Landcare winter workshop

Join Bass Coast Landcare Network for a series of practical, hopeful workshops this winter, combining hands on learning with local experts and tours to local properties.

Hear from inspiring examples across Bass Coast on how they have increased their biodiversity, sustainability, comfort and liveability of their homes and gardens, how they did it, why, the benefits it has given them and how you can do it too.

At the last of three sessions, 'Gardening for Wildlife, Biodiversity and Liveability' on Saturday July 18, hear from Ecologist Dr Helen Corney from Gardens for Wildlife Victoria on the many ways you can enhance your garden for local wildlife.

Helen will show inspiring examples of design elements and features that can be applied to any size garden or property.

You will also hear from Lisa Wangman, Education, Training and Communications Manager from Bass Coast Landcare Network on the many benefits and ways you can use local Indigenous plants in your garden.

From country style to modern, these local native plants can suit a variety of design styles, or be used as features to enhance liveability of your house and garden.

Perhaps the best and most coveted part of attending days in this series is the bus tour component to visit local properties putting the topics into practice.

After a yummy lunch you will take off to visit two stunning gardens.

The first visit will be to Charles and Bev Watson's gorgeous urban garden in San Remo. Utilising every bit of space, this garden is not only beautiful but very functional.

See how native, indigenous, exotic and food plants, can be artfully used in smaller garden spaces.

The second visit is to Daphne and Joe Proiertto's stunning Eden Rise Garden in Woolamai, a 2ha property with three different walks, wetlands, native and food gardens galore.

This larger garden is a design showpiece with many different garden rooms and areas to explore.

Organiser Lisa Wangman of Bass Coast Landcare Network says: "This series really is about a deep dive into a topic, then showing examples of it put into practice, with plenty of time to ask questions of our presenters and tour hosts to learn what works and doesn't work in real life."

If that isn't enough to entice you to attend this informative free day, each participant will get to take home some indigenous plants to plant at their own properties, helping to put some of the principles learned about into practice.

Past workshops have been extremely popular, with spaces booking out quickly.

To book your spot, visit www.basscoastlandcare.org.au/future-homes-and-farms-for-2040.html

Connect with others creating change and adopting money-saving changes in their gardens and farms around Bass Coast at this great series of sessions bought to you by Bass Coast Landcare Network with support from Bass Coast Shire Council's Environmental Partnership Program.

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