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Footprint Enviro Festival
Be inspired by the beauty of Australian native plants at our day-long environmental festival. The program includes arts and crafts, games, planting activities, gardening and greening workshops and demonstrations, exhibits by earth-friendly organisations and vendors. Food and entertainment available.
Footprint Enviro Festival
Sunday 14 March,
10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Be inspired by the beauty of Australian native plants at our day-long environmental festival. The program includes arts and crafts, games, planting activities, gardening and greening workshops and demonstrations, exhibits by earth-friendly organisations and vendors. Food and entertainment available.
Supported by the Friends of the Gardens and ACT Government
Theatrette talks
• Seed banking & ANBG alpine seed project
• Australian fungi
• Acacia Tree of Trees
• Australian Succulents
• Out of the Scientist’s Garden (Richard Stirzaker)
Displays
• 7th National Exhibition of Australian Plants as Bonsai
• Bonsai demonstration
• Plant propagation workshop (Growing Friends
• Craft materials made with seeds and leaves for sale (Friends Art & Craft Group)
Performers and live music
• Gardener & Plant (Fool Factory roving performers)
• Annie & the Armadillos
• Bilby (roving performer)
• Mr Fibby
Food vendors
Hudsons (including coffee cart, ice cream cart and sausage sizzle)
Kids Educational Activities
• Pond dipping
• Plant a plant to take home
• Make a mask
• Facepainting
There will be a free bus linking the Australian National Botanic Gardens to the National Arboretum Canberra's Festival of the Forests