Category: Event Calendar

**Venue:** Discovery Centre, Wollongong Botanic Gardens, Keiraville Come along and share knowledge on advanced composting. Discuss compost activators, compost creatures and their importance to your compost, temperatures, pros and cons as well as composting styles such as biodynamic composts, Bokashi, and anaerobic compost systems. This activity is open to residents of Wollongong Council only. Bookings…

**Venue:** Discovery Centre, Wollongong Botanic Gardens, Keiraville Learn the basics of how to set up and look after a healthy active compost heap. Find out the best system for you to use in your home environment and how to solve common compost problems. This activity is open to residents of Wollongong Council only. Bookings are…

**Venue:** Wollongong Markets, lower Crown Street Mall In Celebration of International Composting Week, come and see our composting and worm farming displays, ask questions, and get some advice on how to turn your food scraps and garden wastes into fantastic fertilisers that you can use on your garden. This activity is open to residents of…

**Venue:** Westfield Figtree outside Gloria Jean’s In Celebration of International Composting Week, come and see our composting and worm farming displays, ask questions, and get some advice on how to turn your food scraps and garden wastes into fantastic fertilisers that you can use on your garden. This activity is open to residents of Wollongong…

**Venue:** Albion Park Showground The Camp Kitchen Committee has all but ? nished its organizing for this years event. This will be the third Out Door Kitchen Challenge, and it is shaping up to be the best. It is important for the good residents of Albion Park to get behind this fun day. As mentioned…

In association with Illawarra Folk Club and It.So.Wel., the Albion Park Outdoor Camp Kitchen Challenge is holding this special event on Sunday 24 May 2009 at the Albion Park Showground. The Slow Italian Feast will feature 6 courses of authentic Italian country cooking: antipasto, minestrone, pasta, carne, salada, dolce, condiments, and coffee served over 3…

The Full Moon lunar phase for June 2009 runs from 8 Jun – 16 Jun. The full moon on June 8 is known traditionally as the “Flower Moon”. The Full Moon phase is the time of strong root growth. This is the best phase for sowing or planting out root crops and all fruiting or…

The New Moon phase for June 2009 runs from 23 Jun – 29 Jun. The New Moon is the time for planting above-ground annual leaf and seed crops, as well as flowering annuals and melons in the traditional [lunar planting calendar](http://green-change.com/2008/12/11/what-is-lunar-planting/). It is also a good time to plant green manure crops and apply liquid…

The Last Quarter moon phase for June 2009 runs from 16 Jun – 23 Jun. The Last Quarter is the time of rest in the traditional [lunar planting calendar](http://green-change.com/2008/12/11/what-is-lunar-planting/). This is not a time for sowing anything, but it is a good time to catch up on weeding, preparing garden beds, and general maintenance. For…

The First Quarter lunar phase for June 2009 runs from 31 May – 8 Jun. The full moon on June 8 is known traditionally as the “Flower Moon”. The First Quarter is the time for planting above-ground annual fruiting crops, green manures and flowering annuals in the traditional [lunar planting calendar](http://green-change.com/2008/12/11/what-is-lunar-planting/). For information on what…