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Here you will find all the latest information about local events, workshops, grants, articles and project updates all in the one place.
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A cooler, greener Marion
We're continuously working towards our vision of a greener, more sustainable city.
Did you know that last year we planted 4,187 trees?
Find out more in Marion’s Environment Report Card for 2021 - a snapshot of the key initiatives we delivered over the last year.
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Marino Repair Cafe
Got an old toy, coffee grinder or bike that doesn’t work?
Bring it along to the Repair Cafe and see if they can fix it for you.
Or just come along, connect with neighbours and enjoy a cuppa at the Brews and Views cafe.
Re-use your old goods and save them from landfill.
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Habitat Gardening - homes for local wildlife
Did you know that your garden can provide a vital refuge for animals in your area?
In this workshop you will learn more about the importance of your garden in promoting urban biodiversity, get help with easy to achieve ideas on attracting animals to your garden and how to provide them with shelter and food sources.
Friday 18 March, 1.30 pm at Park Holme Library
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Snap, Scrap and Win!
Uptake in the use of kitchen caddies has gone up from 18% to 52%! To say thanks, we're giving you the chance to *win one of eight $50 Westfield Marion vouchers.
Simply share a pic of you, your pet or your little ones with the kitchen caddy to go in the draw.
Two random winners will be drawn each week until the 4 April.
*Terms and conditions apply.
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Slugs and Snails
Would you recognise a Native Australian Snail if you saw one?
Learn about the different pests and understand more about our rare endangered native species.
Peter works as a volunteer at the SA Museum, and also worked part time at the Botanic Gardens Seed Bank.
Saturday 26 March, 11am at Glandore Community Centre
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Plant Sale
Glandore Community Garden is having its FIRST Sale for the year!
Our community garden has been busy propagating seedlings ready for Autumn.
Decorative plants also available.
Who doesn’t love plants and growing their own produce.
Saturday 26 March, 9:30am - 1pm at Glandore Community Centre
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Simple Living Series
Live simply this year, with free monthly workshops from Folk of all Trades. Dani and Sam will teach you the joys of living simply through their fun workshop videos and live Q&As.
Monthly topics: Simple tomato passata, Winter food gardening, Sourdough bread making, Chooks as garden helpers, Zero waste living, Natural dyeing with plants, Summer food gardening, Connecting with nature, Composting & worm farming, and Simple tempeh making.
This series is supported by Resilient South (Cities of Onkaparinga, Holdfast Bay, Marion and Mitcham).
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Sign Up to Grow It Local for Free Seeds
Sign up to Grow it Local today and you can be part of this year’s Seed service featuring a Greek-inspired, patch-to-plate adventure with gardening grandmaster Costa Georgiadis.
The Grow It Local Seed Service is free and available to the first 50 local residents from City of Marion to register. Note - the Seed Service is available to local residents who aren’t already registered with growitlocal.com.
By registering you’ll also receive access to instructional how-to-grow videos from Grow It Local’s Paul West, learn about these plant’s origins, their nutritional value and harvesting tips too. And of course there’s Costa’s spanakopita recipe as well.
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Digital Gardening Workshops at Grow It Local
Another benefit of joining Grow It Local is you’ll receive free access to a range of inspiring online gardening workshops
Kaurna Bush Foods and Sustainability with Clem Newchurch
Saturday 2 April 2022
Clem is a Kaurna Narungga Kokatha man who has resided in the southern Adelaide region for most of his life. He has extended Ancestral connections to the surrounding South Australian Aboriginal Nations of Yankanyjatjara and Ngarrindjeri. Clem has a passion for native plants. In this session he will share his knowledge of South Australian bush foods and other traditional plant uses. He will discuss his thoughts on sustainability and how the native environment can contribute to better climate change outcomes if Aboriginal knowledge is embraced. Clem will provide recommendations for what people can do at home to explore planting natives. Clem will also talk about basket weaving and weaving nets for fishing, an Ancient Kaurna cultural practice that he is working to revive.
Vertical Veggies with Sophie Thomson
Tuesday 7 June 2022
Join Sophie Thomson as she takes you through growing veggies vertically to maximise space and utilise produce plants to help cool and shade your garden and home. Sophie Thomson has continued to light up the screen on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia with her infectious enthusiasm for more than 16 years. She is generous with her knowledge as a horticulturist gleaned from over 35 years of hands-on gardening experience.
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Habitat for wildlife
Tucked to the side of Lonsdale Road, you may have noticed a transformation is taking place in Sheidow Park. From a wide open stretch of weedy grasses nearly 10 years ago, Nari Drive Reserve is now a place to wander and observe small reptiles and beautiful butterflies among the native shrubs and grasses.
Last year, Friends of Glenthorne and local residents came together to plant 700 native seedlings. These plantings built on previous years efforts along the northern boundary of the reserve near Londsdale Road. Future revegetation includes more shrubs and grasses as well as reintroducing (Eucalyptus porosa) and Grey box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) – which typically would have been found in this area.
To get your hands dirty planting this year at Nari Drive Reserve, stay tuned to future editions Green Thymes.
Take action into your own hands and join a local conservation group.
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Local group getting smart on climate change
Marion Living Smarties are a group of residents working hard to promote environmentally sustainable behaviours in our community.
Group members are making sustainable changes in their own homes and communities by growing food, sharing with neighbours, choosing more active modes of transport, advocating for local environmental issues, promoting Plastic Free July, monitoring the threatened Hooded Plover, organising the Seacliff Community Produce Swap, actively participating in the Friends of Pine Gully and Conservation Council group ‘Who speaks for the Trees’, and supporting the ‘Climate Action Now’ movement, just to name a few!
Community taking action on climate change is vital and is supported at regional level by Resilient South. A partnership between the Cities of Marion, Onkaparinga, Mitcham and Holdfast Bay, and the Government of South Australia, Resilient South is committed to strengthening southern Adelaide so that our businesses, communities and environments can flourish while meeting the challenges of climate change, and stay productive, connected, and strong.
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Youth Coastal Ambassadors
Do you know someone in Year 8 or 9 who loves the ocean? Don't let them miss out on Green Adelaide's annual Youth Coastal Ambassadors program!
Through this free program, Youth Ambassadors will immerse themselves in our local environments and rich cultural history. Over two days in the April 2022 school holidays, they'll be part of activities including supervised snorkelling, kayaking, Kaurna Meyunna cultural sharing, expert talks and interactive workshops. Ambassadors will be introduced to a circle of cultural sea knowledge and connection.
This program is only open to young people living in the Green Adelaide region and there are 32 places available.
Applications close on 15 March 2022 at 9 am.
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Composting is a revolutionary act
Join the Patch of Plenty team at this workshop, where you will find out why compost is so valuable and setting up systems for all abilities.
And how can you produce your own high quality, nutrient rich compost in a suburban garden? Join the Patch of Plenty team where we will demystify the world of compost and get you set up to create black gold in your patch. We'll talk about affordable backyard systems, how to integrate helpful animals (chooks) and manage unhelpful vermin as well as the differences between hot and cold compost.
Saturday 19 March, 10 am at Cumberland Park Community Centre
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