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Presenter: Erin Cooper - South Coast Kitchen Gardens
When: Saturday 21st November 2026 10-11:30am
Format: 15m morning Tea/talk/Q&A 15m
Group size: ages 14+ x20
Provided: morning tea GF available
What to bring: hat, notebook, pen
Learn how to create a beautiful, diverse garden that provides food, water and habitat for birds, pollinators and beneficial insects. Drawing on her experience as a kitchen garden expert and working in a local retail garden centre, Erin will share practical advice on selecting a mix of native and exotic plants to provide flowers, nectar, seeds and shelter across the seasons.
Discover how thoughtful planting can attract not only bees and butterflies, but also beneficial insects such as hoverflies and parasitic wasps that support natural pest control. Erin will also explore the value of different flower shapes, staggered flowering times, allowing plants to go to seed, and incorporating birdbaths and water features into the landscape.
She’ll also explain how simple self-seeding plants help pollinators and us. Whether scattered through gravel or winding through the vegetable patch, they’re as practical as they are beautiful.
Presenter: Erin Cooper - South Coast Kitchen Gardens
When: Saturday 21st November 2026 10-11:30am
Format: 15m morning Tea/talk/Q&A 15m
Group size: ages 14+ x20
Provided: morning tea GF available
What to bring: hat, notebook, pen
Learn how to create a beautiful, diverse garden that provides food, water and habitat for birds, pollinators and beneficial insects. Drawing on her experience as a kitchen garden expert and working in a local retail garden centre, Erin will share practical advice on selecting a mix of native and exotic plants to provide flowers, nectar, seeds and shelter across the seasons.
Discover how thoughtful planting can attract not only bees and butterflies, but also beneficial insects such as hoverflies and parasitic wasps that support natural pest control. Erin will also explore the value of different flower shapes, staggered flowering times, allowing plants to go to seed, and incorporating birdbaths and water features into the landscape.
She’ll also explain how simple self-seeding plants help pollinators and us. Whether scattered through gravel or winding through the vegetable patch, they’re as practical as they are beautiful.