Television gardening guru Costa Georgiadis has inspired a backyard revolution in Strathbogie Shire.
Following the success of Costa’s Climate Ready Gardens: Thriving Through Change event in November, Strathbogie Shire Council has launched the Climate Ready Gardens Series, a free program of workshops designed to help local gardeners create sustainable, resilient gardens capable of thriving in a changing climate.
This series offers practical advice, hands-on learning, and expert guidance to address challenges like extreme weather, droughts and floods, empowering community members to take action for a greener, more sustainable future.
The first workshop is Climate Ready Gardens: Taking Action, and it will be held from 6pm to 8pm on Thursday, February 13 at the Euroa Community Conference Centre and online.
The two-hour interactive workshop will cover how gardening can help protect the environment.
The facilitator is Louise Costa, one of Victoria’s foremost advocates on drought-tolerant gardens and a celebrated figure with the Gardens for Wildlife program.
The Climate Ready Gardens: Two-Day Design Course will be held in both Nagambie and Euroa.
This is a six-hour intensive course for people who want help designing their garden space to be ‘climate ready’, including information on drought and flood resilient gardens, attracting native wildlife and working with local soils.
Whether you have a new blank garden or an existing garden that just isn't working, this course will give you the tools, knowledge and plans you need to design your climate-ready garden.
Participants bring in their existing garden schematics and you will walk away with a plan bespoke for your garden and new knowledge and skills for garden design.
The course will be held in Nagambie from 4pm to 7pm on March 6 and 13 at the Nagambie Lakes Regatta Centre.
The course will be held in Euroa from 10am to 1pm on March 26 and April 2 at the Euroa Community Conference Centre.
Places are limited and bookings are essential via http://tiny.cc/5b46001 or by calling 5795 0000.
For more information, visit: https://www.strathbogie.vic.gov.au/