Our MASS nursery workshop saw volunteers sowing indigenous seeds and learning how citizen science can help grow a more drought-resilient landscape.

Twelve wildflower lovers joined local ecologist Sue Ablitt in the Dungeon Gully area of the Howqua Hills, learning to identify and record everything from milkmaids and greenhoods to four species of sun-orchid and some rare white wax-lips, building their skills as citizen scientists and adding to what we know about the region’s spring flora.

FrogID Week runs from 6 to 15 November, so grab the free app, head outside after dark and help scientists discover which frogs are calling around Mansfield, from the humble Pobblebonk to the rarest locals.