JULY 2024

Kariong Eco Garden News
July – November 2024
ECO KIDS WORKSHOP with Eco-Artist Rachel Bunney
Have you ever noticed how many bird species come to visit or even live in your garden? As we people build more and more houses and take away more and more bushland, the birds have no choice but to come to our gardens to eat, breed and play.  There are big birds and small birds, birds around only at night and lots of birds around in the day. Some birds we love but there are others we wish would go away. Some birds we make into our friends and some are fun to watch play.In this drawing workshop we will talk about the different birds in our neighbourhoods, hear stories and learn ways we can create welcoming habitats for our fine feathered friends.
Date: Saturday 13 July 2024
Time: 10.30am – 12noon
Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/birds-of-our-backyards-a-drawing-and-more-workshop-with-rachel-bunney
Kariong Eco Garden Wiggly Worms stall at Central Coast Kids Day Out – Celebrate Trees on NATIONAL TREE DAY with The Lorax and the help reduce waste to landfill with the ECO FAIRIES
Venue: Narara Valley High School
Date: Sunday 28 July 2024
Time: 10am – 4pm
Tickets: https://www.cckdo.org/

Morning Tea to CELEBRATE 19 YEARS OF KARIONG ECO GARDEN growing in Dandaloo St, Kariong

Kariong Eco Garden is celebrating 19 years since we started on our current site in Dandaloo Street, Kariong, with a motion of Gosford Council and an ECO Festival in Winter 2005.
We have been harvesting rainwater, generating renewable energy, composting organic waste, growing habitat for wildlife and healthy food for humans since the very beginning. Volunteers tend the garden every Monday morning and every second Saturday each month. We provide a venue for nature play programs and run eco workshops. Come along to get some ideas or lend a hand.
Date: Monday 29 July 2024
Time: 11am
Bring: a plate of food to share

 

ANNUAL KEG TRIVIA NIGHT FUNDRAISER
Venue: Kariong Hall
Date: Saturday 31 August 2024
Time: 5.00pm – 8.00pm
Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/2024-trivia-night-supporting-kariong-eco-garden
FUTURE SOONER Citizens Inquiry into the Health Effects of Coal
Venue: Halekulani (Budgewoi) Bowling club
Date: Sunday 25 August 2024
Time: 1pm-5pm
Details: https://www.facebook.com/groups/400706917962265
ECO DEMO DAY
Venue: Arts Barn and Eco Garden, 2 Dandaloo St, Kariong
Date: Saturday 14 September (Local Government Election day – vote in Kariong Hall)
Time: 10am – 4pm

Details to come – contact us to volunteer on the day. Plants for sale, live music, solar info and solar oven demonstration…
Birds in our Backyards – Citizen Science and making your garden bird friendly

Date: Saturday 12 October 2024

Time: 10.30am – 12noon

Bookings will be available in August. funds raised will go to bird conservation.

 
FAMILY FIRST AID IN THE GARDEN
Date: Saturday 9 November 2024
Time: 10.30am – 12.30pm
Family First Aid course with Karben Training Solutions
with a Certificate of Attendance – no formal qualification.Bookings on Humanitix will be available in September.
This course could help save the life of a loved one, friend or neighbour.
This course is aimed for school-aged children and their adult/s.
Topics:
  • recognise an emergency situation
  • call 000
  • apply the DRSABCD method
  • provide basic care to a casualty
  • bandages, abrasions, snake bite
  • bites & stings
  • allergic reactions eg to insects, plants
WOYTOPIA
Venue: Woy Woy South School
Date: Sunday 13 October
Time: 9am – 4pm
More Information: https://woytopia.org/

SOME WAYS TO SUPPORT THE ECO GARDEN
All donations, no matter how small, are always welcome!
We are with Bendigo Bank and our BSB is 633-000; Account No: 154480586; Account name: Kariong Eco Garden. (Please include your surname and ‘Membership’ or ‘Donation’ in the description)
If you make a deposit please email us to tell us so we can issue you with a receipt. Our email address is kariongecogarden@gmail.com (use SUBJECT: MEMBERSHIP or DONATION)
MEMBERSHIP PAYMENTS CAN ALSO BE MADE AT ANY ECO GARDEN EVENT OR WORKING BEE.
Active Member (Volunteer): $5/year (receive member discounts at all tic
Supporter: $20/year (you are entitled to a member discount at four ticketed events)
Sponsor: $100/year (we can arrange to have a small plaque made to put on a post in the garden)

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