Date: Wednesday 18th of October

Time: 9am-2pm

Location: Swan Hill Town Hall, 53-57 McCallum St, Swan Hill VIC 3585

 

A free, family friendly, all ages event including Sustainable Gardening Australia talks, local organisations, businesses and groups with information and hands on activities about edible gardening.

Edible gardens are a great way to get outdoors and involved in growing your own fruit and vegetables. Edible gardens are so rewarding as you see a seed or seedling grow into produce for you to harvest and use in your meals! It is a great way to get children involved in learning how vegetables grow, look like and taste. The Food for All Edible Gardening expo is all about educating people with knowledge and skills around edible gardens to inspire new gardens, ways to improve existing gardens or to join a community garden group.

Come along to the expo for:

Presentations:

  • 10.30 am - 10.45 am

    Learn all about composting with 15 minutes to ask any questions.

  • 1.00 pm- 2.00 pm

    Learn about how to grow fresh homegrown produce from seeds.

    A 45 minute talk followed up by a 15 minute hands on activity!

  • 11.00 am- 12.00 pm

    Learn about how to be water smart in your garden this Swan Hill Summer.

    A 45 minute talk followed up by a 15 minute hands on activity!

Learn about:

  • Growing fruit and vegetables

  • Growing from seed

  • The Swan Hill Regional Library - Seed Library

  • Fruit Fly management

  • Local garden groups

  • The Food for All- Swan Hill Region Food Hub

  • Composting

  • Worm Farms

  • Smart watering

  • Native Plants

  • Bush Tucker & recipes

Find out about the world of Edible Gardens from:

Swan Hill Regional Library

- The Seed Library -

Think Water Swan Hill

-Smart Watering-

Good Grove Gardens

-Composting and Worm Farms-

-Edible garden design inspiration-

Swan Hill Christian School

-Learn about their Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden-

Guard n Grow

—Learn about coir fibre pots and weed matting-

FFA Food Hub

-Find out about the FFA Food Hub and how you can get involved-

Fruit Fly Murray Valley

-Learn about fruit fly and how to manage it in Swan Hill-

Ripannleigh Farm

-Learn about native edible plants through taste, smell and sight-

Swan Hill Rural City Council

-Community Gardens-

-Managing green waste-

Sustainable Living in the Mallee

- Sustainable living-

Swan Hill & District Garden group

-Local Garden Group-

Mallee District Aboriginal Services

- Bush tucker and native plants-

Rhimahden Nursey

— Native Plants-

GIFT Permaculture Community Garden

- Local Community Garden-

SHDH Social Support Garden Club

- Local Garden Group-

Bunnings

-Activities and Garden tips-