Join a fun and feathered celebration at Backyard Buddies! Chicken expert Jessamy Miller will introduce you to her chooks and you'll learn surprising facts as well as how to keep chickens at home (suitable for grown-ups too!). You can also meet poultry and other animals in the mini-farm and enjoy chicken-themed activities, stories and music!

This event is presented by My Smart Garden as part of Children’s Week 2025.

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Please feel free to bring any surplus produce, seeds, cuttings, plants, gardening magazines etc to swap and share!

Please note that this is an event for Naarm/Melbourne gardeners only. If you live outside this area, please contact your council to find out what free sustainable gardening events are available locally.

If you have any access or support questions or requirements in order to participate fully (eg. interpreter), please let us know at least two weeks prior to the event and we will be pleased to assist you. Photos will be taken at this event, but there is an option to opt out on the day.

This My Smart Garden event is proudly presented by Hobsons Bay City Council on the land of the Bunurong people of the Kulin nation. My Smart Garden pays our respect to Elders past, present and emerging and acknowledges that First Nations peoples have cared for Country sustainably for tens of thousands of years.

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