Kids Edible Gardening Activities - Newbury Child and Community Centre

Hume City Council has launched a new program to encourage residents to grow food at home called Let’s Grow Hume.

Let’s Grow Hume is all about learning to grow your own food and enjoying some time outside in the garden.

The activities at Newbury and Child Community Centre include making newspaper seedling boxes, exploring worm farms, sowing seeds and making mini greenhouses from recycled containers. Guardians with young children are encouraged to register.

Participants to the event will also receive free seeds and seedlings to take home and plant.

Activities: Please note, participants are welcome to attend all three sessions.

10.00-10.30 – Newspaper seedling boxes and seed sowing

10.30-11.00 – Exploring worms and worm farms

11.00-11.30 – Mini greenhouse construction

Spaces are limited and registration via Eventbrite is required.

If you are having difficulty registering, please contact:

Thom Fox

Sustainable Engagement Officer, Hume City Council

0477 021 301, thomasf@hume.vic.gov.au

This is a COVID-19 safe event. Hume City Council requires attendees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, produce a valid certificate and identification as well as QR code or manually check-in before entering the event site. Being unable to comply with these directions will result in registrants not being permitted.