Sustainable Living Armidale

The Armidale Home Grown Garden Tour 2026!
2026-02-14 10:00 - 2026-02-15 16:00 (Australia/Sydney) | NSW
Interested in growing food at home? Join us for a weekend of garden tours, talks, documentary screenings and how-to demonstrations.

Saturday and Sunday – Garden tours
On Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th February you are invited into the backyards and community gardens of Armidale’s local food growers.
Come and share stories and ideas for growing food in our unique region. We have 8 unique gardens across the weekend, from large holdings 15 minutes outside town to small cottage gardens in the process of converting lawn to food.
Across the weekend you’ll have the chance to visit gardens at your own pace with all 8 gardens open both Saturday and Sunday in either the morning (10-12.30pm) or afternoon (1.30-4pm) session.
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Armidale Dumaresq Creek regeneration
2026-03-08 08:30 - 12:30, 2026-04-12 08:30 - 12:30, 2026-05-10 08:30 - 12:30, 2026-09-13 08:30 - 12:30, 2026-10-11 08:30 - 12:30, 2026-11-08 08:30 - 12:30, 2026-12-13 08:30 - 12:30, 2027-01-10 08:30 - 12:30 and 18 more dates | Dumaresq Creek, 27 Kennedy St, Armidale, NSW, 2350, Australia
Welcome to 2025 and advice for the start of our 2nd Sunday Working Bees. Our working bee will involve planting a new area within the Weedy Wasteland to Wildlife Wetland area, some infill planting and possibly weeding as well. Access will be from the south side via Kennedy Street.
Location: Join the mailing list to know where on the creek from working bee to working bee and follow the AURG Working Bee signs.

What to bring: BYO long sleeved shirt, long pants and sturdy boots. Please also bring gloves, broad brim hat and sunscreen. AURG will provide equipment, morning tea and BBQ lunch for a gold coin donation. AURG Membership

For members that have provided a mobile number with their SNEL / AURG membership, I will be trialling our Text Message service closer to the working bee. The aim of this is for advising of changes closer to the event.

Please also note the membership requirements below. Membership is free but essential for public liability and insurance purposes. I will bring a current membership list, membership forms and a guide for updating via your phone.

Membership regulations: All AURG (sub-group) members & volunteers must also hold a current membership as an Individual Member, under the auspicing body of Southern New England Landcare Limited. This is to ensure everyone is covered for public liability and insurance purposes. All participants wishing to attend the AURG working bee must be a current Individual SNEL Member i.e.

Hold current membership. SNEL will provide AURG with a current list prior to each event.

New volunteers should register online via the SNEL Membership page on the website https://snelandcare.org.au/membership/become-a-member.html , prior to the event.

If a volunteer does not have internet access, they may pick up a form from the SNEL office, to complete and sign. Forms should be left at, or mailed back to, the SNEL office for processing.

A new person or non-member, who arrives on the day to the AURG working bee, must sign a hard copy Membership form, when registering “at the door”, in order to participate at the event.

Membership is current for 12 months

Armidale Tree Group Open Day 2026
2026-03-22 09:30 - 14:30 | Armidale Tree Group, 80 Mann Street, Armidale, NSW, 2350, Australia
Armidale Tree Group Open Day is on again, so save the date! Please join us for great day out for gardeners, nature lovers, locals, and anyone who’s curious about Australian native plants and the amazing wildlife and landscapes they support.

Program of events

Guided nursery tours at 10.45 and 12.45am

Talks in the Woodland Centre:

10am- Choosing natives over exotics — Dr Andrew Thornhill
11am – What is a hybrid – the good, the bad and the ugly — Dr Rose Andrews
12noon- Dingoes — Dr Guy Ballard
1pm-Bird nesting boxes — Angus Adair

Workshops:

10am-11am – Mandala for Young Nature Lovers, Meet at front gate (adults accompany please) — Susan Grant/Kerry Steller
11.30am-1pm- Adults + kids activity, Printing on paper with Natural Plant dyes — Green Classroom. Margaret England
12.30 pm- Seed collecting for your garden, Retail area in the nursery — Dave Carr
1.30pm- Propagation native cuttings, Potting Shed — Kim Kneebone

Other fun things:

Continuous BBQ
Coffee Van
Music – Al Heagney and friends
Art – local artists
Ecofriendly market stalls
New book displays by local writers

Displays:

Southern New England Landcare
National Parks Association
Australian Plants Society
Northern Tablelands Wildlife Carers
SLA Food group

All activities Free. Collect your free tree by presenting a ‘Free Tree’ voucher.Come and support your local not for profit community nursery.

Seed Swap at the Armidale Tree Group
2026-07-18 14:00 - 17:00 | Armidale Tree Group, 80 Mann Street, Armidale, NSW, 2350, Australia
Hello Gardeners and Foodies,
We are holding a local Seed Swap at the Armidale Tree Group on July 18th, 2-5pm. Entry will be by gold coin donation. This is a nice warm space and afternoon tea will be provided. If you are interested in obtaining some locally grown seeds but have none to swap, you are welcome to come along, maybe just add a little extra to your donation.

For those who do have seed this a great opportunity to get them organised!

Seed Swap II
2026-09-13 08:00 - 12:00 | NSW
Our second Seed Swap will be held at the Armidale Farmers Markets at Curtis Park on September 13th. Bring along seeds to swap and donate or if you have no seed you are welcome to take seed you need for this season, a gold coin donation is welcome. Organised by The Local Food Group.
