$150.00
Learn about indigenous plants and their benefit to your garden and to you! Increase biodiversity in your local area. Create a garden that can be robust in a changing climate. Get to know your options for weed control. Become a champion for biodiversity in your own backyard!
Course Publishers
Conservation Collective Team
This workshop is for anyone wanting to learn about gardening with indigenous plants:
The course will cover:
Knowledge
Skills & Experiences
Delivery Mode
What will I take home?
What will I learn?
Learning doesn’t stop when our workshops stop. We have created a Workshop Members Portal that will give all workshop participants access to the resources we refer to, including weblinks and files. You can come back at any time and refresh your knowledge or take a deep dive into the content
We have also made a Workshop Forum available within the portal so you can stay connected after the workshop. The forum aims to create a community of learning and support through providing a platform where you can:
This course is available:
Wednesday 23rd October or
Saturday 26th October
Sarah has been working in the conservation industry for over two decades and has gained a broad range of skills, knowledge, and experience. She has held roles as a Ranger, Environment Officer, Consultant, Bushland Contractor, and Indigenous Nursery Manager. Sarah has extensive knowledge of indigenous plants, their propagation, and their use in restoring degraded landscapes. As a consultant, she used her diplomas in Conservation & Land Management and Organic Agriculture to help farmers plan and implement Conservation Farm Plans.
Sarah is passionate about sharing her knowledge and helping others benefit from habitat restoration. When she’s not training, Sarah works for Conservation Indigenous Plant Nursery.
There is nothing like growing your own plants. It really is a little bit of magic that will allow you to grow for your self and family or friends or larger conservation projects. Learn about indigenous plant propagation in a functioning nursery. Growing plants from seed is highly rewarding and enjoyable. You will experience the wonder of giving life to new plants, gain some personal well-being benefits and have a cheap source of plants to create habitat gardens!
Ecosystem restoration is a fairly young industry and we are always learning more and improving. The National Standards for the practice of ecological restoration in Australia have been designed to encourage all restoration and rehabilitation projects in Australia to reach their highest potential. Learn about the National Standards and how you may consider their principles in your projects.
Revegetation and habitat creation require more than just planting; they need careful planning and technique. We’ll teach you the essentials, from choosing the right plants to understanding soil conditions and managing maintenance, ensuring your project thrives and benefits the environment.
How can you grow plants without seeds? Well, there is a huge variety of plants that can be grown from cuttings and divisions. Ever been confused about how to grow plants from cuttings? Want to know how to turn one plant into many? Let us demystify some tricks of the trade in this workshop covering the basics of how to grow plants from cuttings and divisions!
We’ve spent a few years (collectively, a life-time!) learning all about indigenous grasses through re-instating the critically endangered grasslands of Victoria. As it works out, grasses are a hugely diverse, habitat-providing and exceptionally attractive non-invasive addition to your backyard! Come and meet some of the grasses we know and love, and take home a few species for your yard to boost biodiversity and aesthetic! We just know you will enjoy supporting the richness of native grasses as much as we do by the end of this workshop!
Learn the ease and joys of having winged visitors to your home garden! Birds and butterflies are hallmarks of a happy, healthy garden and in this workshop you will learn how to usher-in flying friends by creating a garden that fills an ever-increasing habitat gap in the urban landscape. Butterflies and birds need us more than ever and we are offering our vast knowledge of ecological principles to apply to your very own garden to boost the biodiversity in your neighbourhood!
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