Gardening Groups and Programs
CNC Growing Friends
CNC GROWING FRIENDS
Want to get involved with the Community Garden?
There are two ways you can come along and be a part of the new CNC Growing Friends group:
VOLUNTEER:
3rd Saturday of the Month
Coinciding with the Creswick Market, we will be running volunteer mornings where you can come along and get involved by helping with plant sales or propagating plants. We will also be doing various other activities as needed – working on the vegetable beds, harvesting produce or collecting seeds. Everyone is welcome, so why not drop in for a look around after you’ve visited the market and see if this might be something you would like to get involved in.
WORKSHOPS:
1st Saturday of the Month
A series of fun and informative workshops to improve your gardening skills. Each workshop builds on the previous one, so that over the year you will effectively be completing an “Introduction to Horticulture”. They are also offered as stand-alone events, so please feel free to enrol in just one or two or sign up for the entire year.
Workshop Fees
$15 Per Session Casual, or
$30 Per three months
$100 Per Year (unavailable till July 2026)
AUG: Cuttings Propagation
SEPT: Seed Propagation
OCT: Soil Health
NOV: Plant Nutrition & Deficiencies
DEC: Pests & Diseases
JAN: No Workshop
FEB: Irrigation methods & set-up
MAR: Botany for Gardeners
APR: Seed Saving & Autumn Pruning
MAY: Compost Making & Worm Farms
JUN: Pruning Fruit Trees
JULY: Digging & Dividing Perennials
10.00 am the 1st Saturday of the month beginning in August 2025
Contact info@cnc.org.au for more information
Hepburn Gardens for Wildlife
Would you like to learn how to bring local flora and fauna into your garden and neighbourhood?
This free habitat gardening training program will help you to develop the skills and knowledge required to create more habitat in your own garden as well as to share your expertise with your local community. Participants will receive a Certificate of Attainment in Habitat Gardening and the opportunity to participate in the local Hepburn Gardens for Wildlife Mentor program.
This eight-week training program includes local site-visits to identify and document local flora, and habitat conditions for birds and other wildlife.
Facilitator: Brian Bainbridge, Biodiversity Officer HSC
An initiative of the Neighbourhood Houses in Hepburn Shire, Hepburn Shire Council and Hepburn Gardens for Wildlife.