Love Our Trees - a celebration!

Come along to this FREE family fun day and celebrate all the beautiful trees in our streets, parks and yards!

The day includes:

• Stories and artwork collected through the 'Love Our Trees' campaign
• Nature Scavenger hunt
• Nature Art for kids
• Growing Fruit Trees talk
• Information on trees
• Ask an Arborist
• FREE barbeque and coffee

This event is a collaboration by Marion Living Smarties, City of Marion, City of Holdfast Bay and the Nature Festival.

11am – 2pm Saturday 14 October, Holdfast Bay Community Centre

Pickling Party

Learn how to pickle, ferment and preserve nature in a jar with Grow it Local and Paul West!

Learning to preserve food through the ancient art of pickling and fermenting can help you to preserve food, waste less, and tread a little more lightly on the earth.

At this event you will:

• Learn how to pickle
• Learn how to ferment
• Take home a jar of pickles and a jar of sauerkraut  
• Connect with fellow community members, share gardening experiences, and foster a stronger local grower network.

Produce, jars and equipment will be provided!

1pm – 3pm Sunday 8 October, Glandore Community Centre

Edible perennials - plants that keeps giving!

Growing veggies can seem to take a lot of effort sometimes, with all the weeding, planting and turning over garden beds.

But you can take some pressure off yourself, while still growing delicious edible foods, by diving into the world of edible perennials.

Join permaculture practitioner Morag Gamble and learn how you can embrace edible perennials in your garden, so there’s always something to eat growing in your patch!

2:30pm Saturday 14 October, Online

Make your own fairy garden

The Oaklands Community Garden welcomes families with young children along to this hands on, fun and playful workshop to create a fairy garden.

Create your own fairy garden to take home or contribute to the Oaklands Community Garden fairy garden.

Materials will be provided with the option to purchase additional items on the day.

There will be two sessions on the day. Session 1 will run from 1pm - 2pm and session 2 will run from 2:30pm - 3:30pm.

Thursday 5 October, Oaklands Community Garden

Missed the Sustainable Homes Expert webinars?

Don't worry - you can catch up here.

Topics covered include:

• Winter Comfort
• Electric Vehicles
• Buying GreenPower
• All Electric Homes
• Introduction to Sustainable Building and Renovating Series

Creating your butterfly friendly garden

Spring is a great time to plan your butterfly friendly garden.

Join Matt Endacott (local butterfly expert) on a You Tube video as he talks you though:



• Butterflies found in Adelaide
• Threatened butterflies
• How we are protecting them
• What you can do to help

Matt has over 15 years' experience restoring and protecting the South Australian coastal and hills landscapes. He has assisted in focusing attention to threatened butterfly species including the yellowish sedge-skipper, bitter-bush blue and chequered copper butterfly.  

Inclusivity in environmental volunteering

Join Rachel Yorston from Volunteerability, Jan from the Park Terrace Community Garden and Dr Robyn Molsher from the Green Adelaide Community Partnerships team to take a dive into inclusivity in environmental volunteering.  



This talk is for:

• Volunteer group coordinators and members.
• Governments and other organisation leaders wanting to work towards greater inclusivity.
• Anyone interested in improving opportunities in environmental volunteering.

4pm – 5pm Wednesday 20 September, Online

Call out all Climate Change conversation hosts

Are you interested in hosting a Community Climate Conversation? City of Marion is here to help! 

It's your turn to lead or join conversations about addressing climate change. Conversations will take place across South Australia, from schools and community groups to workplaces.

City of Marion can help you host your climate conversation by providing room bookings, refreshments and printing.

How to host a conversation: 

1. Seek support from Jess Mitchell from the City of Marion if required.
2. Get a few friends, colleagues or your community group together
3. Read through the Host Kit and the Conversation Guide and discuss the questions together 
4. Upload the notes from your conversation to the online feedback form.

If you would like support from the City of Marion, please contact Jess Mitchell 

Email: jess.mitchell@marion.sa.gov.au

Call: 0499 639 480

September is National Biodiversity month!

Did you know that September is National Biodiversity month? 

This is the perfect opportunity to embrace the amazing web of life that surrounds us and to join hands in protecting our environment.

Nature is more than just scenery; it's the foundation of our existence. It gives us food, clean air, water and a cozy place to call home. Many of our plants, animals and places found in Australia are unique and are not found anywhere else in the world. But here's the catch – nature needs us just as much as we need it! 

How can you embrace nature?

• Go for a walk in nature
• Find your favourite tree
• Picnic in a local greenspace
• Identify a plant using iNaturalist 
• Count how many birds you see
• Learn from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples about how to deeply experience and look after Country