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August 2016
Back Yard Beekeeping 11am-1pm
If you can garden, you can be a beekeeper. It takes about the same amount of time and effort to keep your veggies producing as it does to keep bees. One big bonus of beekeeping: They help your vegetables, flower and other garden plants thrive! Oh, and then -- of course -- there's the honey (not to mention the joy of a new hobby, and the knowledge that you're doing something to help bees at a time when this critical…
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DIY Natural Products 11.30am-12pm
Empower yourself to create your own homemade natural products for cleaning, beauty, garden, food and more. Do it yourself ... Naturally.
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Plastic Bag Free Tairawhiti – Beach Clean-up Waikanae 12-1pm
Come and join this final Plastic Free August event and restore Waikanae Beach to it's pristine beauty. Registrations are at the Waikanae Surf Club, where gloves and bags can be provided. Better still, bring your own gardening gloves and bucket. Thankfully there isn't too much rubbish thanks to Tina and her team :-). It's still rewarding spending time on this more remote coastal spot to enjoy an afternoon of community pride and being in nature. See you there!
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Microgreens & Sprouted Seeds 11.30-12.30pm
Celebrate healthy nature, healthy people. Learning how to keep ourselves healthy growing our own food,
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Introduction to Composting & Bokashi 11am-12pm
Don't send food waste to be dumped in a landfill in Hawkes Bay! Whilst minimising waste, instead of throwing aways scraps - compost it in a worm farm! Have a compost heap or worm farm in the back yard? Live in an apartment or dont have a backyard? Try Bokashi composting. !!rewrite content below source: http://www.greenlivingtips.com/articles/bokashi-composting.html !! nice idea for a related blog post: http://www.zingbokashi.co.nz/free-info/how-to-make-zingbokashi-compost/ The Japanese word “Bokashi” I’ve seen translated a couple of ways – either “fermented, organic…
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Seed Savers Gathering 11am-12.30pm
Join our group of keen seed savers to prepare and swap seeds for the coming season. BYO seeds or $5. We shall share stories, process, package seeds and then take some home.
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Keep New Zealand Beautiful River Mouth Clean-up – Waipaoa River Mouth 12-2pm
Come and join this Keep New Zealand Beautiful event and restore Waipaoa River Mouth to it's pristine beauty. Gloves and bags can be provided. Better still, bring your own gardening gloves and bucket. Thankfully there isn't too much rubbish thanks to Tina and her team :-). It's still rewarding spending time on this more remote coastal spot to enjoy an afternoon of community pride and being in nature. See you there!
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School Holiday Programme 9am -3pm
This school holidays, why not treat the kids to creativity and fun at TEC!? Each day, we will make something different and exciting out of upcycled or natural bits-and-bobs that the kids can take home. On Monday, we'll make a funky t-shirt bag and cool badge. Bring your own morning tea and lunch, enjoy some kids yoga and have fun with others. Take a look at the other events for daily details. Cost $40 – full day (9am - 3pm)…
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