Events, activities and education

Setting up a Worm Farm - Online

05 Oct 2022 Turning kitchen scraps into worm castings & worm tea for your garden.

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Nillumbik Repair Cafe

08 Oct 2022 A place to bring your broken items to receive a new lease on life. Don't ditch it: fix it! Takes place on the second Saturday of every month.

Hurstbridge Community Hub, 50 Graysharps Road, Hurstbridge 3099

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Open Day at the Yarrambat Historical Society

09 Oct 2022 Join us at the Yarrambat Historical Society open day which will be full of historical displays and vehicles plus much more!

Yarrambat Park, Yan Yean Road, Yarrambat 3091

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Home Energy Efficiency

10 Oct 2022 Across two evenings participants will learn how to assess and improve the energy efficiency of their own home.

Living & Learning, 119 Cowin St, Diamond Creek 

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Gardening with the plants of Nillumbik

15 Oct 2022 Join local plant expert Fiona Cross and learn about the indigenous plants of Nillumbik and how to use them in your garden.

Edendale Community Environment Farm, 30 Gastons Road, Eltham 3095

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Home Composting for Beginners

15 Oct 2022 Learn how to turn organic waste into soil conditioner.

Edendale Community Environment Farm, 30 Gastons Rd, Eltham 3095

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Intergenerational story time and planting

20 Oct 2022 Join Yarra Plenty Regional Libraries for a special intergenerational storytime and planting session.

Diamond Valley Library, Civic Drive, Greensborough 3088

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Working with water with Dan

22 Oct 2022 Comprising two sessions with a lunch break in between, this 4.5 hour workshop explores the human relationship with water, how it fits within our ecology and moves through the land.

Edendale Community Environment Farm, 30 Gastons Rd, Eltham 3095

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Watch it grow at Edendale

25 Oct 2022 Come along to Edendale with your child and learn all about what a seed needs to grow, the environmental benefits of growing some of your own food, and why worms are such amazing creatures.

Edendale Community Environment Farm, 30 Gaston's Road, Eltham 3095

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Blossoming Tree - Community Artwork

27 Oct 2022 Senior community members are invited to take part in creating the community artwork piece 'Blossoming Tree' created from textile waste and second-hand items.

Diamond Valley Library, Civic Drive, Greensborough 3088

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Caring for Backyard Chooks

06 Nov 2022 All the basics of how to raise chickens at home.

Edendale Community Environment Farm, 30 Gastons Rd, Eltham 3095

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Home Composting for Beginners - Online

09 Nov 2022 Turning organic waste into soil conditioner in this interactive online workshop run by the experienced team at Edendale.

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Climate action through gardening (online via Zoom)

17 Nov 2022 The garden is more than just an outdoor classroom. It can be a place of climate action where you can connect with the environment and implement changes to reduce your contribution to climate change and help build climate resilience

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Set up and Maintain a Worm Farm

19 Nov 2022 Learn how to turn kitchen scraps into worm castings & worm tea for your garden.

Edendale Farm, 30 Gastons Rd, Eltham 3095

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