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Wed,
7 Mar
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6.00 pm -
9.00 pm
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Green Film Night: The Economics of Happiness – This film presents the localization movement as an alternative to corporate globalization, as well as a strategy that brings community and meaning to our lives.
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Eco Learning Room
Banksia Gardens Community Centre 71-81 Pearcedale Parade, Broadmeadows
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Fri,
9 Mar
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1.00 pm -
4.00 pm
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Preserving tomatoes – Learn how to make your own tomato sauce. Each participant will take home a bottle of sauce.
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Meadow Heights Community Centre 15-29 Buchan Street, Meadow Heights
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Wed,
14 Mar
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1.00 pm -
4.00 pm
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Preserving tomatoes – Learn how to make your own tomato sauce. Each participant will take home a bottle of sauce.
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Meadows Primary School
Gerbert St, Broadmeadows
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Wed,
21 Mar
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10.30 am -
12.30 pm
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Cooking with Autumn Edible Weeds – This session will show you how to prepare a range of dishes at home using locally available edible weeds
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Meadow Heights Community Centre 15-29 Buchan Street, Meadow Heights
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Sat,
24 Mar
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10.00 am -
12.00 pm
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Sustainable Gardening – City West Water and Sustainable Gardening Australia present a water efficiency workshop in relation to habitat gardening.
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Tullamarine Community House
30 Carol Grove, Tullamarine
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Sat,
31 Mar |
2.00 pm -
4.00 pm |
Fruit Tree Planting – Learn how to plant and care for fruit trees at this workshop.
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Eco Learning Room
Banksia Gardens Community Centre 71-81 Pearcedale Parade, Broadmeadows
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Wed,
4 Apr |
6.00 pm -
9.00 pm |
Green Film Night: Who Killed the Electric Car? – With increasing fuel prices, fossil fuel shortages, unrest in oil producing regions around the globe this story couldn’t be more relevant or important! |
Eco Learning Room
Banksia Gardens Community Centre 71-81 Pearcedale Parade, Broadmeadows
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Fri,
13 Apr |
10.00 am -
1.00 pm |
Fruit Tree Planting – Learn how to plant and care for fruit trees at this workshop. |
Brite Industries, Corner Belfast Street & Dallas Drive, Broadmeadows |
Sat,
14 Apr |
10.00 am -
1.00 pm |
Planting Day for the Goonawarra Orchard
Help us plant the fruit tree orchard at the Goonawarra Community Garden
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Goonawarra Community Garden
2-8 Highgrove Drive,
Sunbury |
Wed,
18 Apr |
10.00 am -
1.00 pm |
Planting Day at the Hume Indigenous Garden - Learn about Indigenous plants at this workshop and help put them in the ground. |
Hume Indigenous Garden
2 Redan Court, Westmeadows
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Sat,
21 Apr |
10.00am -
1.00 pm |
Home Brewing Ginger Beer – Come along to this hands on session that focuses on brewing your own non-alcoholic ginger beer |
Hume Global Learning Centre
1059 Pascoe Vale Road, Broadmeadows |
Fri,
27 Apr |
2.00 pm -
4.00 pm |
Seed propagation - Learn how to grow your vegetables and other plants directly from seed. |
Craigieburn Community Garden 33 Hamilton Street, Craigieburn |
Sat,
28 Apr |
10.00 am -
1.00 pm |
Bicycle Environment and Heritage Tour of Sunbury - Come and enjoy a leisurely ride around the heritage sights of Sunbury
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Meeting location to be confirmed. Contact the Natural Heritage Officer
on 9205 2376
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Wed,
2 May |
6.00 pm
9.00 pm |
Green Film Night: Garbage Warrior – This is a feature-length documentary film telling the epic story of Michael Reynolds and his crew of renegade house builders from New Mexico, and their fight to introduce radically different ways of living |
Eco Learning Room
Banksia Gardens Community Centre
71-81 Pearcedale Parade, Broadmeadows
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Fri,
4 May |
10.00 am -
12.00 pm
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Seed propagation -
Learn how to grow your vegetables and other plants directly from seed.
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The Homestead Community Garden Roxburgh Park Homestead
Whiltshire Drive,
Roxburgh Park |
Sat,
5 May |
10.30 am
12.30pm |
Retrofitting Your Home – A hands on workshop that provides a practical demonstration into retrofitting your home to increase energy efficiency. |
Vic Foster Reserve Pavilion,
16-32 Pines Way,
Craigieburn |
Sun,
6 May |
10.00 am - 1.30 pm |
Greening Program Planting Day - Friends of Upper Moonee Ponds Creek - free lunch at 12 pm |
The Tarnuk – End of Wright St
Westmeadows
(Melway: 5 G6) |
7-12
May |
2.00 pm -
3.00 pm |
Introduction to composting and worm farming - Introduce basic principles of composting and worm farming and give aways of a compost bin and worm farm |
Various locations still to be confirmed. Contact the Waste and Litter education Officer on 9205 2456 for updates |
Wed,
16 May |
10.00 am -
3.00 pm |
Cheese Making Workshop - This is a hands on workshop looking at the delicious art of cheese making. |
The Meadows Primary School
Gerbert St,
Broadmeadows |
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Sat,
19 May
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10.00 am - 1.30 pm |
Greening Program Planting Day
Tullamarine Live Steam Society Planting Day - free lunch at 12 pm |
Bulla Miniature Railway
off Green St,
Bulla (Melway: 177 B7) |
Sun,
20 May |
10.00 am -
1.30 pm |
Greening Program Planting Day
Friends of Malcolm Creek Planting Day - free lunch at 12 pm |
Location to be advised |
Wed,
23 May |
1.00 pm -
3.00 pm |
Seed propagation - Learn how to grow your vegetables and other plants directly from seed. |
Meadows Primary School
Gerbert St,
Broadmeadows |
Sat,
26 May |
10.00 am -
1.00 pm |
Wildlife Photography - Focus your lens on native wildlife at the beautiful Woodlands Historic Park |
Woodlands Historic Park
Providence Rd,
Greenvale 3059 |