Hello Landcarers.
Invitation to our 2025 seed collection workshop and BBQ lunch
Sunday 14th December 2025:
workshop 10am – 11.30am,
followed by our traditional breakup BBQ lunch at 12:15pm.
Location of events will be emailed to registrants.
SEED COLLECTION WORKSHOP
In 2024, Mark Walker* ran a seed collection workshop on a Sunday morning in November for Castlemaine Landcare Group and community attendees. It was very popular and successful – except for the fact that most seeds were not yet ready to be collected.
Mark has agreed to run another one this year, making it a month later in the hope that, this time, we will also have a chance to direct-plant some of the collected seed in one of the areas we are planting out under our multi-year grant from the Urban Rivers and Catchments program of the Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
*Mark has been a commercial seed collector and bush regenerator. He currently runs Art Supplies Castlemaine in Barker Street and is a member of our landcare group.
RELAXING OVER LUNCH
We will follow the workshop with our usual annual BBQ breakup lunch where we enjoy Matthew’s taste-teasing cooking – for those who eat lamb. We ask people attending to bring some other edible delights to suit various tastes and diets too.
REGISTER PLEASE
We need you to register HERE for either or both of these events. Please include the following to enable us to tally attendance numbers:
HEAD your reply email ; 14th Dec CLG events
IN THE BODY of the email include:
Your name (s)
Your email or contact phone number
and either or both of:
I/we will attend the SEED COLLECTION WORKSHOP
I/we will attend the BBQ lunch
You will receive email confirmation of your attendance and location of events.
Regards,
Castlemaine Landcare Group committee.
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The purpose of our group is to enhance the natural environment of Castlemaine and Mount Alexander Shire and increase community enjoyment of our natural assets. We aim to restore the urban waterways of Forest and Moonlight creeks, to provide a healthy aquatic environment and create thriving habitats for local flora and fauna. We have regular working bees to prepare for planting and manage weeds. Depending upon annual conditions, we plant from late autumn to early spring. We plant indigenous species from local native plant nurseries with a view to survival under a changing climate.
We would like some more committee members – if you are interested please email or ring Christine on 0418 325 350.
Castlemaine Landcare Group 