How to start identifying plants in your garden, local park or the bush!

Join Dick Copeman, Northey Street's bushtucker man, urban forager and amateur naturalist, as we learn how to recognise the plants all around us in our gardens and local areas. The gardens, orchards and revegetation areas of the Northey Street site will be our learning laboratory, with botanical notes, reference books and apps to guide us.

Bring your smart phone camera with the iNaturalist app loaded on and be prepared to start a learning journey that will hopefully continue for years!

Youth Offer

This workshop is available to teenagers (12 to 18 years) accompanied by mum, dad or an adult guardian who have also paid to attend the workshop.

About the Facilitator

Dick is one of the cofounders of Northey Street City Farm, as well as a qualified medical doctor. He has taken on a number of roles there, including education coordinator and farming manager. He has extensive experience in urban permaculture design and application, and has taught numerous courses and workshops over three decades. His particular interests are in design, garden ecology, tree and perennial crops, bush regeneration, bush foods and food preparation. Dick is also a keen amateur naturalist and member of the QLD Naturalists Club. Dick is co-author, with Helen Schwencke, of Inviting Nature to Dinner: The benefits of bringing biodiversity to our backyards.

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