Growing local
All council Events (11)
June 7Sunday
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Sustainability in your own backyard
June 7, 2009 from 11am to 1pm – Indooroopilly Library ABC Radio's Annette McFarlane presents a demonstration, followed by Q&A session, on sustainability in your backyard - growing fruit and vegetables, herbs and no dig gardens. Organized by Brisbane City Council | Type: brisbane, city, council, sustainable, living, seminar
June 11Thursday
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Solar Cooking
June 11, 2009 from 6pm to 7pm – Sunnybank Hills Library Solar cooker enthusiasts Stan and Jane Cajdler will demonstrate the use of direct sunlight to cook your daily food. They will talk about solar cooking principles and show you how to cheaply make a co… Organized by Brisbane City Council | Type: brisbane, city, council, sustainable, living, library, seminars
June 13Saturday
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Bellis: Lessons in sustainable living
June 13, 2009 from 2pm to 3pm – Wynnum Library Find out about living in 'Bellis', Brisbane's sustainable house and garden in Wynnum, with homeowner Jerry Coleby-Williams. Jerry will explain the features of Bellis that reduce its ecological footpr… Organized by Brisbane city council | Type: brisbane, city, council, sustainable, living, library, seminar
June 18Thursday
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Organic Gardening
June 18, 2009 from 6pm to 7pm – Sunnybank Hills Library The Kyabra Street Community Garden Group invites you to share some of their experiences with community gardening. The group uses organic principles, recycling as much as they can in and around the ga… Organized by Brisbane City Council | Type: brisbane, city, council, sustainable, living, seminars
June 20Saturday
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No-dig gardening and composting
June 20, 2009 from 10am to 11pm – Mitchelton Library Annette McFarlane will demonstrate sustainable gardening practices. Organized by Brisbane City Council | Type: brisbane, city, council, sustainable, living, seminar
June 21Sunday
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Propagating plants from cuttings
June 21, 2009 from 10:30am to 1pm – Garden City Library Annette McFarlane demonstrates how propagating your own plants is an environmentally friendly, money saving and rewarding experience. Learn how easy it is to propagate plants from cuttings. Organized by Brisbane City council | Type: brisbane, city, council, sustainable, living, seminars
June 25Thursday
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Aquaponics in the suburbs
June 25, 2009 from 6pm to 7pm – Sunnybank Hills Library What is Aquaponics? It's a sustainable recycling of nutrients between a pond growing edible fish (Aquaculture) and beds with vegetables growing in nutrient-rich water (Hydroponics). Totally organic,… Organized by Brisbane City council | Type: brisbane, city, council, sustainable, living, seminar
June 28Sunday
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Organic gardening
June 28, 2009 from 10:30am to 11:30am – Mt Cootha Library Phil Pyan, who writes 'Stories from the One Acre Plot' for the Brisbane Organic Growers newsletter, will introduce organic gardening and share his tips and tricks for saving time and money in the gar… Organized by Brisbane City Council | Type: brisbane, city, council, sustainable, living, seminar
September 4Saturday
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From garden to kitchen: Ways to prepare meals from backyard produce
September 4, 2010 from 1pm to 2:30pm – Chermside Library Share Learn how to design and establish a low maintenance edible garden. Explore ways to cultivate, process and prepare edible plants suited to the Brisbane climate and environment. Presented by Mor… Organized by Brisbane City Council | Type: from, garden, to, kitchen, brisbane, city, council, library, talk
October 17Sunday
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BCC Green Heart Sustainability Fair
October 17, 2010 from 10am to 3pm – Mt Gravatt Showgrounds EVENT - Green Heart Sustainability Fair DATE: Sunday 17 October TIME: 10am-3pm VENUE: Mt Gravatt Showgrounds, 1644 Logan Road COST: Free Put 17 October in your diary for Council's Green Heart Su… Organized by Brisbane City Council | Type: brisbane, city, council, green, heart, sustainability, fair
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Home grown Jackfruit
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Home made pizza sauce
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Garden Tour Jan 2021 Part3
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GrowVetiver
Vetiver grass helps to stabilise soil and protects it against erosion. It can protect against pests and weeds. Vetiver is also used as animal feed. (Wiki.)
GrowVetiver is a plant nursery run by Dave & Keir Riley that harvests and grows Vetiver grass for local community applications and use. It is based in Beachmere, just north of Brisbane, Australia.
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