Workshops & Events
Each month we offer free workshops and events to assist you on your sustainability journey. We cover a wide range of topics from growing your own vegetables, to minimising waste at home, to home composting and worm farming.
Anyone can attend our workshops and everyone will go home with an increase in their knowledge and understanding of how to live more sustainably. To ensure we are prepared and know who is coming, registration is essential. You will find all our workshop details below, and registration is Eventfinda.
Home Composting for Beginners (1)
Sun, Nov 01
Environment Centre Hastings
Nov 01, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Environment Centre Hastings, 1004 Karamu Road North, Mayfair, Hastings 4122, New Zealand
Come and join Rachel from The Kitchen Garden. Learn how to dispose of your kitchen and garden waste more quickly and produce compost more efficiently. Troubleshoot common problems and watch a compost heap being made.
Sow your Summer Salad and Herbs
Sun, Nov 01
Environment Centre Hawke's Bay
Nov 01, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Environment Centre Hawke's Bay, 1004 Karamu Road North, Mayfair, Hastings, New Zealand
This is a fun, practical workshop to get your seeds sown. I provide the seeds, the soil and the pots. In 90 minutes you’ll learn and practice how to sow seeds that free you from the limitations and costs of buying seedlings from garden centres. $10 payable at the event,
Litter Intelligence Survey
Sun, Nov 01
Richmond Road Reserve
Predator Free Urban Hawkes Bay
Wed, Nov 04
Environment Centre
Salads and Herbs in Small spaces
Thu, Nov 05
Environment Centre Hawke's Bay
Nov 05, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Environment Centre Hawke's Bay, 1004 Karamu Road North, Mayfair, Hastings 4122, New Zealand
Notmuch space? No issue for Rachel Knight. Come and see how it can be done and enjoy the thrill of home grown salads and herbs. Save money, save trips to the supermarket, and enjoy fresh!
Conservation Starts in Your Backyard
Sat, Nov 07
Environment Centre Hastings
Nov 07, 6:00 PM
Environment Centre Hastings, 1004 Karamu Road North, Mayfair, Hastings 4122, New Zealand
This workshop will demonstrate how we can transform our lawns into areas of high diversity and help increase the numbers of our native wildlife and improve the quality of our lives.
RSVP to nathanburkepile@landcare.org.nz
Rocky Shore Exploration - Hardinge Road
Sun, Nov 08
Hardinge Road - Shelter by playground
Bokashi and Worm Farm Workshop
Mon, Nov 09
Environment Centre Hawkes Bay
Nov 09, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Environment Centre Hawkes Bay, 1004 Karamu Road North, Mayfair, Hastings 4122, New Zealand
Come and learn how to get the most out of your Bokashi compost or Worm Farm system. Understand the differences and choose what best suits your lifestyle.Learn the basics and tips and tricks to minimise you house hold food waste and repurpose it into a nutrient rich fertiliser.
Time to be confirmed.
Portable shade and shelter
Thu, Nov 12
Environment Centre Hawkes Bay
Nov 12, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Environment Centre Hawkes Bay, 1004 Karamu Road North, Mayfair, Hastings 4122, New Zealand
Fed up with birds, rabbits and wind ruining your crops? Get some ideas for providing your edible plants with shade and shelter for better harvests. See examples of different options for readily available shelter and shade, each with different pros and cons in terms of cost, portability, longevity,
Worm Farming vs Bokashi
Sat, Nov 14
Environment Centre Hawke's Bay
Nov 14, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Environment Centre Hawke's Bay, 1004 Karamu Road North, Mayfair, Hastings, New Zealand
Come along and learn about worm farms and bokashi - learn about everything you need to start a worm farm and how to keep it alive and well, and learn about the ease of Bokashi! Pick what suits you best - or choose both!
HazMobile
Sun, Nov 15
Hawke's Bay Regional Sports Park
Nov 15, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Hawke's Bay Regional Sports Park, 42 Percival Road, Tomoana, Hastings 4120, New Zealand
HazMobile is a free annual service provided by the Hastings District and the Napier City Councils for householders to safely dispose of their hazardous waste such as garden sprays, car oil and fuel, cleaners, paint and chemicals.
Self Watering Containers
Thu, Nov 19
Environment Centre Hawke's Bay
Rocky Shore Exploration - Hardinge Road (2)
Fri, Nov 20
Hardinge Road - Shelter by playground
Rocky Shore Exploration - Hardinge Road (3)
Sat, Nov 21
Hardinge Road - Shelter by playground
Sustainable Backyards
Sustainable Backyards is a month-long programme that highlights and celebrates the wide range of environmental initiatives across the Bay.
It aims to connect and inspire people by providing opportunities to grow our community's sustainability. Environment Centre Hawke's Bay collaborates with a large number of community groups to bring you a wide range of free enviro-events during November. Keep an eye out for our programme later this year.
For the Sustainable Backyards events calendar and a list of helpful links click the button below
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Volunteering
We couldn't achieve everything we do without the energy and expertise of our volunteers.
They play an important role in our organisation and we always want to hear from people with time to give.
Please get in touch with us if you’re interested contact us
We offer our volunteers a supportive environment, with good training and opportunities to talk to others about sustainability and its challenges, and a chance to help us make a difference in our local area.
