Permaulture school garden village – Children's Festival

It's been a few years since I've at Woodford but now I'm back with the biggest event yet.  We are building an Permakids school garden village in the childrens festival, every day our village will be expanding through growing food, building structures and creating habits for our much loved creatures plus lots more.  There is a team of 10 experience permie/children educators  and we are bringing lots of new ideas and workshops to Woodford this year.

Permaulture school garden village – Childrens Festival  THE FOCUS WILL BE ON GROWING GARDENS THAT SUPPORT NOT ONLY HUMANS WITH FOOD BUT ALSO CREATING NATURAL SPACES FOR FROGS AND INSECTS TO THRIVE AND SUPPORT THE GARDEN.... And of course, have FUN along the way

DAY 1    building the school garden village – archways, seats, bamboo garden beds, bamboo fence, paint sign - permakids

DAY 2  habitat creation - make mini frog ponds and supportive habitat to attract frogs, lizards, birds. Create vegetable gardens

DAY 3  make (more) mini frog habitat/ponds.   Make garden beds and plant food.  Scarecrows, nature art.     Worm towers – paint, drill holes, set up worms bed.

DAY 4  Nature art, Food as medicine, art, fun and lollies (from the garden).   Make Worm farm

DAY 5  Fairy gardens.  Propagating plants.   BEE DAY  make bee hotels

DAY 6  Seed saving.  Harvest food from garden.  Bee games.  Insect hunting

And More

Children's Festival

Since the festival’s humble beginnings in Maleny, we have held true to the belief in presenting a programme for children that they can jump into, roll around in, drink, breathe in and be covered in, with something that is inspiring, where they can have fun, learn something new and where giving and receiving is in equal measure.

Workshops, performances, arts and crafts, and most importantly play are here for the taking, whether boldly or shyly, loudly or quietly. Many of our festival children are now the young adults of the world and espouse, in part, those values and experiences that were part of theirs, and our, growing up. We will welcome you once again to turn the key and enter a wondrous world of imagination and play.