Category: Event Calendar

##FREE Wollongong City Council Worm Farming For Beginners Workshop Come and learn how to set up a worm farm and how to care for it. Learn what worms can eat, and how to use the fertiliser they produce from your food scraps. This activity is run by Wollongong Council and is free for residents of…

##FREE TAFE NSW Illawarra Institute Dapto Campus My Productive Backyard Course The Outreach unit at Dapto Campus is running free practical workshops on organic gardening and sustainable backyard food production every Thursday from April 29th until June 17th through the ‘My Productive Backyard Course’. At this information session on the 22 April, you can find…

##FREE Grow Your Own Vegetables TAFE Course for Parents and Carers Would you like to know more about growing vegetables? How plants work? How to improve your soil? How to plant and grow plants properly and then maintain a garden? All this will be covered in this 6 week workshop series. Please note this course…

##Wollongong City Council The Power of Herbs Workshop Take a guided walk through the herb garden at the botanic garden learning about individual herbs and their uses, then after a herbal tea, come and learn green cleaning with a herbal twist. This activity is run by Wollongong Council and has a charge of $7 per…

##FREE Sustainable Illawarra Green Cleaning Workshop Come along and learn the principals of green cleaning and make some environmentally friendly cleaning products to take home. Afternoon tea included. This is a Sustainable Illawarra activity and is open to residents of Wollongong, Shellharbour and Kiama Council areas only. To book, phone 4227 7105.

##FREE Sustainable Illawarra Starting a Backyard Veggie Patch Workshop Join in this hands-on, practical workshop facilitated by passionate local gardening gurus, and learn about organic gardening principles, building and maintaining a veggie patch, saving seeds and propagation. This is a Sustainable Illawarra activity and is open to residents of Wollongong, Shellharbour and Kiama Council areas…

##Sustainable Illawarra Vegetarian Cooking Workshop Join this fun and informative workshop and learn about what foods are best enjoyed to ensure a healthy vegetarian lifestyle, meal plan ideas for breakfast, lunch and dinner and the importance of vegetarian meals in a sustainable lifestyle. On the day the group will prepare four delicious vegetarian meals and…

Wollongong City Council ratepayers only may purchase up to 50 plants per property at prices as marked until stocks last. Payment by cash, cheque or EFTPOS (no American Express accepted). A rates notice must be produced when payment made. This activity is run by Wollongong Council and is available to Wollongong ratepayers only. **Venue:** Wollongong…

Come along and celebrate local, home-grown and sustainable produce at this family friendly event. Sample fresh local produce and snacks, enjoy sustainability demonstrations on topics such as veggie gardening, chook keeping and vegetarian cooking, and talk to sustainable food organisations including local community gardeners. There will also be roving performers, a farmyard animal nursery, short…

Join in these fun activities suitable for 5-12 year olds. Cost $7 per child (parents and carers free) or $15 per family of three or more. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Daily program: – 10am Scavenger Treasure Hunt – 11am Mad Hatter’s Bower Box Crafts – 12pm Big Garden Book Swap – 12:30pm…