Whether you’re after birds, frogs, butterflies, bees or other wildlife you can get all the tips at Sunshine Coast Council’s living backyard display at this year’s Queensland Garden Expo at the Nambour Showgrounds from 8-10 July.
Our Living Backyard display will show you how to create a bio-diverse environment in your own backyard. Plus:
- learn from the experts about preserving and enhancing the native flora and fauna in our community
- enjoy vibrant displays
- information sessions
- a range of exhibitors with a wealth of knowledge about backyard nature conservation including: Barung Landcare Nursery, Birdlife Sunshine Coast, Bob the Beeman, Coolum Community Native Nursery, Earthling Enterprises, Native Plants Sunshine Coast, One Earth, QLD Frog Society, Wildlife Volunteers Association and Witjuti Grub Bush Foods Nursery
Living Backyard Information Session Program
Friday 8 July
9am: From party pool to wildlife haven – converting your pool into a backyard
billabong by Julie O’Connor, Sunshine Coast Council
10am: Native Plants in Containers
by Joan Dillon and Anne Windsor, Native Plants Sunshine Coast
11am: Recycle Right on the Sunshine Coast
by Sandie Johnston, EnviroCom Australia. SCC Waste 2 Resource Program
12pm Stingless bee boxes, honey frames and extraction by Bob Luttrell
1pm Living with Reptiles by Jill Zimmerman, Wildlife Volunteers Association
2pm Bring back beautiful butterflies to our backyards
by Helen Schwencke, Earthling Enterprises
3pm Frog Ponds and Habitat Gardening by Sean Morrow, One Earth
Saturday 9 July
8:30am Frog Ponds and Habitat Gardening by Sean Morrow, One Earth
10am Toxic Weeds of our Region by Peter Bell, Sunshine Coast Council
11am Native Plants in Containers
by Joan Dillon and Anne Windsor, Native Plants Sunshine Coast
12pm Recycle Right on the Sunshine Coast
by Sandie Johnston, EnviroCom Australia. SCC Waste 2 Resource Program
1pm Saving Wildlife by Roslyn Leslie, Wildlife Volunteers Association
2pm Stingless bee boxes, honey frames and extraction by Bob Luttrell
3pm Sunshine Coast Council Feral Animal Control
by Tony Cathcart, Sunshine Coast Council
Sunday 10 July
9am Toxic Weeds of our Region by Peter Bell, Sunshine Coast Council
10am Sunshine Coast Council Feral Animal Control
by Tony Cathcart, Sunshine Coast Council
11am Recycle Right on the Sunshine Coast
by Sandie Johnston, EnviroCom Australia. SCC Waste 2 Resource Program
12pm Stingless bee boxes, honey frames and extraction by Bob Luttrell
1pm Living with Reptiles by Jill Zimmerman, Wildlife Volunteers Association
2pm Frog Ponds and Habitat Gardening by Sean Morrow, One Earth
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