NINE staff from Zarraffa’s Coffee in Toowoomba generously gave their time recently to join Condamine Alliance, World of Trees and Condamine Headwaters Landcare Group to begin a revegetation project at Kelvin Falls, a cattle property at Elbow Valley, 20 kilometres south of Warwick.
The crew, including Brooke Genrich (left) and Taylor Doyle, planted 600 native plants on the day using compost made from spent coffee grounds provided by the coffee house.
Kelvin Falls belongs to Andrew and Rowena O’Dea who recently joined Condamine Alliance’s biodiversity program, Enrich, and will be supported to protect over 16 hectares for regeneration and establish more that 3500 native plants.
“People are becoming increasingly switched on to what they eat, where it comes from and how it gets there,” Mr O’Dea said.
“Hopefully, we can show that growing great pasture-fed beef is all about providing animals with a natural, healthy environment,” Mr O’Dea said. Brent Tunstall from World of Trees has been collecting spent coffee grounds from Zarraffa’s Coffee Toowoomba stores for 18 months to produce mature, microbe rich compost for vineyards, orchards and gardens.
The mixture produces a great soil conditioner that improves even the most depleted soils and helps to successfully establish the native seedlings.
NINE staff from Zarraffa’s Coffee in Toowoomba generously gave their time recently to join Condamine Alliance, World of Trees and Condamine Headwaters Landcare Group to begin a revegetation project at Kelvin Falls, a cattle property at Elbow Valley, 20 kilometres south of Warwick. The crew, including Brooke Genrich, left, and Taylor Doyle, planted 600 native plants on the day using compost made from spent coffee grounds provided by the coffee house. Kelvin Falls belongs to Andrew and Rowena O’Dea who recently joined Condamine Alliance’s biodiversity program, Enrich, and will be supported to protect over 16 hectares for regeneration and establish more that 3500 native plants. “People are becoming increasingly switched on to what they eat, where it comes from and how it gets there,” Mr O’Dea said. “Hopefully, we can show that growing great pasture-fed beef is all about providing animals with a natural, healthy environment.” Brent Tunstall from World of Trees has been collecting spent coffee grounds from Zarraffa’s Coffee Toowoomba stores for 18 months to produce mature, microbe rich compost for vineyards, orchards and gardens. The mixture produces a great soil conditioner that improves even the most depleted soils and helps to successfully establish the native seedlings.
