Andrea offers a whole range of workshops: Beeswax wraps Kombucha Apple cider vinegar Crochet for beginners Flax weaving for beginners Making your own sanitary pads Come along and find out more !
The Boom of Bitterns are declining and what would have been a familiar sound in the past after dusk and before dawn is now a rare occurrence. The native Bittern, also known as Matuku, is at a nationally critical status, with less than 1,000 left. Bittern are very cryptic birds that blend into their surroundings, […]
Join our keynote speakers, Lisa Dunshea (Auckland Council Design Review Manager) and Michael Nettleship (Auckland Council Design Review Panel Lead), at the opening event of the Festival of Architecture in Tauranga. At this Tauranga Art Gallery hosted event, Lisa and Michael will discuss the role and varied successes of Urban Design Panels in cities throughout […]
Join Bay Conservation Alliance and Aongatete Forest Project for a family friendly tour of the forest, providing a unique education experience into some of the challenges faced in NZ conservation and what is being done to restore and support local biodiversity. You will gain a fun insight into some of the approaches taken in conservation […]
Scion and the Department of Conservation would like to help you learn about Myrtle rust, a fungal disease that severely attacks plants in the myrtle family including pōhutukawa, mānuka and rātā. It is now in New Zealand. A member of the Myrtle family may be in your backyard!! Lets learn together our native plants and […]
Join us for a free screening of Urbanized, an award-winning documentary about the design of cities. Tauranga, just like many other cities around the world, is experiencing a booming growth. See what the world’s foremost architects, thinkers, planners and politicians have to say about the issues and strategies around housing, mobility, public spaces, economy and […]
September is 'Bee Awareness' month. With the help of our exclusive honey producer Kaimai Range Honey and our other stallholders, they will show you how they use bees to form their product. Kaimai Range Honey will have a display of their hive equipment on site (no bees) and other stallholders will bring any items they […]
This is a child friendly workshop where we will use no-dig gardening and companion planting to build a living hut. You will then have the opportunity to plan your own living hut and take home seeds to grow it. Koha entry For bookings please email louise.shaw@blueduckdesign.co.nz. Venue: 20 mins from Whakatane - to be advised […]
Mulch is like a cloak over the soil. It protects the soil and keeps it alive. In nature if there is bare soil it is quickly covered. How can we work with nature to optimize our growing? In this workshop we will; - discuss the benefits of mulch, types of mulch, cover crops, and some […]
When, in 1987, Hugh Wilson, a botanist at Hinewai Reserve, introduced ‘weed’ gorse to grow as a nurse canopy to regenerate farmland into native forest people were not only skeptical but outright angry. Now considered a hero locally and across the country, Hugh oversees 1500 hectares resplendent in native forest, where birds and other wildlife […]
Learn about how to keep your pet healthy with a holistic approach and find out more about the work that we do with wildlife. Be in to win prizes ! Bookings essential via email: online@holisticvets.co.nz Where: Holistic Vets. 56 Fraser Street, Tauranga from 6pm -7.30pm $15 donation to ARRC Wildlife Trust This event is part of […]
– What is the zero waste movement? Why is waste reduction important? – How zero waste principles can revolutionise your perspectives on living and lifestyle, beyond your rubbish bin. – Innovative examples of waste minimisation policy, practice and thinking from around the globe, and how these might inform community-level waste reduction. – Tips for how […]
Boomerang Bags works to reduce the use of plastic bags by engaging volunteers from local communities to make bags. Everyone welcome. Free. When: Thursday 12th March from 5pm to 7.30pm Where: Our Place, Willow St, Tauranga Contact: boomerangbagstauranga@gmail.com This event is part of Envirohub’s Sustainable Backyards 2020.
Climate change worry you ? Or not sure what the fuss is about ? Meet the XR community, get clued up on the science, find support within the Regeneerative work of XR. When: Thursday 12th March 6.30pm -9pm Where: Soma Studios, 586e Cameron Road, Tauranga Contact: XR.Tauranga@gmail.com This event is part of Envirohub’s Sustainable Backyards […]
Upcycling workshop. Learn how to create a designer dress that you will love to wear. You will need to bring some required resources so please email to register your interest and obtain the resource list. Email: deblaraman@gmail.com Website: www.keepworthy.co.nz Date: Saturday 21st March 12.30pm - 4pm Venue: The School House, Historic Village, Tauranga Cost: $65 […]
Come along and learn how to make use of any apple bits you get your hands on and turn this into healthy homemade apple cider vinegar ! You will select your own organic apples and we will prepare our vinegar under the trees out in Nature. I am running several workshops from our backyard in […]