Helping Gardens Thrive: Climate Ready Gardens Series
Following the success of the Costa’s Climate Ready Gardens: Thriving Through Change, Strathbogie Shire Council is excited to launch the Climate Ready Gardens Series, a free program of workshops designed to help local gardeners create sustainable, resilient gardens capable of thriving in a changing climate.
This series offers practical advice, hands-on learning, and expert guidance to address challenges like extreme weather, droughts, and floods, empowering community members to take action for a greener, more sustainable future.
The series features the below workshops:
Climate Ready Gardens: Taking Action
A 2-hour interactive workshop with facilitator Louise Costa One of Victoria’s foremost advocates on drought tolerant gardens and a celebrated figure with the Gardens for Wildlife program. The workshop will cover how gardening can help protect the environment. This session is open to all, with limited spaces available.
When: Thursday, February 13 | 6-8pm
Where: Euroa Community Conference Centre and Online
Climate Ready Gardens: 2-Day Design Course
A 6-hour intensive course for individuals who want help designing their garden space to be Climate Ready, including information on drought and flood resilient gardens, attracting native wildlife and working with local soils. whether you have a new blank garden or an existing garden that just isn’t working this course will give you the tools, knowledge and plans you need to design your climate ready garden. Participants bring in their existing garden schematics and you will walk away with a plan bespoke for your garden and new knowledge and skills for garden design.
Nagambie
When: Thursday 6 March and Thursday 13 March, 4–7 PM
Where: Nagambie Lakes Regatta Centre
Euroa
When: Wednesday 26 March and Wednesday 2 April, 10 AM–1 PM
Where: Euroa Community Conference Centre
“The Climate Ready Gardens Series is a wonderful initiative that builds on the success of the Costa’s Climate Ready Gardens: Thriving Through Change event. It reflects our council’s commitment to empowering residents with practical tools and knowledge to create sustainable, thriving gardens that contribute to a resilient future.” Said Strathbogie Shire Council Mayor, Cr Claire Ewart-Kennedy.
“Gardens are more than just places of beauty—they’re vital for supporting biodiversity, conserving water, and helping our community adapt to climate change,
“We encourage everyone, from novice gardeners to experienced green thumbs, to join these workshops and be part of this important journey.
“By offering these free workshops, we’re not only helping individuals make a difference in their own backyards but also strengthening our community’s collective resilience to climate challenges,”
Places are limited and bookings are essential via http://tiny.cc/5b46001 or by calling (03) 5795 0000
These events are supported by the Circular Economy Organics Council and the Community Recovery Hub, the Community Recovery Hub is jointly funded by the Australian and Victorian Governments through the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).