{"id":1290,"date":"2013-10-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/news\/community-and-faith-volunteers-work-to-preserve-endangered-shrub\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T04:48:40","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T04:48:40","slug":"community-and-faith-volunteers-work-to-preserve-endangered-shrub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/community-and-faith-volunteers-work-to-preserve-endangered-shrub\/","title":{"rendered":"Community and faith volunteers work to preserve endangered shrub"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/Portals\/0\/paramichael2.jpg\" alt=\"Community and faith volunteers work to preserve endangered shrub\" \/><figcaption>Yasha Siddiqi and Shervin Ali (right) with Grevillea caleyi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>A beautiful endangered shrub will now have a much greater chance of flourishing as a result of a joint effort by volunteers who worked in bushland areas in the Baha\u2019i Temple property in Ingleside, Sydney. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Those involved included Baha\u2019is and local Pittwater residents. The project was a joint initiative involving the Australian Baha\u2019i Community, the Pittwater Natural Heritage Association, the Pittwater Council, the NSW State Government\u2019s Office of Environment and Heritage and the Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management authority.<\/p>\n<p>On 21 October 2013 the volunteers carried out weeding and other conservation work in the habitat of Grevillea caleyi in the bushland near the Temple.<\/p>\n<p>Grevillea caleyi, sometimes called the \u201cTerrey Hills grevillea\u201d, is an open, spreading shrub, up to four metres tall and four metres across the branches with attractive flowers ranging in colour from crimson to dark burgundy.<\/p>\n<p>The work was part of a restoration project to more firmly establish the healthy and ongoing presence of the shrub in the Duffys Forest area, including the Baha\u2019i site and other properties. Funding for the restoration project is being provided by the New South Wales State Government.<\/p>\n<p>The Temple grounds are one of only three localities in Sydney still home to this species.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the shrub is restricted to an 8 kilometre square area across government and privately owned land.<\/p>\n<p>Baha\u2019i spokesperson and Landscape and grounds supervisor, Shervin Ali, said there had been previous conservation projects in the area but this project was a fresh impetus in the bid to look after the bushland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the spiritual atmosphere of the Temple, the flora and fauna provide opportunities for contemplation about the wonders of creation,\u201d Mr Ali said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs well as the special plants in the area, there are wallabies, possums, echidnas, and bilbies and many species of birds,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>To read more about the project, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pittwateronlinenews.com\/saving-grevillea-caleyi-at-ingleside.php\">https:\/\/www.pittwateronlinenews.com\/saving-grevillea-caleyi-at-ingleside.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10151760240328068.1073741831.264834653067&amp;type=3\">View photos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A beautiful endangered shrub will now have a much greater chance of flourishing as a result of a joint effort by volunteers who worked in bushland areas in the Baha\u2019i Temple property in Ingleside, Sydney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-releases","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - 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