2024 WA Community Gardens Gathering

• Event date:
  30/11/2024 at 9:00 am
• Event end:
  30/11/2024 at 5:00 pm
• To book, click on the 'Book Now' button
  How to book
• $36 plus booking fee
  Event cost

Come and experience a fabulous day at Piney Lakes Environment Centre with your fellow WA community gardeners!

This is a day to come together, learn, meet like-minded souls, and celebrate our love of community gardens.

We will have speakers, workshops, lots of fun, special guests for you to meet, and a community lunch.

We are still working on putting together an amazing program for you that will include a tour of the Community Garden, a session on how to promote your garden more effectively and a community gardens forum.

Catering

Morning and afternoon tea as well as lunch is included in the ticket.

What to bring

• Please bring your water bottle,
• keep-cup and
• bag for some goodies.
• bring some goodies to share on the swap table at the end of the day and
• remember you will spend some time outdoors so dress appropriately for the weather and don’t forget your sun protection.

Keep an eye out on our website for the full program which will be finalised soon.

Everyone is welcome. Fully accessible.

Program — Day 1 — 9 November 2024

• 9:00 am: Welcome to Country and introduction words from Mayor Katy Mair
• 9:30 am: Tour of Piney Lakes Community Garden
• 10:15 am: Speaker 1: Amy Warne — North Freo Social Farm, Volunteer Management
• 11:00 am: Morning tea
• 11:30 am: Speaker 2: Karla Hooper, Low Waste Living
• 12:15 pm: Lunch
• 1:00 pm: Mini Workshops:
  – Wick and Grow
  – DPIRD
  – Ecological Griev, Sue Bailey
• 2:00 pm: Workshop 2: Social Media Hacks for Your Garden, Naomi Lacey
• 3:15 pm: Afternoon tea
• 3:30 pm: Workshop 3: Working with Local Government, Fiona Blackham
• 4:30 pm Closing session, acknowledgements, wind-up and networking.

Our sponsors

Thanks to our sponsors for their generous support:

• WaterUps — a provider of wicking beds
• Koh — eco-friendly cleaning products
• PiP Magazine — sharing practical and inspiring stories about living more sustainable using permaculture principles
• IGA supporting our planned education program for community garden leaders: Set Up For Success.
• National Horticulture Roadshow — grant funding received for CGA state and national gatherings
• City of Melville.

Community Gardens Australia would like to acknowledge and thank the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) for their support for our upcoming events.

The National Horticulture Roadshow is being delivered by the NFF, in collaboration with the NFF Horticulture Council, with funding from the Australian Government DAFF through the Showcasing Australian Horticulture grant, as part of the Support for Regional Trade Events program.

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