Our 2024 season has finished.
Workshop dates for 2025 will be announced first in Waste Services ReNewsable e-newsletter.
Council offers a range of workshops to residents at different points in the year to help you reduce waste and live more sustainably.
Find out how easy it is to successfully transform household wastes into quality compost, a valuable plant food that improves all aspects of soil health.
This workshop explains the main principals of composting and provides you with the necessary skills to create, maintain, troubleshoot and use compost.
This three (3) hour workshop is suitable for all, from beginners to accomplished composters and will comprise of both indoor and outdoor sessions.
At the completion of the workshop, you will be given a 'compost coupon' which entitles your household to receive one compost bin for free.
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Just how do worms convert your kitchen scraps into garden gold?
What sort of worms go in a worm farm? What do they eat and how much? Come along and find out the answers!
This two (2) hour workshop will teach you the practical skills to set up and maintain a healthy worm farm at home.
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Food grown using organic methods is healthier for you and for the environment. Learn the fundamental concepts and basic skills to grow your own organic vegetables at home.
This three (3) hour workshop includes, what to consider when choosing a site, managing water, planting, fertilising naturally and mulching. We will also demonstrate the No-Dig gardening method.
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Furoshiki is the Japanese art of wrapping and tying fabric to wrap gifts or transport items, and is what was used in Japan before the introduction of plastic bags.
The term furoshiki (literally "bath spread", from furo ("bath"), and shiki ("spread")) is said to have come about after high-ranking visitors to bathhouses packed their expensive clothes in cloth decorated with their family crest. Eventually the popularity of furoshiki spread to the general public, and people began to use furoshiki cloths to transport a wide variety of items - from food and shopping to tools, delicate items, and gifts, or even to use as general-purpose tote bags, and it is still in use to this day.
Furoshiki encapsulates the Japanese principle of 'mottainai', which roughly translates to "Don't waste what is valuable". This mentality perfectly aligns with the three R's — Reduce, Reuse Recycle — and is a lovely no-waste, reusable alternative to wrapping paper and tote bags
As fabric comes in so many beautiful colours and patterns, it provides you with the perfect opportunity to spice up your gift and add a personal touch! Best of all, the recipient is able to reuse the fabric, so the wrapping becomes a gift in itself.
During this 90 minute workshop you will learn how to tie a furoshiki into a shopping bag. You will also learn the technique of wrapping various items such as books, bottles and boxes. Never use wrapping paper again!
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Are you looking for a natural, reusable, more sustainable, low cost alternative to plastic cling wrap and bags to store food? It is estimated that the average family uses hundreds of meters of cling wrap, that costs hundreds of dollars per year.
By using Beeswax wraps you can greatly reduce the amount of single use plastic you use and throw away. Beeswax wraps made using cotton, can be washed and reused many times.
In this two (2) hour workshop you will learn:
- what are beeswax wraps
- the benefits of using beeswax wraps
- about suitable fabrics
- where to purchase ready-made wraps and ingredients
- how to make your own
In this workshop you will make a beeswax wrap to take home!
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'Tis the season to be sustainable!
Learn how to make your own Christmas bunting from fabric in this fun and inspiring workshop, and be inspired with other sustainable festive ideas.
Bunting says "celebrate" all year round, and is the perfect sustainable substitute for plastic tinsel, streamers and balloons.
This Christmas your gift to the earth is to reduce your waste.
In this 90 minute workshop you will:
- be shown how to make Christmas bunting
- take home a bunting template to complete your bunting at home
Minimum age 12 years. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
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