Bio·R Planting Festival: Frahns Farm 2025 - Corporate

Looking for a meaningful way to give back? Join us for Bio·R’s Corporate Planting Days - an opportunity for teams to step away from the office and into nature, working together to reconstruct wildlife habitat.

These hands-on days are designed for corporate teams looking to make a real environmental impact, strengthen team bonds, and contribute to South Australia’s biodiversity.

Our Corporate Planting Days form a crucial part of our annual Bio·R Planting Festival. This year, we’re aiming to plant 58,000 native seedlings across 29 hectares with the help of 850 dedicated volunteers - a 20% increase on last year’s efforts.
 

What's involved?

Your team will help plant thousands of native seedlings, playing a crucial role in habitat restoration for local wildlife. You’ll also gain insight into Bio·R’s long-term conservation work from our ecologists. 

Please note, if you are unable to plant and would still like to be involved, please let us know, as there are some alternate activities (e.g. watering) that you can help with.

Dates

• Wednesday, 18 June 2025
• Wednesday, 25 June 2025
• Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Cost

For our corporate planting days, we charge a fee of $20 per person (including GST). This small charge enables us to cover our staffing and other general costs required to host a corporate planting day, ensuring we can sustainably provide this opportunity into the indefinite future, particularly as the program grows. 

For corporate groups of 50 or more, who would like an exclusive planting day (multiple alternate dates available), please contact us.

If your business is covering the costs of your ticket, please use your unique access code, or get in touch with us to set one up for your business. Businesses will be invoiced following the event.

Location

The festival will take place at Frahns Farm, Monarto - the entrance will be at our Frahns Farm (Frahns Farm Rd Site - East) gate. 

Daily schedule (half day)

9:30 AM – Arrival, briefing & first planting session
11:00 AM - Break for morning tea (participants to bring their own)
11:15 AM – Second planting session
12:15 PM - Tour (optional) or continue planting
1:00 PM – Finish

Daily schedule (full day)

9:30 AM – Arrival, briefing & first planting session
11:00 AM - Break for morning tea (participants to bring their own)
11:15 AM – Second planting session
12:15 PM - Tour (optional) or continue planting
1:00 PM – Break for lunch (participants to bring their own)
1:30 PM - Third planting session
2:45 PM - Finish

What to bring

• Weather-appropriate clothing (sun, wind, rain)
• Sturdy footwear (work boots, gumboots)
• Gardening gloves & hand trowel/mattock
• Morning tea and lunch as required
• Water bottle
• Personal medication (asthma puffer, EpiPen, pain relief)

Other useful items

• Bucket (to carry tools & water bottle)
• Kneeling pad/stool for comfort whilst planting
• Waterproof bag (for dirty boots & wet gear)

About Bio·R

Bio·R is a South Australian grassroots charity dedicated to reconstructing habitats for native wildlife.

Our long-term goals:

🌏 100 hectares of habitat per year by 2032
🌏 1,000 hectares per year by 2045

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge that this event will take place on the traditional lands of the Ngarrindjeri people and respect their elders past, present and emerging. We appreciate the Ngarrindjeri people's innate and deep spiritual connection with the land and waters of this region and aspire to work alongside them in taking care of land and community.