Events Coming up in our Region....

You are invited to participate in the Landcare Volunteer Training Day. This day will be facilitated by Rural Adversity Mental Health Program Coordinator, Phil Worrad.

Topics covered include: 

- Contextual considerations when working as a volunteer, stress, mental health concerns, conversations.

- Boundaries and working with children, behaviour management tips, mandatory reporting

- Self-care of volunteers and services available to help ourselves.

- Overview of Eco Day and Open Day

Note that Morning Tea and Lunch will be provided. Please advise Marg of any dietary requirements.

If you like the idea of locally grown markets, our market stalls will have heaps on offer. We want people to know how easy it is to grow your own at home. Plant a seed and watch it grow. Get kids into the veggie patch and learn about growing their own food. Our local markets are an opportunity to support local and keep funds in our community/region purchase produce that has not travelled hundreds of kilometres.

For our inaugural event, we are thrilled to welcome Celebrity Gardener and all-round nice guy Costa Georgiadis. We are so happy to welcome Costa back to our region.

Find out all of the activities that you can be involved in below....

Central West Lachlan Landcare are pleased to be working with Parkes Community Arts and Parkes Shire Council to get people back into their gardens.

A cool part of any garden is a Scarecrow! We are inviting local businesses, organisations, schools and individuals to create their own unique scarecrow for display at Cooke Park during Homegrown Parkes! Let us know that you are prepping your scarecrow – send us pics, tag us. We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Remember….it needs to have a Costa theme.

Please bring down your scarecrow from 7am to be in place by 9am. Scarecrow winners will be announced at 12.30pm

We all know Costa Rocks!

We would love to see….Costa Rocks!

All kids between the ages of 0 – 12 are invited to decorate a rock for their garden to look like Costa…and bring it along to Homegrown Parkes between 10am and 12.00pm.

Winners will be announced at 12.00pm.

Join us for a bus trip to a fantastic local garden on the outskirts of Parkes to check out their successes…and failures in their garden. Be inspired by the simplicity of gardening and learn how to make the most of your garden space. 

Registrations are essential for this bus trip.

(9am – 10am)

Finally….Crop Swap has hit Parkes! Many of us have been doing this informally for many years.

This is an opportunity to bring along your produce, jams, chutney…anything homemade that you are prepared to swap. Between 9am - 10am.

STALLHOLDERS AT HOMEGROWN PARKES 

As part of the Homegrown Parkes event, we are inviting stallholders who are homegrown, local, regional, producing local goods (whether produce or art, craft) to be involved. 

Stallholders must be functional by 8.45am and in place until 2.00pm. Access to the park is available from from 7.00am.

Applications close Thursday, 9 March 2023.