Hancock Park Microforest
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Friends of the Escarpment Park (FEP) have been successful in obtaining funding from the Qld Government and the Toowoomba Regional Council to develop a Microforest on a 580sqm grassed parcel of land. The land is managed by Toowoomba Regional Council and is adjacent to Hancock Street Park.
The project will follow the Miyawaki method of microforest creation. This is dense planting of endemic plants which make up a local ecosytem. More than 1000 Microforests have been created around the world.
Those involved include: Friends of Escarpment Park (FEP) volunteers, volunteers from the community, Crows Nest Community Nursery, Toowoomba Regional Council and the Qld Government.
Planting will consist of 1740 tubestock, representing the same indigenous species and plant communities as Hancock Street Park - an area of dry rainforest. The Miyawaki method results in the rapid creation of forest ecosystems, reportedly 10 times faster growth than conventional planting approaches.
For further information:
Miyawaki in Australia
The Miyawaki Method
Microforests in Canberra
The climate action benefits of Microforest creation are:
(1) carbon storage 30 times greater than a grassed piece of land of equivalent size,
(2) environmental cooling of 2 degrees C.
Work is expected to commence in February 2023
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| Grassed area to be converted into a Microforest |
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