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SUMMARY:Best Practice Native Tree Planting Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join Southern New England Landcare and David Carr from Stringybark Ecological to learn about best practice native tree planting\, including: \n\nwhy to plant\,\nwhere to plant\,\nhow to plant\,\naspects of design\,\nground preparation\,\nselecting species\, and\nlooking after your plantings.\n\nWe will also cover changing climate considerations including drier times and drought preparedness. \nThe event will commence at The Woodland Centre\, Armidale Tree Group\, 80 Mann St\, Armidale followed by a site visit. \nAll welcome. \nMorning Tea and Lunch provided.
URL:https://slarmidale.org/event/best-practice-native-tree-planting-workshop
LOCATION:Armidale Tree Group\, 80 Mann Street\, Armidale\, NSW\, 2350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Planting
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ORGANIZER;CN="Southern New England Landcare":MAILTO:mail@snelandcare.org.au
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SUMMARY:Meet Thomas Mayo
DESCRIPTION:Armidale Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place (ACCKP) and the local Reconciliation group\, ANTaR\, are delighted to announce that prominent spokesperson for the Uluru Statement From The Heart will be speaking at an informal lunchtime event on Saturday 7th June at the Cultural Centre from 11:30am to 1:30pm. \nThomas Mayo was last in Armidale to address a packed Town Hall meeting as part of the Yes23 Campaign. Last year\, in the lead up to the first anniversary of the Voice referendum he published his 5th book\, “Always Was\, Always Will Be” in which he talks about hope and the future we want to see – one where there is justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. \nLunch will be provided at this free event\, and everyone is welcome.
URL:https://slarmidale.org/event/meet-thomas-mayo
LOCATION:Armidale Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place\, 96-104 Kentucky Street\, Armidale\, NSW\, 2350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Aboriginal
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ORGANIZER;CN="ANTaR":MAILTO:info@antar.org.au
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED Armidale Farmers Market
DESCRIPTION:Armidale Farmers Market is Cancelled for June 2025. \nOne of the great advantages of Curtis Park is that many people will be able to cycle and walk to the market. We’re always working on new ideas and activities in the pipeline and are aiming to continue to provide a vibrant and quality market. Keep an eye out on our Facebook page and Instagram. \nIf you are a paid up member of Sustainable Living Armidale you are welcome to sell produce at the Armidale Local Food stall with a slice of profits going to paying for the stall and surplus goes to SLA which in turn propels new projects. \nBYO bags + reuseables\, we’re aiming for a plastic free zone!
URL:https://slarmidale.org/event/armidale-farmers-market-2-2
LOCATION:Curtis Park\, 75 Faulkner Street\, Armidale\, NSW\, 2350\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Armidale Farmers Market":MAILTO:armidalefarmersmarket@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Free talk: David Holmgren 'Weeds or Wild Nature'
DESCRIPTION:David is back in Armidale to start a discussion on the night of the Strawberry Moon titled ‘weeds or wild nature’. His last presentation ‘Aussie Street’ packed the Armidale Town Hall 6 years ago promoting his popular book RetroSuburbia: The Downshifter’s Guide to a Resilient Future. David Holmgren is a bit of a legend\, he is the co-originator of the permaculture concept\, following publication of Permaculture One\, co-authored with Bill Mollison in 1978. David is a pioneering voice in sustainable design and ecological stewardship. With decades of experience and insight\, his work has inspired a global movement towards regenerative living. \n‘Weeds or wild nature’ presentation and discussion will start with the premise that  land design and management informed by permaculture principles tends to treat naturalised newcomer plants as assets that stabilise water and soil\, build biomass\, fix nutrients\, ameliorate microclimate and provide habitat\, fodder\, fuel and food. While naturalised species may be given a lower value in permaculture design than species regarded