Looking to learn more about the incredible world of Asian veggies?

Join Connie, author of Your Asian Veggie Patch, as she chats about how she got started on her gardening journey and the joys of growing Asian veggies. Connie will also share her top warm season Asian veggies that you can get sowing and growing, right now, in your backyard, such as amaranth greens, loofahs, winter melon and malabar spinach.

Books will be available for sale at the conclusion of the event, with the opportunity to pick up a signed copy of Connie’s book.

Connie Cao is a passionate urban permaculture gardener, and author of Your Asian Veggie Patch. She is passionate about growing food in backyards and cities, and believes that even the smallest space can become a thriving patch. In her backyard, she cares for a garden full of veggies, fruits, flowers and chickens, drawing on her permaculture and horticultural background to create a thriving ecosystem that is productive, beautiful and sustainable.

She writes for ABC Organic Gardener magazine, is the resident garden columnist at The Design Files, and is a regular guest on ABC Radio Melbourne and 3CR Gardening Show.

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.

Accessibility: This venue is wheelchair accessible. 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.

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

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