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Saturday, 22 December 2018, 9 – 11 am Making your own wax cloth wraps

26/11/2018 By

Join our presenters from the  ‘Giving Plastic The Flick’ group for a hands-on workshop making your own wax wraps. These workshops are a great place to meet new friends and discover just how easy it is to make re-usable wax wraps in your own home. You will learn about various methods, what materials you need and where to source products. We aim to make 4-5 wraps of varying sizes on the day.

Please bring

Pieces of fine cotton material. Some suggested sizes are: Small ( 12x 12 cm), Medium ( 23 x 23 cm), Large ( 33×33 cm). You may have some at home, or check out Op Shops as they often stock a variety of good material. It must be COTTON, not polycotton. If you are buying from your local fabric supplier, consider 100% cotton Lawn or light sheeting material. You will need to wash and dry your material prior to the workshop. Some material will be available on the day for a donation.  We will have templates to cut if you have larger pieces of material. Bring along Pinking Sheers if you have them.

Herbal teas made from our garden will be available.

Places are limited and bookings essential. These workshops are all weather events (rain or shine).

This will be a relaxed fun morning. To book, click here

This project has been proudly supported by Sunshine Coast Council’s grants program.

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Saturday, 15 December 2018, 9-11am, Banana Bunchy Top Disease with Barry Sullivan

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Occurring worldwide, Banana Bunchy Top disease is caused by Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV); and is characterised by the “bunched” appearance of newly emerging leaves, and dot-dash flecking of leaves and stem sheaths. Affected plants rarely produce fruit, which can cause significant production losses on commercial farms.

BBTV is a regulated banana pest under quarantine control in Australia. It is currently present in South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales.

Barry Sullivan has worked on and off as a Land Protection Officer for the Queensland State Government based at Banana Bunchy Top Diseaseboth Cape York and later Nambour for the past 25 years. He worked on many containment and eradication projects during his time with the government. For the past 9 years, he has worked on the Banana Bunchy Top Virus project for both the Australian Banana Growers Council and later as a contractor for Horticulture Innovation Australia and continues to manage the project.

Banana Bunchy Top Virus is one of the most devastating diseases found in bananas and was introduced into Banana-bunchy-top-diseaseAustralia in 1915. Bunchy Top virus is found in a relatively small area of Australia and the Banana Bunchy Top project aims to reduce its incidence and prevent it from spreading outside of the known infection zones. The disease was a real problem to the Sunshine coast banana growers in the 30’s and 40’s and it still persists and threatens the remaining growers today.

Barry’s presentation will be about the virus, how it is spread, what to look out for and how to control it. He will also talk about growing banana plants in general and can answer questions about growing banana plants.

For more information on Banana Bunchy Top click here

Booking is essential. To book click here

 

This project has been proudly supported by Sunshine Coast Council’s grants program.

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Members! You Are Invited To Our Year End Christmas Celebration

26/11/2018 By

Dear valued members join us to celebrate the final days of 2018 as we share a meal and reminisce on what was achieved, where to from here, hand out a few awards and hear from our guest speaker about how we can save our soils. The program is as follows:

12:30 – Arrival

12:45 – The year that was and the new plan for YCG – Colleen Bichel

1:15 – Let’s eat, make your own gourmet pizza

1:45 – Saving our soils – guest speaker from Nutritech Solutions

2:30 – Member/Volunteer Awards – Mel Marx

This year we would like to support homeless people living in caravans parks by bringing items that could make their festive season more enjoyable. So, bring old clothes, food items and anything else you think that they can use.

For catering purposes please could you book for this free event indicating the number of adults attending. Click here to book

We look forward to connecting with you.

Date: 8 December 2018

Time: 12:30 – 3 pm

Place: 41 Farrell Street, Yandina

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Saturday, 8 December 2018, 9 am – 12 pm, Rescuing & Rehoming Native Stingless Bees with Mel Marx

26/11/2018 By

Australian Native Stingless bees make a home wherever they find a suitable nesting site. Yandina Community Garden’s Native Stingless Bees are no exception and have done just that. Spend a morning with Mel Marx exploring and understanding how you can rescue Native Stingless bees, what you should be looking for when rehoming them and how to care for them going forward. We will be rehoming the Native Stingless bees that call a polystyrene box their home in the nursery.

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Native Stingless Bees Nesting in a Water Metring Box

Mel Marx is an avid Native Stingless beekeeper and works with Bob Luttrell to rescue and rehome bee colonies in water meter boxes. She lives on a 100-acre property North of Yandina and is currently creating habitat for the bees by planting native plant and tree species on her property. She hopes to get a Native Stingless bee honey industry up and running working with other beekeepers to make this exceptional honey with its incredible medicinal properties available to more people.

Places are limited, booking is essential. To book click here

This project has been proudly supported by Sunshine Coast Council’s grants program.

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Saturday, 1 December, 9:30 – 11:30 am – Kids Natural Christmas Decoration Making (kids 5 to 12)

26/11/2018 By

Come and join us at the Blue House for some fun Christmas activities.
We will create some Christmas decorations made out of natural materials.

Important: Please wear clothes that can be paint & dirt stained… aprons & covers are helpful.

Bring seeds, pods, leaves, and vines.

Activities suitable for children aged 5-10, however, we will have activities for younger children too. A parent/carer needs to accompany the child/children.

Places are limited, booking essential. To book click here.

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Yandina Community Gardens acknowledges and pays respect to the Traditional Owners of the land, the Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi) people, past and present and emerging. We recognise and wish to learn from their spiritual and cultural connection to the land.

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