple of hours if you can. No prior experience necessary 😊

Thank you as always for your continuous support!

Address

Hawthorndene, SA
5051

Website

http://friendsofblackwoodforest.com.au/

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