Bring your family along to celebrate National Tree Day on Sunday 31 July 2011 at community planting events in Pennant Hills and North Epping, organised by Hornsby Shire Council. National Tree Day is Australia’s largest community tree-planting event, which was co-founded by Olivia Newton-John and Planet Ark in 1996. Since then more than 2 million [...]
Who needs a back yard? If your Epping flat has a balcony, you can still have your own garden and a workshop organised by your local council will show you how to achieve just that on Saturday, 23 July 2011. Come along and receive useful tips on how to start your very own veggie patch [...]
Epping residents are invited to bring their children to join in the school holiday fun with a green edge this week. On Monday 4 July and Tuesday 5 July 2011 the Eco Garden at Fagan Park is hosting special events for preschool and primary school age kids that teach them about the environment in a [...]
If you have been paying attention this weekend, you would have noticed that North Epping Shopping Village car park just got “transitioned.” Transition Epping members have revamped the car park lawn area at North Epping shops into an attractive and functional food and native garden. The land for the garden has been generously donated by [...]
On Sunday, May 1 Australia celebrates National Permaculture Day. Permaculture is a sustainable system of gardening based on living in harmony with nature while enhancing existing natural processes to create small ecosystems, as described by Australian naturalist and scientist Bill Mollison. Epping residents will enjoy visiting the local Karonga School’s Permaculture gardens on the day, [...]
Easy Care Gardening, an organisation whose volunteers care for the gardens of elderly people throughout the northern district, including Hornsby Shire, has been awarded a NSW Seniors Week Achievement Award for its valuable community service work. The awards, held at the City Recital Hall, recognised outstanding leadership, initiative and contributions made by seniors and seniors’ [...]
Hornsby Council has organised another round of native plant giveaways and Epping residents are invited to pick up four free new plants for their gardens on Saturday, 26 March, from Council’s Community Nursery, 28 Britannia St, Pennant Hills between 1pm and 3pm. Choosing to plant local native plants in your garden is not only environmentally friendly [...]
If you were planning on introducing environmentally friendly practices into your Epping garden, Hornsby Shire Council has organised Eco Gardening workshops for the local community that you might be interested in joining. The first introductory session will take place on Sunday, 13 March 2011 and it will cover the different approaches to Eco Gardening, such [...]
Eco Garden at Fagan Park is a great local place for Hornsby Shire residents, who wish to learn more about environmentally friendly and sustainable gardening. Join in the workshops and school holiday activities, which are held regularly throughout the year. If growing your own food is something you would be interested in pursuing, you can [...]
Hornsby Council has organised free chipping to celebrate “Mulch Day” on Sunday, 16 January, 2011. Bring any freshly cut branches and prunings with you on the day and take your fresh supply of mulch home! Mulch helps the soil in your garden retain moisture, thereby saving water. It also feeds the soil by providing fresh [...]