Get ready for a garden party like no other! Join us at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, for a day of music, creativity, and sustainability. Hosted by the beloved Costa Georgiadis, this event invites families to connect with nature and community in a vibrant, picnic-style celebration.

Enjoy the eco-conscious beats of Formidable Vegetable, the ultimate permaculture picnic band, and groove to their swingfunk tunes while kids and adults dance on the grass. Add some flair by dressing as your favorite native flower or a garden gnome—your sparkle will make the day even brighter!

Pack a picnic of your favorite local foods, bring a blanket, and relax in the lush gardens while exploring the wonders of sustainability and creative gardening.

Part of the National Sustainability Festival, this event is the perfect way to connect with loved ones, learn about sustainable living, and celebrate the beauty of nature. Don’t miss this unforgettable day—see you at the gardens!

A feature event of the National Sustainability Festival

Costa Georgiadis is a landscape architect, environmental educator and television presenter who has an all-consuming passion for plants and people. He is the much-loved host of one of the ABC’s most iconic and Logie award-winning programs, Gardening Australia.

Brenna Quinlan is an illustrator and creative communicator drawing a better world into being. She is the paintbrush behind the Costa’s Garden series of children’s books with Gardening Australia’s Costa Georgiadis. She also draws for the likes of the United Nations, the Australian Red Cross, the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program, and CSIRO.

Formidable Vegetable are a fresh harvest of hope in a wild and overgrown world. Whether it’s performing at Glastonbury, giving TEDx talks, receiving accolades from the UN or national award-winning triumph over acts such as The Wiggles, the band, hailing from Western Australia have something special and unique that the whole extended family will dig.

Dirtgirl is a multi-award-winning sensation whose passion for the great outdoors, growing healthy food, and embracing a fulfilling, simple lifestyle has captured the hearts of children and families worldwide

Scrapboy the star of dirtgirlworld and Get Grubby TV, on ABC TV, scrapboy is a hero to kids across the globe. A funster recycler and inventor, he roams the planet with his grubby bucket full of a million good ideas, sharing planet love and keeping true to his motto, little things make a big difference!

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