Riverdale Farm planting festival takes place on Sunday 6 July, where you’ll be joined by many other like-minded individuals and together plant hundreds of native seedlings the Bremer River and share a delicious lunch.

We kick off the day by providing you with a comprehensive understanding of the event's purpose, how and what we’ll be planting, and why it’s important to plant by rivers. This approach offers you valuable insight into the impact of your contribution.

We’ll be serving (post planting) a pasta and salad lunch with a yummy dessert to follow.

The Bremer River is an 88km river and is home to an abundance of wildlife including threatened species such as Diamond Firetails, an exquisite small bird that is classified vulnerable.

Greening the Bremer

This planting festival is part of a unique habitat restoration project called 'Greening the Bremer'. Kanmantoo Callington Landcare, a group of dedicated volunteers, together in late 2021, created a campaign called ‘Greening the Bremer’, a project working with local landholders to restore life back to the River and its tributaries.

Location

The Planting Festival will be held at Riverdale Farm, Hartley.

What to bring

Gardening gloves for planting
Clothing suitable for variable weather conditions (consider sun, wind and rain)
Footwear suitable for wet, muddy conditions (work boots, gumboots etc.)
Hand mattock/trowel
Water bottle
Personal medication (asthma puffer, EpiPen etc.)

Approximate timing

9:45am – Arrival for daily briefing and morning planting session
12:00pm onwards – Long lunch
1:00pm – Seed orchard tour (optional) / bird watching (optional)

Catering

As a thank you, we will be providing lunch, along with tea, coffee and water throughout the day. All food provided will be vegetarian/ vegan.

Partners

Thank you to the Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board & Kanmantoo Callington Landcare team for making this event possible.

Acknowledgment 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.