Tuck into some bush tucker, encounter native wildlife or browse a huge array of Top End native plants - including 2000 for FREE!
🌱 Learn about pruning, planting, mulching, irrigation & pest management, converting thirsty lawns to low maintenance native gardens, or how to bring more wildlife to your backyard.
🌱 Grab some free plants at City of Darwin’s Native Plant Giveaway (0830-11.00am). Or purchase from a range of 150+ native species, in many sizes, at heavily discounted prices.
🌱 Join interpretative walks on botanical and Larrakia plant uses, or have a yarn with ABC Radio Darwin’s Saturday Gardener (0830-11.00am).
🌱 Put your backyard bugs under the microscope, test your soils, book a free home garden biodiversity visit.
🌱 Identify your plants and weeds, learning which is friend or foe - with help from native botanical gurus.
🌱 Learn about native wildlife; from butterflies & birds to snakes & possums. Or sample some native bee ‘sugar bag’ honey.
🌱 Visit Kids Corner for STEM activities, botanical laser labs, microscope fun, arts and crafts or an Eco-Quiz scavenger hunt!
🌱 Sample Native Botanicals at the on-site Gin Bar. Or just lounge on a bean bag with a bite to eat and cool drink, savouring the serenity while listening to passionate local experts at Speakers Corner.
NOTE: Please BYO reusable cups, containers and cutlery to minimise waste & Eco-Footprint of event🙏
Enhancing community love for Top End native biodiversity, ecosystems and habitats; with experts in environmental science, botany, zoology, microbiology, ecology and social sciences.
The Top End Native Eco-Fair. Jingili Water Gardens. Saturday August 23rd. 8.30am-3.00pm.
Also check out other Kids events & activities in Darwin, Arts events in Darwin, Contests in Darwin.
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