as indigenous to the site and region\, labelling naturalised species as ‘invasive’ or ‘environmental weeds’ is typically rejected as anti-ecological thinking. \nThe background and basis for this positive view of naturalised plants is not well understood\, and has led to persistent criticism of permaculture by those promoting the orthodox view of ‘weeds’ as invasives. This has itself influenced the practices and teaching of many permaculturists to moderate or compromise the permaculture approach to naturalised species. Consequently the ‘weeds or wild nature’ controversy is alive and well within the permaculture movement. \nIn this presentation\, co-originator of the permaculture concept\, David Holmgren will provide his unique perspective on the evolution of this discourse and its connection to the wider debate on this issue in conservation and land management networks. David’s story is partly a historical and personal one as well as a review of the scientific literature on the subject. \nHolmgren offers profound guidance for creating resilient ecosystems and communities. Holmgren’s expertise and passion for sustainable living promise to ignite transformative dialogue and empower individuals to enact positive change.\nKey publications include Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability (2002) and Future Scenarios: How Communities Can Adapt To Peak Oil and Climate Change (2009) and RetroSuburbia: The Downshifter’s Guide to a Resilient Future (2018).\n\nIt will be a great night with a visonary thinker and some passionate discussion followed by a social supper. Free talk\, no need to RSVP.
URL:https://slarmidale.org/event/talk-david-holmgren-weeds-or-wild-nature
LOCATION:Armidale City Bowling Club\, 92/96 Dumaresq Street\, Armidale\, NSW\, 2350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Food,Garden,Planting
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SUMMARY:Weaving Death into Life : Coffin weaving and Mortal Reflections
DESCRIPTION:This weaving workshop uses the dolichandra inguis catsclaw feral weed to make a woven casket. The weekend is facilitated by Zimmi Forest and Emma who will guide us through weaving and mutual exploration into our mortality. \nA deeply immersive exploration of death\, dying and grief \nExplore mortality loss and grief through sensory process of weaving. Working collectively we make a life size woven coffin and lid. This tactile experience invites you to drop into your hands. Ancestral weaving merges with reflections on lifestyles and liminal spaces. Coffin making invites you to consider your relationship within nature and how we hold and are held in death and allows us to explore the inevitably of death which releases deep gratitude for this precious life. \nThe weaving material is cats claw which is an invasive creeper impacting native vegetation in the subtropical rainforest. The removal of the vine from the forest protects and enhances native vegetation. \nThe weekend will be facilitated by fibre artist Zimmi Forest (Weaving Nature). Zimmi has been teaching and creating for the last 42 years and has exhibited both locally and internationally. \nEmma Beattie (Before and after Life) is a death doula and works with Paperbark funerals. Her personal experience around death and dying gives her a poetic and creative lens to caring and griefwork. \nSponsorship of this workshop has been generously supported by Sustainable Living Armidale and Uralla Arts to keep cost as low as possible for participants to attend. \nCost of workshop is $220 for the weekend with 24 places available. \nLook forward to sharing this journey \nMaxine \nSustainable Deathcare New England
URL:https://slarmidale.org/event/weaving-death-into-life-coffin-weaving-and-mortal-reflections
LOCATION:Old Uralla Courthouse\, 9 Hill Street\, Uralla\, NSW\, 2358\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Death
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SUMMARY:Sustainable House Tour '25 this weekend
