Botanica Spring Festival
10am – 3.30pm
At North Coast Regional Botanic Gardens
Roaming all day will be your festival hosts Costa Georgiadis and dirtgirl from ABC’s dirtgirlworld
Print version of Botanica Spring Festival events.
MAIN STAGE
10am Festival Opening and Welcome, Uncle Harry Mumbulla and Costa Georgiadis
Music from Balingo
‘TALK SPACE’@ the China Garden
| 10.15 | Gumbaynggirr cultural values and sustainable living Q&A, Uncle Harry Mumbulla |
| 10.45 | Permaculture Design, Aleasa Williams |
| 11.30 | A resilient, low carbon future for Coffs Harbour, Jeff Green, Coffs Council |
| 12.00 | Coffs Harbour’s new Regional Community Garden, Adam Curlis, Coffs Regional Community Gardens Association |
| 12.30 | All you need to know about solar, Art Drayton, SI Energy |
| 1.15 | Vermiculture – what’s really happening in your worm farm? Andrew Sommerville, Promised Land Worm Farms |
| 2.00 | Resilient Food Systems, Kirsten Larsen, Victorian Eco Innovation Lab |
TALKS and DEMOS @ Exhibitors Stalls
| From 10.15 |
Cheese-making demonstrations, Lyndall Dykes (throughout the day) |
| 10.30 | Sustainability issues for small business, Matthew Parnell, GreenSynergy tent |
| 11.30 | Keeping chickens – all you need to know, Daneille Bright, Coffs Harbour Produce stall |
| 12.00 | Invasive garden escapes – who are the culprits?, Aaron Hartley, Coffs Harbour City Council stall |
| 12.30 | Composting. The how’s, whys and wherefores, Dave Wilson, CROPO |
| 1.00 | Sustainability issues for new home design, Matthew Parnell, GreenSynergy tent |
| 2.30 | No Dig Gardening, Dave Wilson, CROPO |
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES
At the Children’s Tent ALL DAY Face Painting, Arts and Crafts, Circus Skills (Coffs Coast Community Circus) and Storytime (Coffs Harbour Library)
11am – 2pm Come and meet dirtgirl from dirtgirlworld
10.15am, 12pm & 2pm Princess Maddie Puppet Show (at the National Parks tent)
1.00pm Schools Scarecrow Competition – Judging and Prize giving with celebrity judge Costa Georgiadis (at the scarecrows)
WALKS (meet at Information Tent)
10 – 11.30am Coffs Creek Walk. Bookings essential at www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/tours. Meet near the war memorial at the western entrance to The Promenade, 321 Harbour Drive and walk to the Botanic Gardens.
10.30am & 12.30pm Share the Dreaming Bush Tucker Tours Mark Flanders, NPWS
11.30am & 2.30pm CHESS garden tours, CHESS Community Garden
11.00am – 2.30pm Guided walks by Friends of the Botanic Garden (will leave throughout the day when enough numbers).
