Join us at the award-winning Randwick Regen Hub each Friday afternoon and learn skills under expert guidance in a friendly setting.

Gardening on the Wildside

Fridays, 1:30-4:00pm
July 16 - Sept 17 (10 Weeks)

** We will start this course as soon as lockdown ends **

Learn how to create garden homes for tiny native bees, frogs, insects, fairy wrens, blue tongue lizards and other creatures using low maintenance garden techniques that mimic nature and which can provide hours of enjoyment using native Australian plants.

July 16 - Site Analysis
July 23 - Ecosystems and Food Webs
July 30 - Native Bees - with expert Gavin Smith
Aug 6 - Native Birds - with expert Renee Ferster Levy
Aug 13 - Frogs and Lizards - with expert Matt Leary
Aug 20 - Preparing the Soil
Aug 27 - Design Process
Sept 3 - Nursery and propagation - with expert Dave Bateman
Sept 10 - Planting Out
Sept 17 - Ongoing Management

WORKSHOP PROGRAM on YOUTUBE

Recordings of past topics can be found on Council's youtube channel under the PermaBee playlist.

PERMABEE GARDENING PROGRAM

Before the afternoon workshops, you are welcome to come gardening with us Friday mornings from 9:00am to 12:30pm and help us plant, weed, and compost. We share a cosy morning tea together and socialise and at the end of each day, you'll share in the bounty of any harvest!

You will work as a team and gain expert guidance from landscape architect Steve Batley, and sustainability educator Julian Lee. Over the course of a year, there is the opportunity to learn specialist skills like pruning, grafting and seed saving.

PermaBees work in the purpose built permaculture garden at Randwick Sustainability Hub.

For more information click here.

GROW IT LOCAL

Randwick Council is a proud supporter of the Grow it Local program that helps connect you with other people in your area that are growing, sharing and eating locally. Check it out!