Fruit Fly Can Affect Us All - Community Forum

Next date: Friday, 07 March 2025 | 06:30 PM to 08:30 PM

There's nothing better than tucking into homegrown tomatoes or a fruit platter at this time of year, but not when you find a Queensland fruit fly (QFF) has made a head start.

It is important that everyone is vigilant and that home gardeners take extra steps to protect their produce from QFF.

While many home gardeners do a great job in keeping fruit fly at bay, a whole community approach is needed to minimise the impact on fruit trees across our region.

The Yarriambiack Shire Council is hosting 3 sessions with gardening expert, Rob Pelletier from Heritage Fruit Trees, to help home gardeners to manage the fruit fly problem and develop a whole community approach - so everyone can benefit from good fruit fly management!

All residents are welcome to join these sessions!

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The sessions will be held at:

Hopetoun Recreation Reserve

29 Strachan Street, Hopetoun VIC 3396,

on Friday, 7 March 2025 at 6.30pm.

Warracknabeal Municipal Office - Meeting Room

34 Lyle Street, Warracknabeal VIC 3393,

on Saturday, 8 March 2025 at 10.30am

Murtoa Neighbourhood House

36 McDonald Street, Murtoa VIC 3390

on Sunday, 9 March 2025 at 12.00pm

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Rob Pelletier is a horticulturist whose career has included landscaping, media work and farming.  He lives with his wife Kate Blood on their farm at Beaufort which holds a collection of 1,000 apple, pear, quince, fig and stone fruit varieties.  Rob runs Heritage Fruit Trees and propagates a comprehensive range of fruit trees and ornamental trees which are sold all over Australia.

During a media career of over 40 years, Rob has appeared on radio throughout Australia covering gardening and environmental commentary, presented gardening stories on national television for much of the 1990s, and written for newspapers and magazines.  Rob continues to appear on ABC radio in regular gardening segments throughout rural Victoria.

Rob is a foundation and life member of the Horticultural Media Association and has been an active participant in community organisations over many years including the CFA, Rotary, Landcare, and The Beaufort and Skipton Health Service Foundation.

 

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