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Importance of Native Grasses in Your Garden
Description
Join us for the final Master Class of the series and the year! Discover the importance of incorporating native grasses into your garden. Did you know these plants have deep roots that store carbon, improve soil health, and support local wildlife? Don’t miss this chance to enhance your garden’s ecosystem! Sign up now and be part of the change!
This one-hour online session, delivered by Katherine Horsfall, will explore the numerous benefits these robust plants offer, and why every garden should incorporate them. Key topics covered includes -
Why Have Native Grasses: Discover the ecological and aesthetic advantages of native grasses, including their adaptability to local conditions and their role in maintaining biodiversity, improving soil structure, prevent erosion and storing carbon.
Designing with Grasses: What role might native grasses play in your design aesthetic
Choosing the Right Grasses: Gain insights into selecting the most suitable native grass species for your garden based on your specific soil, climate, and aesthetic preferences.
Establishing Native Grasses: Understand the best practices for planting and propagating native grasses to ensure successful establishment and growth.
Caring for Native Grasses: Get practical tips on maintaining and nurturing your native grasses.
This session will provide you with the knowledge and tools to create a thriving, sustainable garden that celebrates the beauty and resilience of native grasses. This session is one of four in a Masterclass Series "Carbon In Your Garden". Other topics include – Growing Herbs and Teas, Edible Weeds - The Most Carbon Saving Food, Bloom at Home: Why and How to Grow Your Own Cut Flowers. Book the Series Package for discount. Friends of SGA receive a 15% discount on Master Class full price tickets. You can become a Friend of SGA here. Green Garden Professional (GGPs) receive a 30% discount.
What you will learn
- The role of native grasses in biodiversity and storing carbon
What you will get
- Access to recording for 2 weeks
What to bring
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What to wear
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Appropriate for
Gardeners who are interested in gardening for biodiversity and building soil health
Sustainable Gardening Australia (SGA) is a not-for-profit non-government organiation dedicated to achieving a healthy biodiverse planet.
Its driving purpose is to:
- Encourage, educate and enable home and professional gardeners to adopt sustainable gardening practices to protect or enhance the natural environment;
- Provide information, education and undertake research about the natural environment;
- Reconnect people to the natural world through gardening; and
- Ensure an understanding of the impacts that gardening decisions about chemical and resource use have on the natural environment well beyond their neighbourhood.
Your Teacher
Katherine is an urban ecologist with a passion for green infrastructure, seed and restoring grasslands. She is investigating new uses for waste subsoils, and methods to return flora from critically endangered plant communities to urban landscapes in the context of native wildflower meadows.
Cancellations & Refunds
If the organiser cancels the class:
You are entitled to a full refund.
If you can't attend the class:
Terms & Conditions
SGA’s Booking Conditions
- Bookings are considered final once payment is made and no refunds will be given for non-attendance.
- If there are insufficient numbers for an event it may be cancelled or postponed by SGA. If this is the case, you will be notified and given the option of either a full refund or a transfer to a different SGA event of equivalent value.
- Please arrive 10 minutes before the scheduled starting time for registration and seating