LOOKING AT LANDCARE
By CENTRAL WEST LACHLAN LANDCARE, MARG APPLEBEE
The weather forecast is looking perfect for Homegrown Parkes on Saturday.
If you haven’t already planned your day, now is the time to check out what is happening at Cooke Park, with proceedings kicking off at 9am, with our official welcome.
Parkes Shire Concert Band will be welcoming us all to the Park at 9.10am. We are always proud to be supporting our local performers.
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We look forward to welcoming Parkes Dance Co to Homegrown Parkes for the first time! They will be taking the stage at 10.30am, followed by Parkes M and D with a preview of their upcoming production Little Shop of Horrors.
Spicy Mercury will be joining us between 11am and 12.30pm.
Educational Workshops will again be one of the highlights of the next event, highlighting processes for using locally produced food and products with the aim of encouraging locals to have a go and grow in their own backyard... or have readily available in the pantry.
Unfortunately our coffee roasting workshop has to be cancelled.
We will still have some giveaways and goodies that we will draw for attendees at the workshop with Phil and Nadia Donato, that will be held at 12.30pm. Join us to learn how to make Tiramisu!
Register your spot via StickyTickets.
Our Fijian friends will be performing to send us on our way on the main stage at 1.30pm. What a fantastic way to finish the day at Homegrown Parkes.
Homegrown Parkes won the Community Spirit and Inclusion Award at the Keep Australia Beautiful Tidy Towns NSW Awards in 2024, we thought it was only fitting that when we host the Tidy Towns Awards in October, that we share our event with visitors to our Shire as part of the weekend event.
As part of the Keep Australia Beautiful Tidy Town’s Weekend, we are offering Homegrown Parkes attendees an opportunity to join one of three bus trips leaving from Cooke Park at 2.00pm.
Visit the Galing Gindhay water play park at Kelly Reserve and then on to the Parkes Wetlands – book here. Book at spot on the bus to the Parkes CSIRO Telescope (The Dish) via StickyTickets.
This event is made possible with funding and in-kind support from Parkes Shire Council, Evolution Mining Northparkes operations and Central West Lachlan Landcare.
We look forward to seeing you between 9am and 2pm on Saturday. For further information on this article, please go to www.centralwestlachlanlandcare.org, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram @cwllandcare