DESCRIPTION:There are 7 houses this year plus a factory tour of Uniplan.  \nTo get on the self-guided tour you need to buy the Sustainable House Tour Booklet in advance. Booklets are $20\, for a car full of people.  \nBooklets will be available from 10th June at Boobooks in the Mall and Double Drop cafe in the East Mall\, for $20 (cash only)  \nAre you looking for ideas to save energy at home\, create beautiful spaces to live in\, adapt or extend your present house or just to meet other locals and see how they’ve incorporated sustainable ideas into their house or renovation? \nSustainable Living Armidale (SLA) is holding its 7th Sustainable House Tour\, an opportunity to look at a range of local houses\, showcasing a variety of sustainable features\, and have conversations with their owners and with each other. \nOpening times are set out in the booklet\, together with details of each house\, mud maps to locate the eight houses\, short articles on aspects of sustainability. \nWe’re so lucky\, yet again\, to have generous people willing to open up their houses so that we can all learn from each other\, and we’re sure people will be delighted with the variety of houses in this year’s Tour. \n 
URL:https://slarmidale.org/event/sustainable-house-tour-25
LOCATION:NSW
CATEGORIES:House
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SUMMARY:Winter Solstice in Uralla
DESCRIPTION:Come and celebrate the shortest day of the year under Oralla’s starry sky! \nLantern Parade ~ Bonfire ~ Live Music ~ Naked Eye Stargazing ~ Delicious Food Stalls \nPresented by Uralla Arts Supported by Uralla Shire Council \nProgramme \n\n4:30 pm — Smoking Ceremony\n\nOngoing Activity: Releasing the Old And Welcoming in The New\n\n\n5:00 pm — Lantern Muster\n5:30 pm — Lantern Parade\n6:00 pm\n\nWelcome to Country\nLighting of The Bonfire\nFirst Nations Astronomer\nNaked Eye Stargazing\nLive Music by Rockybottom Girls\n\n\n\nFor more info visit facebook.com/urallaarts \nThis event is weather dependent \nUralla Arts is in the final stages of planning the schedule for this exciting new event on Saturday\, 21st June. \nWe are particularly enthusiastic about embracing the Constellations of the South Sculpture Park at The Glen\, something we are proud to have initiated so many years ago and have now completed with the assistance of Council. \n\n“It seems entirely fitting to be hosting a celebration of the Winter Solstice in this space which also celebrates the cycles of the night sky”\, Uralla Arts President Maxine Ross said. \n\nThe schedule includes many exciting and interesting events\, with something for everyone in the community. \nGates open at 4.30pm with a variety of food stalls offering tasty delights. \nThe Uralla lantern parade will kick off soon after dark. We always welcome helpers to carry lanterns\, so stop in to the Lantern Muster point as you enter The Glen. \nEveryone will be invited to write their hopes and aspirations for the future on cloth strips and tie them to a string that will be wound around a giant bonfire ? a symbol of optimism and renewal as we mark the shortest day. \nKamilaroi man Len Waters will be giving a guided tour of the southern galaxies from an Aboriginal perspective. \nThe enchanting night will be rounded out with live music from the Rocky Bottom Girls. \nSo don’t forget to brush off your old lanterns\, spruce them up and get along and be a part of celebrating the longest night of the year and the coming of the light. \nAndrew Parker
URL:https://slarmidale.org/event/winter-soltice-in-uralla
LOCATION:The Glen\, Barleyfields Road\, Uralla\, NSW\, 2350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art,Food,Garden,Music,Theatre
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ORGANIZER;CN="Uralla Arts":MAILTO:maxineross49@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Markets in the Mall
DESCRIPTION:SLA usually has an information stall in front of the City Post Office at Armidale Markets in the Mall. They are held on the last Sunday of each month from 8am–1pm with 50 plus different stalls making a regular appearance. Stalls include a huge range of street food\, cafés\, farm produce\, quality handmade and handcrafted items\, cupcakes\, candles\, bath and body products\, skincare and makeup\, handmade clothing\, bags\, shoes\, linen\, pottery\, woodwork\, plants\, art\, homewares\, toys\, plus so much more. \nThe markets are held in Beardy Street Mall\, Armidale and are run by the Armidale PCYC.
URL:https://slarmidale.org/event/markets-in-the-mall/2025-06-29
LOCATION:Armidale Mall\, Beardy Street Mall\, Beardy Street\,\, Armidale\, NSW\, 2350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art,Food,Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="PCYC":MAILTO:armidale@pcycnsw.org.au
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