Join us at the garden for this fun family harvest festival event!
23 March is close to Neighbour Day and Harvest Festival is a great opportunity for you to meet more of the neighbourhood.
Plant stalls, produce, childrens’ activities, live music, garden weed identification, workshops, fresh flowers, bbq, great coffee and more…
Harvest Heads
Our harvest headwear competition is in its second year.
Hats will be judged on three criteria - sustainability, creativity, fabulosity. Prizes for an overall winner, junior winner and for most outrageous entry!
Stall sites available! If you are a community group with an information stall or would like to sell handmade or local harvest/garden related products, please contact Katie, garden@wmnc.org.au.
Further workshop and other festival details will be updated here as they are confirmed:
Backyard Beekeeping - Laura & Frank Rittenhouse 9:30am
Laura will give a brief talk and can answer your questions about beekeeping and honeybees in your garden.
Laura & Frank are backyard beekeepers with a passion for honeybees and the role they play in the environment and our food chain. Frank started beekeeping as a child in Germany helping his father, a semi-professional beekeeper. More recently both Frank & Laura worked as caretakers on a property dedicated to honeybees in NSW where they gained more experience and learnt local management practices. Their current apiary, set in their small orchard in Otago, is modest with only 5 colonies, but allows them to enjoy their hobby and is a base from which to share their knowledge of beekeeping with the broader community.
Native Daisy Seed Saving & Origami Seed Packs – Ruth Mollison 9:50am (and on request throughout rest of morning)
Join Island Seeds Founder, Ruth Mollison, to fold your own origami seed packet. Then sort and clean some native daisy seed to fill your packet, take home and plant in spring!
Weed Id and Tips – Amanda & Anabel 10:00 - 11:30am
Got a garden weed that you need identified?
Bring your unknown weeds to our free weed ID stall at Harvest Festival!
Please place your weed/s in a sealed bag for assessment by our weed experts Anabel & Amanda. Get the name of your weed and some tips on how best to tackle the weed in question.
Or just bring your questions about the weeds you already know.
Visible Mending Q&A - Nat Mendham 10am - 11:30am
Nat from Eastside Repair Cafe will have examples of her beautiful visible mending on display and will be welcoming your questions about visible mending. Look for Nat at the Eastside Repair Cafe stall from 10am.
Insect Detectives Walk - Dr Lynne Forster
Engage your young ones in this garden walk with Entomologist Dr Lynne Forster.
Garden friend or foe? Come on a fun insect hunt with Entomologist and Educator, Dr Lynne Forster and find out!
Register early for a session at either 10:00 or 10:30. Numbers are limited.
Succulent Mini Gardens – Lily Winzil – 10:10am
Join WGC volunteer, Lily, as she shares the tips and tricks she has picked up through her forays into succulent gardening in containers.
Garden Kitchen - Julia Denniss 10:30am
Julia Denniss will share tips and tricks with herbs, how to use, dry and store commonly grown herbs.
Plus easy cooking methods for plentiful fruits such as rhubarb, apples and pears.
Julia is a retired Food Technology and VET Hospitality teacher, wife and mother of four, grandmother of three with a keen interest in sustainable food production which incorporates her love of gardening and cooking.
Official Welcome & Acknowledgement of Country - 10:50am
Line Dancing Demonstration with Laura Rittenhouse - 11am -11:30am
If you've ever been curious about Line Dancing, get along to this session with talented dancer and founder of Boots and All Line Dancing, Laura Rittenhouse. A perennial highlight of our seasonal events, all are welcome to jump in and scoot your boots!
Tomato Seed Saving with The Tomato Guy - Roscoe Thomas 11:40am
Hear from The Tomato Guy Roscoe Thomas about how he saves his heirloom seeds.
Bring along your tomato growing questions for the Q&A opportunity afterwards.
No Fuss Perennials - Kathy Grant 12:10pm
Garden volunteer, educator and permaculturist, Kathy, will share the benefits of perennial edibles is this talk.
Kathy will introduce a few "plant once" garden gems as examples of the time-saving, aesthetic and ecological advantages of perennials in the garden.
Garden Hub - Building Project - Detlev Geard & Ailsa Fergusson
Warrane Community Garden is on a mission to provide comfortable all weather shelter for our volunteer and participant activities that will also be an educational asset and venue for our larger community.
The Hood in the Hub building project is a small building being designed for Warrane Community Garden. Sustainable principles and materials are being prioritised along with functionality & accessibility.
Stop by our Hub information stall and check out the initial building plans.
Chat with Detlev Geard from Sustainable Architecture and Solar Design, and Ailsa Fergusson WCG volunteer & advocate for sustainable design about the plans. Bring your questions and let us know your thoughts on the project!
We’re also seeking inspiration from our community to come up with the perfect fitting name once it’s built.
Worm Farm Silent Auction - Garden Fundraiser
This beautiful multipurpose worm farm-cum-potting-bench, made by Warrane Community Garden volunteer, Sam, is up for auction!
Built from reclaimed materials, we reckon there's around $200 bucks worth of beautiful function right here. Worm farmers will decide what it is worth to you.
The prize includes:
- separation trays (allowing air gap on bottom of tub) and shade cloth (separates air gap and worm castings).
- local delivery (within 10km of Warrane Community Garden -or possibly by negotiation).
To raise awareness of its existence before Harvest Festival, we're starting this worm farm auction online and will then continue to allow bids on paper at the event on the day.
Got a spot in your garden or yard perfect for this beauty?
Worm Farm silent auction rules & how to bid:
https://www.facebook.com/events/388620470337974/permalink/416615870871767
You can help us with our fundraising by sharing this post with existing or potential worm farmers in your circles.
Visit the FB event for more details. Click here
In partnership with Relationships Australia Tasmania, this year’s event is supported by the Tasmanian Government through the Healthy Tasmania Fund and Clarence City Council.