Community workshops and webinars that SGA offers cover a wide range of topics with an emphasis on minimising environmental impacts and promoting productivity and biodiversity.  They can be booked by any organisation interested in helping people garden more sustainability.  With over 40 topics to choose from, our sessions are designed to be inspiring, grounded in the latest science and best gardening practice and rich in practical projects and ideas for people to take home to implement. 

We offer flexible delivery formats, speaker notes, access to recordings, discounts on multiple bookings and a not-for-profit discount. 

Read more information about workshop formats, facilitators, terms and conditions and testimonials HERE.

For enquiries, quotes and bookings please contact us at training@sgaonline.org.au

 

Workshop/Webinar Topics

For more information about the individual topics, please follow the links in the workshops titles below. All topics can be delivered in an online webinar or face to face workshop format unless otherwise stated.

Gardening for Food & Health

    1. Getting Started with Organic Gardening 
    2. Composting and Worm Farming – Introducing Black Gold (Closed Loop Gardening Series) 
    3. Building Healthy Soil for a Produce Garden 
    4. Soil Food Web and The Universe Below (face to face only)
    5. Mastering No Dig Garden Beds (NEW 2024)
    6. Preparing for Winter Harvest 
    7. Preparing for Spring Harvest
    8. Preparing for Summer Harvest
    9. Preparing for Autumn Harvest
    10. Dealing with Garden Pests Without Harsh Chemicals
    11. Companion Planting for Garden Health
    12. Growing Micro Greens at Home
    13. Backyard Chooks
    14. Active Ageing Through Gardening
    15. Seed Cycle – Germination, Pollination and Propagation
    16. Wonderous Weeds – an Unloved, Untapped Resource
    17. Garden Hygiene
    18. Compost Science – Delving deeper into the Alchemy of Black Gold (NEW 2024)

Gardening for Biodiversity

    1. Introduction to Wildlife Gardening
    2. Soil Care in an Indigenous /  Wildlife Garden
    3. Attracting Small Birds to the Garden
    4. Attracting Native Bees and Butterflies into the Garden
    5. Attracting Frogs into the Garden
    6. Attracting Lizards into the Garden
    7. Attracting Mammals into the Garden
    8. Growing Veggies in a Wildlife Garden
    9. Balconies and Small Gardens for Wildlife
    10. Indigenous Food, Fibre and Medicine Plants
    11. Weeds – Dancing with Nature in the Garden
    12. Native Plant Propagation from Cuttings (face-to-face only)
    13. Native Plant Propagation from Seed(face-to-face only)

Gardening for Climate Change

    1. Water Smart Gardening
    2. Climate Action Through Gardening
    3. Healthy Soil, Healthy Planet – Role of garden soil in climate action 
    4. Urban Greening & Cooling – Gardeners Role in Cooling Their Patch
    5. Nature Strip Planting (aka Verge Gardening)
    6. No Mow Lawns – Lawn Alternatives That Lock Carbon Away
    7. Introducing Edible Perennials – Climate Friendly Food Growing
    8. How to Turn Your Garden into a Carbon Sink (Coming in 2024)

Sustainable Garden Design

    1. How Sustainable is your Garden? A Checklist
    2. Starting a Sustainable Garden
    3. The Thrifty Gardener – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle in the Garden
    4. Tiny Houses, Tiny Gardens, Big Living
    5. Gardening for Renters
    6. Gardening in Small Spaces – Pots, Courtyards or Balconies
    7. Practical Vertical Gardening