Sustainability This workshop introduces potential bee keepers to the delight and fascination of this rewarding hobby. The session covers safety, myth busting, hands-on bee keeping (Steve will bring along a beehive), legal requirements and the most important thing - how to get started! Sun, 24 Oct | 10 am - 6 pm Mullum Concession: $122 Full Fee: $136
Join us for an introduction into the wonderful world of plant identification and become familiar with some of our local rainforest species and unique bush tucker. In the spirit of fun and inquiry, we will cover some basic and intermediate level botanic terminology, identify rainforest species, plant families, and discover what edible fruits, shoots and roots that are available in this area. Sat, 6 Nov | 10 am - 4 pm Mullum Concession: $101 Full Fee: $112
OPEN GARDEN with Heather Stevenson
NATURAL BUILDING INTRODUCTION with Dani Wolff
BEEKEEPING with Steve Fowler
Visit a thriving urban food garden. Interested in growing your own backyard fruit and veggies, maybe incorporating a couple of chooks? You know a bit about it, but would love to see how someone else is actually managing it, warts and all. Spend a morning having a good old stickybeak at Heather’s small kitchen garden. Wander around, ask questions, and get some great advice and ideas for your own food-based garden. Sat, 30 Oct | 9 am - 12 pm Mullum Concession: $44 Full Fee: $49
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COMPOSTING AND WORM FARMING with Lucy Legan NEW Partnering with worms to
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NATIVE PLANT IDENTIFICATION AND BUSH TUCKER with Joey Venables
create healthy soil makes good eco-sense. In this workshop, you will learn how to make a worm farm, how to care for the worms and how to work with worm leachate (juice) and castings. The tricks of hot and cool composting will be shared so you have endless food for your worms. Sat, 6 Nov | 9 am - 1 pm Mullum Concession: $89 Full Fee: $99
Come along to learn about various earthen building materials such as Strawbales, Cob, Mudbricks & Lightearth, and learn how to use them in your project. Sat, 13 Nov | 9 am - 3 pm Mullum Concession: $162 Full Fee: $180
LOW TOX GREEN CLEANING with Laila Helena NEW Learn how to make green
cleaning products with simple ingredients that are easily found in your kitchen pantry. In this hands-on course you will create low tox products for different occasions and areas of your house. Helping to reduce the toxic load within the environment and improving everyone’s health. Fri, 26 Nov | 9 am - 1 pm Mullum Concession: $99 Full Fee: $110
GROWING OYSTER MUSHROOMS with Mikaela MacPhail & Bryan Firestone NEW Connect with the alluring
world of fungi through the creation of your own take home 10L oyster mushroom bucket! Learn simple low tech methods for home cultivation and the integral role fungi play in this worlds ecology! Sun, 7 Nov | 9 am - 12 pm Mullum Concession: $100 Full Fee: $111
