Gardening Groups and Programs
CNC Growing Friends
Join us for an epic, year-long odyssey as we transform the CNC Community Garden into a vibrant hub of connection, hands-on learning and shared abundance.
Learn how to propagate as we grow edible and ornamental plants for sale, and get hands-on tips and practical experience as we plant out new perennial beds and cultivate a wide variety of vegetables to share with the community.
This will be a structured program, with plenty of planned mini-workshops and activities that you can come along and get involved in. Think of it as an ‘Introduction to Horticulture’ – over the year we will cover soil health, composting, irrigation systems, propagation, seed collecting, cut flower growing, pest and disease control, pruning and much, much more.
You can join us for the entire year or drop in and out as you please. No pressure. This is supposed to be fun! We will also be starting a brand-new community-led nursery to fund this grand plan. And it is a grand plan.
Think workshops, seed bank, tool library and plots to rent. Think gathering, sharing, supporting and learning from one another. Envision a space where anyone in the community can come and learn how to garden – not just grow food, but all aspects of horticultural wonder.
Let’s give the whole town green thumbs!
Fees
$15 per session casual or
$30 per term 0r
$100 per year
Want to know more?
9.00 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.