Past Workshops and Events
Caring for indoor plants
Children’s Eco-parties
Ethically Declutter
DIY Plastic Free Workshop
One Big Home: Film Night
Paper Jewellery Making
Textile Jewellery Making
Nature jounraling
Plastic Free July Expo
Plastic Free July Preparation
Eco Families Adelaide: Mending Circle
Eco Families Adelaide: Bees, beeswax, candles and Lip Balm
Zero-Waste Life Hacks @ Womadelaide 2017
Eco Families Adelaide: Cloth Nappy Troubleshooting
Eco Families Adelaide: Non-Toxic Homes
National Recycling Week // Clothes Swap Party
Eco Families Adelaide: Plastic Free Family
Plastic Free July DIY Workshop
Living Building Challenge (An Introduction)
Native edibles
Preserving the Home Harvest
Fermenting & Natural Dye Workshop
Building a local food community
Food freedom: perspectives on local food sustainability
Eco Families Adelaide: Snack Sharing Session (repeat)
Eco Families Adelaide: Natural Remedies for all Seasons
Kefir and Kombucha: Fermented Goodness
Eco Families Adelaide: Snack Sharing Session
Feed your belly, not the bin! Food Waste Workshop
Eco Families Adelaide: Preserving Summer Delights
Edible Flowers Workshop & Afternoon Tea
Advanced Backyard Vegetable Gardening
Film: Fair Food The Documentary
Film: Just Eat It. A food waste story
Fantastic Fungi exhibition
Natural Pest and Weed Management
Christmas Nature Crafts
Nature Hiking and Camping Food
Eco Families Adelaide: Native Bees + Build your Own Bee Hotel
The Sustainable Artist: Workshop with Alana Gregory
Clothing as Medicine: Natural Dye and Ayurvedic Medicine workshop
Campfire Stories Australia: Spring Cleaning
Campfire Stories Australia: The Road Less Travelled
Natural Dye Workshop with Samorn Sanixay
Campfire Stories Australia: Courage
Re-Creating with Natural Dyes (Workshop)
Public Talk – Somebody Else’s Problem: Consumerism, Sustainability and Design with Robert Crocker.
Film: Love Thy Nature
Campfire Stories Australia: Belonging
Wildlife of Greater Adelaide, Meet author James Smith
Campfire Stories Australia: Change
Growing a Flourishing City With Costa Georgiadis… for birds, bees, you and me
Koalas of Adelaide
Film: The Best of Scinema International Science Film Festival
Get Set for City Nature Challenge
Wicking beds
Water smart solutions for your home and backyard
Film: Flow for the Love of Water
Water Sensitive Urban Design for Your Backyard
- Online Information Session
- Food Gardening for Beginners
- Natural Pest Management
- Worm Farms
Caring for Indoor Plants
Plant Propagation Workshop
Dig a Little Deeper Into Compost
Film – A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity
Advanced Backyard Vegetable Growing
School holiday workshop – Looking after our oceans
Hot Rocks!
Workshop for Homeschooling Families – The Wonderful World of Frogs
Edible Flowers for Kids
Kids Christmas Garden Crafts
Just Make It! Nature Collections and Mandalas
School Holiday Workshop – Nature Collections and Mandalas
Just Make It! Christmas Crafts for Children
“Introducing Sustainability” Book Launch
Kaurna Language Workshop
Library of Things presentation
Film Night: Minimalism
Film Night: Tomorrow
Film Night: Treading Lightly
Film Night: Living The Change
Film Night: A New Economy
Film Night: Tomorrow
Monthly Boomerang Bag Working Bees
Community Organising Training with the Wilderness Society
Nature in the City: A Guided Tour of The Joinery
Wednesday 4th & Thursday 5th October | 11-11:30am | FREE
Come along to a guided tour of our community environment centre and urban oasis in the heart of the city!
Tickets are free but registration is essential due to limited places. More information and registrations here.
Guiding Light – Lantern Making Workshop
Sunday 8th October | 10:30am-12pm (& 1-2:30pm (SOLD OUT)) | $5 +bf
Join us for a family-friendly workshop on how to make your own Mirning star (diamond) lantern. Participants are then encouraged to bring their finished lanterns to the Nature Festival Light for the Bight Event hosted by The Wilderness Society of SA on 14th October (an Event of stories by Mirning Elder Bunna focused on creatures from the Great Australian Bight and Nullarbor).
More details and registrations here.
Home Sweet Habitat: Children’s Workshop on Regenerative Design
Thursday 12th October | 9am-12pm | FREE
Join us for a fun architect-led workshop just for kids (aged 9-13), where we’ll explore the incredible world of regenerative design!
We’ll dive into seven special elements that will help us become nature’s best buddies (taken from the Living Building Challenge) – place, water, energy, health + happiness, materials, equity, and beauty; showing how we can create sustainable cities that give back to the environment and community.
More details and registrations here.
Drawing On Nature: experimental drawing and collage techniques with found and recycled materials
Sunday 15th October | 2-4pm | $20+bf
Join artist Fran Callen, as she takes you through experimental drawing and collage techniques, leading into play and exploration with found and recycled materials from your own home. Take inspiration from Fran’s Just Add Water artwork on display in The Joinery Gallery to create your own experimental drawings on recycled packaging.
Limited places available. Book here today!
Clothes Swap (incl. Textile Repair Cafe, Mending & Up-cycling Workshops)
Saturday 9th December | 11am-4pm | $5 (entry at the door)
More information and registrations to come.
Nature Festival 2022 – Community Artwork
Daily | 9am-5pm | FREE
View the colourful acrylic artwork, featuring native butterfly species that was created by the 18 community members and artist TaylorJay during Nature Festival 2022.
Urban Garden Bingo – FREE Self Guided Activity
How many of these plants, critters and garden structures can you find in the Common Ground Community Garden? Play our self-guided garden bingo activity at The Joinery or your own backyard.
Collect your copy from the Adelaide Sustainability Centre today!
