{"id":8673,"date":"2025-01-31T22:11:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T11:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/?p=8673"},"modified":"2026-07-02T16:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:11:19","slug":"case-study-example-britt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/case-study-example-britt\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study: Discovering Wildflowers and Orchids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<header>\n<div class=\"content-block issue-block\">\n<h2>The issue<\/h2>\n<p>Roadside vegetation is invaluable for preserving landscape connectivity, local endemic species and serving as wildlife refuges. However, these seemingly ordinary stretches of land are often overlooked, neglected and unexplored. Further undervalued elements to roadside vegetation are our observations and memory as we travel by. Subconsciously, people begin to form a mental map of local roadside vegetation which is rarely recorded or acknowledged formally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-block solution-block\">\n<h2>The solution<\/h2>\n<p>It is fundamental that we explore these snippets of knowledge. In particular, noting that the Billy Buttons flower in that drainage on the north side of town every year and then following this up by inviting the community out into that environment to explore this. So armed with a tip off and valuable local knowledge of the orchids growing at Billy\u2019s Roadside around Lake Cowal, we planned an event for the community. The main aim was to grow appreciation, share local knowledge and get out in the field to rediscover.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-block impact-block\">\n<h2>The impact<\/h2>\n<p>Each year now, conditions permitting, we set off on these guided walks to educate the community on the amazing abundance of wildflowers and delicate orchids hiding in the 50 metre radius. It is a gift to share these spaces with community and to open discussions about other local rare gems hidden throughout the district.\u00a0This season was a particular highlight with two new orchid species discovered in this location &#8211; the Common Onion Orchid (<em>Microtis unifolia<\/em>) and the Subalpine Leek Orchid (<em>Prosophyllum sphacelatum<\/em>). Each year\u00a0our knowledge grows, as does the deeper awareness within our participants, fostering an exploring nature and desire to learn about our backyard. You never know what you will find if you just start looking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"content-core\">\n<div id=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\n<div class=\"content-block impact-block\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/BrittanyHicks\/Downloads\/Murrumbidgee%20Landcare%20Inc%20Discovering%20Wildflowers%20and%20Orchids%20Case%20Study%20(1).pdf\">Case Study 2-4: Discovering Wildflowers and Orchids<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] The issue Roadside vegetation is invaluable for preserving landscape connectivity, local endemic species and serving as wildlife refuges. However, these seemingly ordinary stretches of land are often overlooked, neglected and unexplored. Further undervalued elements to roadside vegetation are our observations and memory as we travel by. 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