Weedy feelings

Learn to understand different points of view! Here is a list of people and the different ways they feel about blackberry. Take a card and act out the role to your class!

Sheep and cattle farmer

• "Blackberry takes over my land and leaves my livestock with less grass to eat"

Berryfruit producer

• "Blackberries are an important part of my livelihood - without blackberries, my business would be ruined"

Bird-lover

• "Blackberry is a great source of food for the birds. I love watching the waxeyes and blackbirds in amongst blackberries"

City worker

• "I love picking blackberries, fresh fruit is good for you. I love blackberry jam too!"

Volunteer weeder belonging to "friend's of Dunlop's Bush Reserve"

• "The only good blackberry is dead blackberry - its really hard to get rid of"

Conservationist

• "Blackberry is spreading fast and is having a really bad effect on the ecosystem."

Beekeeper

• "Blackberry pollen is important food for bees - it keeps the hives going when other flowers are in short supply"

Fisherman

• Blackberry is a painful plant - literally! It often blocks our way to rivers and streams and we have to either turn back or spend the next couple of hours pulling blackberry prickles out of our hands."

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