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DIY Make a pallet planter for small spaces
Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 20/04/2023 Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 20/04/2023

DIY Make a pallet planter for small spaces

DIY pallet planter boxes are all the rage. If you have some pallets lying around on your property, turn them into Pallet Planters, make use of them and add a unique look to your yard or garden. Follow this guide and make your very own.

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DIY worm farm
Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 20/04/2022 Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 20/04/2022

DIY worm farm

Learn how to make your very own worm farm, and convert your organic waste into fresh useful compost with an easy method you can do at home.

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Your Sustainable Home - Make your bed and grow in it
Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 22/04/2021 Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 22/04/2021

Your Sustainable Home - Make your bed and grow in it

Did you miss out on our ‘Make your bed and grow in it’ webinar? No worries, here’s an overview of it, including a recording of the webinar + helpful links and supporting information for you to check out at your own leisure.

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DIY build a raised garden bed
Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 21/04/2021 Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 21/04/2021

DIY build a raised garden bed

A simple, DIY raised garden bed will help you grow plenty of cheap food with zero food miles. Raised garden beds are good for your plants, good for you, and are good fun to make.

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Taking care of your worm farm
Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 30/12/2020 Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 30/12/2020

Taking care of your worm farm

It’s a great time to get stuck into the garden. The most hardworking - and in my case, neglected - feature of my garden is the worm farm.

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Your Sustainable Home - Litterless Lunches & Food waste
Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 06/05/2020 Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 06/05/2020

Your Sustainable Home - Litterless Lunches & Food waste

Did you miss out on our ‘Litterless Lunches and Food Waste’ webinar? No worries, here’s an overview of it, including a recording of the webinar + helpful links and supporting information for you to check out at your own leisure.

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Your Sustainable Home - Growing in your community
Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 01/05/2020 Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 01/05/2020

Your Sustainable Home - Growing in your community

Did you miss out on our ‘Growing in your community ’ webinar? No worries, here’s an overview of it, including a recording of the webinar + helpful links and supporting information for you to check out at your own leisure.

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Your Sustainable Home - Composting at Home
Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 29/04/2020 Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 29/04/2020

Your Sustainable Home - Composting at Home

Did you miss out on our ‘Composting at Home’ webinar? No worries, here’s an overview of it, including a recording of the webinar + helpful links and supporting information for you to check out at your own leisure.

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Your Sustainable Home - Grow Food Now
Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 24/04/2020 Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 24/04/2020

Your Sustainable Home - Grow Food Now

Did you miss out on our ‘Grow Food Now’ webinar? No worries, here’s an overview of it, including a recording of the webinar + helpful links and supporting information for you to check out at your own leisure.

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Let's get Wellington composting
Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 10/12/2019 Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 10/12/2019

Let's get Wellington composting

2020 is going to be a big year for community composting in Wellington. We'll be working alongside our pals at Kaicycle and GrowSpace to set up three community composting hubs in Wellington. All thanks to new seed funding from Wellington City Councils.

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Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 01/09/2019 Sustainability Advice / Community Guest User 01/09/2019

How can you Bee Aware?

Around the world is there is growing concern about the health of bees. The humble bee is threatened by disease, mites, pesticide use and habitat degradation. Learn how you can your bit to save the bees.

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