How Does Your Garden Grow?
Whether you're a green thumb or gardening novice, come along to a range of workshops this June and July to learn how to create an environmentally sustainable garden.
- Integrated Pest Management
Saturday 5 July, 10am – 12pm
Enviro House, 125 King William Street, Bayswater
$10 per person
Fiona Blackham from Gaia Permaculture will share practical tips on growing healthy plants naturally.
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- Native Gardens Walk and Talk
Saturday 5 July, 10am – 12pm
Bert Wright Park, Bayswater
Learn about plant varieties suitable for your home, receive free gardening advice and enjoy a cup of tea.
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- Storytelling, Dancing and Community Planting Day for NAIDOC Week
Sarurday 12 July, 9am – 12pm
Bardon Park (Malgamongup), Maylands
Celebrate NAIDOC Week with a special community planting day featuring a yarning session with Dr Noel Nannup OAM and a dance performance from Ngalak Nidja. \
Yarning and dancing will take place at 9am, followed by planting at 10am.
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July School Holiday Program
Ages 6 – 10
Wednesday 9 July, 10 – 11am
Environment House, 125 King William Street, Bayswater
$10 per person
Help care for the hens that roam freely at Enviro House and learn all about our feathered friends though fun activities, including making beautiful chicken ornaments to take home.
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- Feathered Friends – Backyard Bird Builders
Ages 10 – 15
Thursday 10 July, 9.30 – 11am
Environment House, 125 King William Street, Bayswater
$20 per person
Come along to this hands-on workshop to create your own bird nesting material provider to help our feathered friends prepare for spring.
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Ages 6+
Friday 11 July, 5.30 – 7.30pm
Lightning Swamp Bushland, 30 Della Road, Noranda
$8 per person or $25 for a family of four
Pop on your gumboots and come foraging for frogs at Lightning Swamp Bushland in Noranda. Meet some native species then learn abou the local frogs on an adventure through the swamp.
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Ages 6 – 10
Wednesday 16 July, 10 – 11am
Environment House, 125 King William Street, Bayswater
$10 per person
Enjoy a close-up view of weird and wonderful insects and learn why they are great mates to our gardens.
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Ages 4 – 12
Thursday 17 July, 4.15 – 5.15pm
City of Bayswater Works Depot, 15 Wright Street, Bayswater
Go behind the scenes at the City's Depot to learn about the different machines we use to look after our parks, gardens and streets.
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Ages 4 – 7
Friday 18 July, 9.30 – 11am
Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary, Bayswater
$7 per person
Join us at Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary in Bayswater to discover why each bird has a differen beak and body shape, and how their special features help them survive in and around the water.
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