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Saturday, 16th November 2019, 9am to 12noon, Christmas Craft Decorations using everyday materials with Gayle Richens

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Gayle will share with you how to create Christmas Decorations from magazines, toilet roll cardboard and many other household items. We will create wreaths with different shapes other than circles. Hanging decorations to use instead of balloons that create so much damage to our environment & wildlife.

What to bring: magazines/brochures with thicker paper (eg Salt Magazine), scissors, long nose pliers, tweezers, craft glue, paint brush, pencil, hot glue gun & glue, wire coat hangers for wreath, cardboard for wreath base, thick brown paper, clean used paper coffee cups, any thicker paper 200gsm, used books, wrappers,

Adults & older children

 

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Saturday, 9 November 2019, 9-11am, How to Summer Proof your house with Brett Grimley

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Brett Grimley will be presenting ‘How to Summer proof your house’. Brett has a passion for Sustainable Building Design and he will discuss ideas and advice on how to make your home cooler in the summer months. Brett will discuss points such as orientation, shading, ventilation and thermal mass. It is an opportunity to learn, ask questions and be inspired with low cost, sustainable retrofitting ideas that can make your home a much more liveable and comfortable home in our Queensland summer.

Presenter’s Biography:

Brett is a sustainable building designer and has over 28 years of experience in the architectural industry. 13 years ago Brett established Ecolibrium Designs, a multi-award winning design studio specialising in the design of environmentally sensitive buildings. He has a passion for designing buildings that are affordable, sustainable and inspirational.

Saturday, 17 August 2019, 9 – 11 am – Achieving sustainable and affordable housing with Brett Grimley

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“Sustainable and Affordable Housing” – Brett Grimley is a sustainable building designer and will share his knowledge on the basics of how to design a new house or renovate to suit the environment.  He will also discuss alternative ways of approaching building to suit limited budgets.

To book for this workshop click here

Presenter’s Biography

Brett is a sustainable and affordable building designer and has over 28 years of experience in the architectural industry.

13 years ago Brett established Ecolibrium Designs, a multi-award winning design studio specialising in the design of environmentally sensitive buildings.  He has a passion for designing buildings that are affordable, sustainable and inspirational.

To book for this workshop click here

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

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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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Monday, 29 October 2018, 6 pm – 8 pm Making your own wax cloth wraps

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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 bringwax-cloth-wraps

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.

Sunshine-coast-council

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Rockcote (cob oven)
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Yandina Feed Barn
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Jeffers Wholesome Foods  

Permaculture People

Elizabeth Fekonia - Permaculture Real Food
Anne Gibson - The Micro Gardener
Morag Gamble - Our Permaculture Life
Dee Humphreys - Eatin Garden Edible Garden Tours

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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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