Our seed library has been restocked lately and there are lots of lovely daffodil bulbs you can collect, and a variety of herbs and leafy greens as well.

If you are contemplating some gardening in the school holidays why not pop past and take a look at the seeds our community is sharing?

And don’t forget to collect seeds from your own garden to share with others. Drying them out and packaging them up could be a lovely project to do with you kids (or grandkids) in the school holidays!

Hi friends, you can still book tickets to the CWA climate emergency talk coming up on Monday night at the Gleeson Centre in Darebin Parklands (just at the end of Separation Street).

After the extreme weather of the last week across Australia it’s a pretty good time to find out more about the implications of climate change if you’re not sure what it means and what we could do to make a difference.

For further info and to book in just click here. And remember, there’ll be yummy food provided - thanks CWA!

We have had a recent blitz of glass jar donations. And now we find we have too many … our Craftberry Jam community arts project has wound up and we have a big tub full to overflowing in our shed for preserving group etc.

So, we hope that if you are looking to donate your jars you might be kind enough to send them elsewhere for a little while … like Moon Rabbit Cafe in Preston which is part of Bridge Darebin (another Neighbourhood House in our network). They use jars as take away coffee cups as part of their ‘no waste’ commitment, and so they get through an awful lot!

Thanks. And we’ll let you know when our stockpile is depleted and we’re in need again!

How fun!

The Environmental Performance Authority (EPA) leads an experiential walk through Alphington, with performances along the way.

For this event, Environmental Performance Authority (EPA) asked City of Yarra residents about what they found during their permitted hours of 'exercise' in Melbourne's Covid-19 lockdowns. From these stories and their own explorations, EPA have created a seres of performances and participatory activities to draw out some of the wondrous and surprising qualities and features of Alphington. 

WHEN: 2-5pm on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th of March (this weekend)

WHERE: Meeting point: Yerrin Chase (at the end of Perry St), Alphington, VIC 3078, northern edge of Coate Park 

The walk will go for approximately 2-3 hours, ending at Alphington Park.

WEAR: weather appropriate comfortable walking clothes, shoes and bring water bottle, hat, sunscreen.

Supported by the City of Yarra

To find out more and book your ticket click here.

We received a wonderful email letting us know about this event.

An all ages celebration for Trans Day of Visibility, on March 31st, 5-8pm, at Thornbury Bowls Club.  

There will be music, food, drink, craft activities and of course bowling!  

Click here for more information about the day. Tickets are free, but limited, so book yours soon.

And if you’d like to email Rainbow Village, the organisers, for any reason, click here.