Living for our Future
Find out more about the free Living for our Future sustainability workshops.
All workshops are free for Boroondara residents and are led by experienced presenters. They include practical tips, demonstrations and some involve hands-on activities. We also provides delicious organic refreshments and incentives or a door prize.
Staff from the Boroondara Library Service come to some workshops with a selection of relevant books so bring your library card.
2012 Garage Sale Trail
The Garage Sale Trail is a national event that encourages residents, community groups, schools, charities and others to hold a garage sale all on one day - Saturday 5 May. To find out more information visit Boroondara's Garage Sale Trail webpage. To register a garage sale, view a video on last year's Garage Sale Trail or find garage sales near you on the day, visit the Garage Sale Trail website.
- Date: Garage Sale Trail registrations open on Tuesday 13 March, 2012; the garage Sale Trail event takes place on Saturday 5 May
- Time: All day, Saturday 5 May
- Register: Garage Sale Trail website
Welcome to the world of backyard chooks! (Workshop Full)
This workshop is fully booked and is closed to further registrations. To keep updated about future workshops please register for our mailing list by emailing Jenny Bicknell.
Backyard chook expert Maria Ciavarella will guide you through all the essentials of keeping chickens at home. Discover the variety of chooks suitable for urban gardens and where to buy them, view a range of chicken coops, find out what to feed your chicken and find solutions to common issues (dogs, foxes, health problems and retiring your chooks).
- Date: Saturday 12 May
- Time: 2pm to 4.30pm
- Venue: Please note the change of venue. This workshop will now be held in the East Room, 1st floor, Centre for the Arts, Trinity Grammar School, cnr Charles St and Cotham Rd (next door to Kew Library). Melway ref: 45 D7
Making the most of your garden's best friends (worms) (Workshop Full)
This workshop is fully booked and is closed to further registrations. To keep updated about future workshops please register for our mailing list by emailing Jenny Bicknell.
Come along and learn how you can make fantastic garden fertiliser with your own worm farm. Learn how to look after your worms, what to feed them and how to correct common problems encountered when starting out. This informative and practical workshop shows you how make a simple worm farm from polystyrene boxes. This session also covers compost bins. Please arrive at 6.45pm for light refreshments.
- Date: Wednesday 23 May
- Time: 7pm to 9pm
- Venue: Camberwell Community Centre, 33 Fairholm Grove, Camberwell
We run about twenty workshops each year and often create new workshops or repeat popular topics based on community interest. Register for our mailing list to stay informed. Our range of previous and potential workshop topics include:
- bee-keeping
- sustainable and ethical shopping
- green cleaning and healthy homes
- ethics and sustainability in the kitchen
- habitat gardening
- wormfarming and composting
- keeping chickens
- energy and solar in the home
If you have ideas for future workshops email Jenny Bicknell.
For further information:
To obtain further details of the Living for our Future program, be included on the mailing list and kept informed of forthcoming workshops:
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email: Jenny Bicknell
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phone: Jenny on 9278 4347
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