Bees at Home: Hives, Habitat & Forage

An introduction to responsible beekeeping, native bees and creating a pollinator-friendly garden

Celebrate Australian Pollinator Week!

Join Jon Darvill, backyard beekeeper with Canberra Region Beekeepers, and Dr Charles Blumer from ACT for Bees + Other Pollinators for an introduction to the fascinating world of home beekeeping and caring for pollinators.

Jon will introduce you to the joys and challenges of keeping honeybees at home, including what you need to know to become a responsible backyard beekeeper and help your bees thrive.

Charlie will explore the importance of providing bees with a diverse and nutritious range of flowering plants throughout the seasons. He’ll also introduce some of Canberra’s amazing native bees and share simple ways we can provide food, habitat and nesting places for these essential pollinators in our gardens, schools and communities.

Whether you’re thinking about keeping a hive, already have bees, or simply want to make your garden more pollinator-friendly, come along and discover how you can help create a healthier environment for bees and other pollinators.

Celebrate Australian Pollinator Week by creating a home where pollinators can thrive!

Tickets: bees at home: HIVES, HABITAT & FORAGE — Canberra Environment Centre

Kambah Garden open day is back

Here’s a chance to stock up on your seedlings for Canberra’s summer growing season.

Kambah Community Garden – one of 13 community gardens managed by the Canberra

This year is also special as the open day will mark the 25th anniversary of the garden’s opening on the corner of O’Halloran Circuit and Springbett Street (next to the Kambah Woolshed).

The open day will be selling vegetable, herb and flower seedlings organically propagated by the gardeners themselves. As well, there will be presentations by enthusiastic food grower and Urban Farm manager at Café Stepping Stone Fiona Buining, and horticulturist and garden writer Jackie Warburton,

Fiona is the author of the COGS growing guides and will talk about the Plant Health Pyramid, which explains how well-nourished plants build natural immunity and resistance against pests and diseases.

With over 20 years’ experience in the horticultural industry, Jackie will share how you can propagate plants for free.

There will also be market stalls, a sausage sizzle, a coffee, tea and cake stall, a kids’ corner and a raffle.

Part of the proceeds from the day will be donated to the food rescue organisation OzHarvest.

TRIVIA! RAFFLE! LUCKY DOOR PRIZE!

Grab your mates, bring the whole family and come along to play some trivia at the pub and win some epic prizes!

• Put your knowledge to the test

• Dinner and drinks available for purchase at The Rose Cottage with $2 from every meal going to SEE Change

• Chance to win local goods, artworks, and gift vouchers

• Registration is essential

You can book a single seat and find a team on the night or get a group together and book a table of 6 (which saves you $). All teams will have a maximum of 6 people.

To book simply follow this link - SEE Change Pub Trivia Night

This event is a fundraiser for SEE Change, a registered charity focused on sustainability in the ACT. All funds raised will go towards SEE Change, helping us run events, projects and programs to empower Canberrans to work towards a sustainable city.

Alternate Sundays, LGBTQIA+ folk can come together and make stuff. Come for all or part of the session. Bring your own project (and snacks) or try something new. Location: Meridian Pride Hub in Turner.

The festival aims to showcase how we can live more sustainably and how making kind choices regarding food, fun, and fibre can create a lighter footprint on our planet. SEE Change will be there to talk all things sustainability in Canberra.

A repair cafe is a community event where volunteers repair items for people, while sharing skills. Tools are supplied by repairers and we have very limited supplies. If your repair needs parts, please bring them with you. Repairers can help with diagnosis and to determine which parts are required.

We’ll post the repairer list on the Friday before the event. Any last minute changes will be posted on Facebook.

No bookings required. Bring along your broken and not working items for our volunteer repairers. Please note our ‘House Rules’.

Next door to Cafe Stepping Stone.

Alternate Sundays, LGBTQIA+ folk can come together and make stuff. Come for all or part of the session. Bring your own project (and snacks) or try something new. Location: Meridian Pride Hub in Turner.

Alternate Sundays, LGBTQIA+ folk can come together and make stuff. Come for all or part of the session. Bring your own project (and snacks) or try something new. Location: Meridian Pride Hub in Turner.

A repair cafe is a community event where volunteers repair items for people, while sharing skills. Tools are supplied by repairers and we have very limited supplies. If your repair needs parts, please bring them with you. Repairers can help with diagnosis and to determine which parts are required.

We’ll post the repairer list on the Friday before the event. Any last minute changes will be posted on Facebook.

No bookings required. Bring along your broken and not working items for our volunteer repairers. Please note our ‘House Rules’.

Next door to Cafe Stepping Stone.

Come along to this free event ran by The Recyclery in collaboration with SEE Change.

This 2 hour course will cover tube and tire changes, as well as how to do a general safety check of your bike. It will be hosted by a trained mechanic from The Recyclery team.

Bike Basics is held in collaboration with SEE Change and will take place at DiversityHUB Kambah.

Booking can be made Here