How to identify living things with your phone

Learn how to use the free phone application called ‘iNaturalist’ to identify plants and other living things. (Download it from your App store now). Free printed introductory guides to using iNaturalist and the Atlas of Living Australia will be available, as well as free tutorials and tips to help you get started. These are  being offered by the volunteer guides at the garden, and Coffs by Nature, . Find us at the cafe tables inside the garden entrance.The tutorials generally only take 15 minutes and the guides will offer as many as needed between 9am and 1pm. You can then go practice your new identification and discovery skills on the plants at the garden, and maybe also on some insects or birds. What you find and record at the garden on the iNaturalist app will also help with the citizen science Great Southern Bioblitz’ program which is an annual event for cities…