Events

Discover our incredible pollinators and explore ways to boost biodiversity in your backyard by building an insect hotel to take home!

Insect hotels provide a habitat for a wide range of insects, including solitary native bees. During this workshop, we’ll highlight the importance of increasing biodiversity at home and in the local environment while creating an upcycled bee hotel to keep. It’s also a fantastic opportunity to cut down on waste.

This hands-on session will allow kids to strengthen their practical abilities and gain insights into how to conserve and protect our environment.

**For ages 7-12 years. What to bring: Please bring 1 tin can (recommended 400 gram size) per child to upcycle into your bee hotel!

** Please note: Some equipment used during the workshop may make loud noises, so children with sound sensitivities may need extra support

Important booking information

• Recommended for children ages 7-12 years. Please book for each individual child.
• All children must be attended by a responsible adult. Parent/Carers must remain on the premises at all times.
• Bookings for this program are essential.
• Wear a hat, comfortable shoes and bring a water bottle – we may explore the local natural area

Meeting location: Kincumba Mountain Kiosk, Island View Drive, Kincumber. Enter Kincumba Mountain reserve via the end of Kincumber Street.

This school holidays get your hands dirty and have fun learning about reducing waste and increasing biodiversity in your own backyard!

Did you know composting and worm farming can help improve soil health, reduce waste, save water and help improve biodiversity all in your own backyard?!

Come and find out how worms can turn your kitchen waste into wonderful rich fertiliser for your garden. Learn everything you need to know to look after these worms and have a happy, healthy and productive worm farm.

In this hands on workshop, kids will improve their practical skills and learn about how to conserve and protect our environment.

For ages 7-12 years.

Important booking information

• Recommended for children ages 7-12 years. Please book for each individual child.
• All children must be attended by a responsible adult. Parent/Carers must remain on the premises at all times.
• Bookings for this program are essential.
• Wear a hat, comfortable shoes and bring a water bottle – we may explore the local natural area

Meeting location: Kincumba Mountain Kiosk, Island View Drive, Kincumber. Enter Kincumba Mountain reserve via the end of Kincumber Street.

Discover our incredible pollinators and explore ways to boost biodiversity in your backyard by building an insect hotel to take home!

Insect hotels provide a habitat for a wide range of insects, including solitary native bees. During this workshop, we’ll highlight the importance of increasing biodiversity at home and in the local environment while creating an upcycled bee hotel to keep. It’s also a fantastic opportunity to cut down on waste.

This hands-on session will allow kids to strengthen their practical abilities and gain insights into how to conserve and protect our environment.

** For ages 7-12 years. What to bring: Please bring 1 tin can (recommended 400 gram size) per child to upcycle into your bee hotel!

* * Please note: Some equipment used during the workshop may make loud noises, so children with sound sensitivities may need extra support

Important booking information

• Recommended for children ages 7-12 years. Please book for each individual child.
• All children must be attended by a responsible adult. Parent/Carers must remain on the premises at all times.
• Bookings for this program are essential.
• Wear a hat, comfortable shoes and bring a water bottle – we may explore the local natural area

This school holidays get your hands dirty and have fun learning about reducing waste and increasing biodiversity in your own backyard!

Did you know composting and worm farming can help improve soil health, reduce waste, save water and help improve biodiversity all in your own backyard?!

Come and find out how worms can turn your kitchen waste into wonderful rich fertiliser for your garden. Learn everything you need to know to look after these worms and have a happy, healthy and productive worm farm.

In this hands on workshop, kids will improve their practical skills and learn about how to conserve and protect our environment.

For ages 7-12 years.

Important booking information

• Recommended for children ages 7-12 years. Please book for each individual child.
• All children must be attended by a responsible adult. Parent/Carers must remain on the premises at all times.
• Bookings for this program are essential.
• Wear a hat, comfortable shoes and bring a water bottle – we may explore the local natural area

Love Water Garden Wisely: Olla Making Workshop (For Families)

Come along to this free, family friendly, school holiday activity and learn about waterwise gardening. With Summer upon us, learn how to maintain a healthy garden with some easy, low cost waterwise strategies.

Using inexpensive, readily available materials, we will be making an olla for each household to take home Ollas store water and release it gradually through their porous walls when buried in the garden. This is a new take on an ancient irrigation system.

Single person households, through to families with children, are all welcome to participate. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

(1 x olla per booking, so if you would like to each take an olla home, please make a separate booking for each person).

These sessions are available to Central Coast residents only, ensuring our local community gets the most benefit from these programs.

Come along to this free, fun workshop aimed at teenagers and adults and learn about chemical free personal care. To protect our pipes and our bodies from toxic, synthetic chemicals and microplastics, learn how to replace synthetic products and create natural, eco-friendly personal care products to use in their place. A win for your body and the environment!

You’ll create and take home 3 personal care items and a comprehensive handout with recipes and leave feeling confident and inspired to continue making your own products from home. We will be making; Gentle Oatmeal Facial Scrub, Nourishing Hand Moisturiser and Beautiful Bath Bombs.

This workshop is suitable for teenagers and adults, age 13 and above. All teenagers must be accompanied by an adult.

These sessions are available to Central Coast residents only, ensuring our local community gets the most benefit from these programs.

Join us for a hands‑on workshop where you’ll learn how to create your very own Wicking Bed Garden – a clever, water‑efficient way to grow healthy plants all year round.

Location: Hamlyn Terrace Community Centre, Hamlyn Terrace

Wicking beds are self‑contained, raised garden beds with a built‑in water reservoir at the base. Acting like a giant self‑watering pot, they draw moisture upwards as plants need it. This makes them incredibly waterwise, low‑maintenance, and perfect for anyone who is short on time. They can also be created using recycled and upcycled materials, making them an affordable and sustainable gardening option.

During this workshop, you’ll discover:

• How wicking beds work and why they’re becoming a popular choice for sustainable gardeners.
• The benefits of water‑efficient gardening at home.
• Step‑by‑step guidance on building and planting your own wicking bed.

Using upcycled materials, each participant will make and plant a complete wicking bed to take home.

Please note: Each booking includes materials for one wicking bed garden. If multiple people in your group would like to take home their own wicking bed, please make a separate booking for each person.

Love Water workshops are available free of charge to Central Coast residents and facilitated on behalf of Central Coast Council Water & Sewer by Synergy Permaculture.

Bookings are essential.

Join us for a fun, hands‑on workshop where you’ll learn how to clean your home the chemical‑free, eco‑friendly way. Discover how to swap out synthetic cleaners containing toxic chemicals and microplastics for natural alternatives that are kinder to your body, your home, and our waterways. A win for you and the environment.

Location: Hamlyn Terrace Community Centre, Hamlyn Terrace

In this workshop, you will:

• Learn the basics of green cleaning and why it matters.
• Explore simple, natural ingredients that safely and effectively replace commercial cleaners.
• Gain confidence to continue making your own products at home

Each participant will make and take home three green cleaning products:

• Dishwasher tablets
• Laundry detergent
• All‑purpose cleaner

You’ll also receive a comprehensive recipe handout so you can keep creating your own natural cleaning products long after the workshop ends.

Love Water workshops are available free of charge to Central Coast residents and facilitated on behalf of Central Coast Council Water & Sewer by Synergy Permaculture.

Bookings are essential.