Banded Bee Farm 2.3

Banded Bee Farm comprises 16 hectares of mainly open paddock with approximately 1 km of creek frontage along Saumarez Creek. There are very few eucalypts or other native vegetation left on the property. Most of the eucalypts are along the creek and species are E. nova-anglica and E. dalrympleana. The riparian zone also has a few specimens of Leptospermum polygalifolium. It therefore seems likely that the original vegetation type was New England Peppermint Grassy Woodlands.

Over time we plan to put about half of the property back to native woodland. The remaining half of the property will be developed as an agroforestry system, including stock in a silvopastoral system, with the aim to produce food using regenerative agriculture approaches. Our first priority is to put in native trees as windbreaks along fence lines as the farm is very exposed to winds. We also plan to fully fence the creek and plant out the riparian zone.