Sustainability Festival at Eden Gardens

Join us at Eden Gardens to connect with a wide range of people and organisations covering local and global sustainability issues… and be better gardeners as a result.

What’s on: Sunday 3rd April PROGRAM

9am – 5pm – Recycle your garden pots HERE

9.30am-3:30pm – Sustainability marketplace

9:30am – 11:30am -Crop Swap Sydney Meet

9:30am – Bird walk with Dr Holly Parson’s from Birdlife Australia followed by a talk

9.30am – 10am – Native Bees explained, by Dr Alexander Austin from Ku-ring-gai Council (TBC)

10:00am-12.00pm – Healing herbs workshop with Margaret Mossakowska from Moss House

10am-10:45am – Natives for your Garden, by Brian Roach

10:30am – 11:30 am – Environmental Art, Eden Unearthed Curator’s Tour with Meredith Kirton

11am-12pm – Living with the Wildlife in your Garden with Sydney Wildlife Rescue

12pm-12:30pm – Plots in pots and Vegepods, with Shelley Meyer

12:30pm – 1:30pm – Dehydrating in action – learn how to dry your harvest for later, with Laurie Green from Grow Gather Graze

2pm-3pm – Hungry Bins and other composting techniques with Shelley Meyer

2pm – 3pm – Where does popcorn come from? with Laurie Green from Grow Gather Graze

2:00pm-4:00pm – Fermenting workshop with Margaret Mossakowska from Moss House

3:000pm-4:00pm – Teas and Tisanes, with Meredith Kirton

3pm-4pm – Insect hotel workshop with Shelley Meyer

3:30 – 4-00pm – Fast Fashion and the impact on Marine Ecosystems with Marine Biologist Marion Wong from Mooch Denim

Listen to experts cover topics such as creating a backyard oasis for wildlife, how to design a resilient garden for today’s changing climate, and how to grow your own produce successfully in small spaces.

Discover artisans and bespoke producers, from woven goods suitable for vegans to local honey, recycled glass wares, upcycled fashion and more.

Engage in our workshop series. Go on a ramble to find edible weeds, learn how to make your own fermented drinks and kraut, whip up some compost or discover healing herbs and how to make tisanes and tinctures. Join us for forest bathing, bird watching, and worm cultivation.

Keep an eye on this space as more workshops and talks being updated regularly .