Native bees in your backyard
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About this Event
Presented by the City of Holdfast Bay with support from Green Adelaide.
An introduction to native bees and how to attract these pollinators to your garden.
Join Jenny Deans for this family-friendly workshop to learn more about the special role of our native bees. Discover:
- what native bees look like, and where they live
- the importance of native bees in our environment
- how to make a bee hotel
- how to create a bee garden to attract native bees
- how to care for our native bees
All participants will take home a small pack to make a bee hotel at home, and receive a ‘bee restaurant’ pack of native plants to plant in their own garden.
Jenny Deans from Cosmophylla Garden Services and Advice is a passionate gardener and landcarer with a love for exploring the wonders of the natural world with children. She has run native bee workshops at Stirling's Old School Community Garden and the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden.
$15 includes one bee hotel pack and a selection of plants to start your very own bee restaurant.
Note: If you are bringing along family members, you will only need to purchase one ticket. If you would like to make more than one hotel, purchase a ticket for each hotel you wish to make.