Eumundi Voice - Issue 98, 25 July 2024

ENVIRONMENT

Rewild your backyard

Would you like to attract native bees, frogs, butterflies and birds into your garden or build a nestbox for your backyard?

Back by popular demand, The Backyard Series proudly hosted by Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden, offers practical weekend workshops about how to create beautiful native gardens in any backyard.

The inspiring 2024 program focuses on local plants and choosing which ones will grow best at your place. It digs into soil types, coastal flowers, delicious bushfoods, small space design

tips and the best ways to tackle weeds. There are opportunities to bring the kids along and build a nest box, a home for bees and butterflies, or a frog hotel.

Sunshine Coast Environment and Liveability Cr Tim Burns said The Backyard Series offered practical advice on how to nurture and enhance our environment: “Each workshop gives you the knowledge to transform your backyard into a healthy, beautiful garden, brimming with local plants, while improving habitat for birds, bees and butterflies.”

“Choose one-off workshops or treat yourself to an affordable multi-weekend gardening course.”

The workshops are perfect for people who are already interested in gardening, or for people who are just starting their journey into native gardens and designing for biodiversity.

Registrations are essential for each event and start at $20 per adult. For more information and to register, visit: botanic-garden.sunshinecoast. qld.gov.au.