Spring into Nature Festival 2023 with City of Charles Sturt, from 1 October.
We are hosting a range of exciting events to connect with nature and one another.
There will be a range of activities held throughout October and the school holidays across our Libraries and Community Centres plus there's a Green Living Showcase event held all day at Civic Centre on Saturday 7 October.
View the Nature Festival Program
Libraries and Community Centre Events
Ngutungka West Lakes
Small Spaces Gardening on a budget
Propagating Plants and Cuttings
A Conscious Home and Garden with Rebecca Sullivan and Costa Georgiadis
Native Australia cuisine masterclass - go wild, go natural, go native!
Bush tucker artefacts workshop
Author talk with Dr Jake Robinson - Mircobes, Our Invisible Friends
Civic Library (Woodville)
Warrawong2U Wildlife Experience (5-12)
Nature Crafts Drop In with Kate Hubmayer (5-12)
Findon Library
Nature Drawing Workshop with Kathleen Knight (7-12)
Hindmarsh Library
Botanical Watercolour Workshop
Mandala Sun Catcher Workshop
Nature Crafts Drop-In with Kate Hubmayer
19 on Green Community Centre
Just Eat Plants! With Rebeca Stonor (13-17)
Bower Cottages
Fruit and Vegetable Swap
Compost and Worm Farming Workshop
Findon Community Centre
Outdoor and Nature Based Play including Nature Trail Scavenger Hunt (1-5)
Henley & Grange Community Centre
Native Bee Storytime with Shane Meyer (3-6)
Henley Beach Library
Clay Nature Ornaments (3-10)
Green Living Showcase at Civic Centre on Saturday, 7 October
The event this year will be bigger again!
Sophie Thomson will join us again for a couple of 'Bringing life to your Nature Strip' workshops, and mingle with people, answering questions.
Verges Alive Plant Sales will also be made available for pay and collect on this day, but they must be pre-ordered here by Sunday, 1 October 2023.
Click below to register for other Green Living Showcase Events:
Westside Bike Tour
Community Gardening Bus Tours
Verges Alive Plant Pre-Orders
Green Living Showcase
Westside Bike Tour
Community Gardening Bus Tours
Green Living Showcase
Verges Alive Plant Sales
Green Living Showcase Schedule
All Day Events - 12:30pm-4:30pm
- 12:30pm–4:30pm. Verges Alive - Plant collection. Civic Centre Internal Street
- 12:30pm-4:30pm. Repair Cafe. Civic Centre Internal Street
- 12:30pm-4:30pm. Bike Kitchen. Lawn at rear of Civic Centre
- 12:30pm-4:30pm - Various stalls in the Woodville Town Hall
Workshops
- 10am-12pm. Nature Crafts Drop-In (5-12 years) Civic Library
- 12:30pm-1:15pm. Bringing Life to your Nature Strip - Sophie Thomson. Civic Centre, Room CC1
- 12:30pm-2:00pm. All Things Bees - Observation Hive - Josh D'Ambrosio. Civic Library
- 12:30pm-1:30pm. Veggie Swap - Francoise Piron. Lawn at rear of Civic Centre
- 12:30pm-1:30pm. Semaphore Compost Network - Tim Walsh. Lawn at rear of Civic Centre
- 1:15pm-2:00pm. Plant Propagation (TBC) - Steven Hoepfner. Civic Centre Courtyard
- 2:00pm-3:00pm. Native Bees - Katja Hogendoorn. Civic Centre, Room CC1
- 2:00pm-3:15pm. Fowlers Vacola Preserving Workshop - Francoise Piron. Civic Centre, Room CC2/3
- 3:15pm-4:15pm. European Honey Bee - Josh D'Ambrosio Civic Centre, Room CC2/3
- 3:30pm-4:15pm. Bringing Life to your Nature Strip - Sophie Thomson. Civic Centre, Room CC1