ACT for Bees

ACT for Bees + Other Pollinators @ Ginninderry Inspire Festival
2023-04-15 10:00 - 16:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Ginninderry Display Village and The Link Community Building, 1 McClymont Wy, ACT, ACT, 2615, Australia
Be inspired to live sustainably and learn about the latest trends, products and innovations designed for a brighter future.
Take an EV for a spin. Learn new cooking or gardening skills from soon-to-be-announced guest appearances. Sample food and products from local artisans and producers. And participate in workshops, tours and activities designed for all ages.
Whether you want to learn more about a sustainable lifestyle or are simply looking for a fun day out with the family, Ginninderry’s INSPIRE Festival is an absolute must-experience event.

Propagating Your Way To A Pollinator Attracting Garden
2023-04-22 09:00 - 11:00 | Canberra City Farm, 2 Dairy Road, Fyshwick, ACT, 2609
Join Julie and Lynne from ACT for Bees for a buzzing workshop on Bees, butterflies and more!
You will learn ways to attract, maintain and grow your relationship with earth’s pollinators, walking away with the knowledge of plant propagation, pollinators’ preferences and all you need to create your own bountiful garden in no time!
We will get our hands dirty learning how to propagate a variety of pollinator-attracting plants for you to take home to start your budget-friendly pollinator journey.
Let’s protect and grow our way into a resilient future for our pollinators.
ACT for Bees with assistance from the ACT Government under the ACT Community Zero Emissions Grants Program.

Create Your Own Pollinator Friendly Garden with ACT For Bees + Other Pollinators
2023-05-17 18:00 - 19:00 | ACT
Join Julie and Lynne from ACT for Bees for a buzzing workshop on Bees, butterflies and more in a free online workshop! This is the 4th workshop in the series this season where we have collaborated with ANU Thrive Kitchen Garden and Canberra City Farm to Plant for Pollinators in their beautiful gardens.
You will learn ways to attract, maintain and grow your relationship with earth’s pollinators, walking away with the knowledge of plant propagation, pollinators’ preferences and all you need to create your own bountiful garden in no time!
Get key skills on how to propagate a variety of pollinator-attracting plants for you to start your budget-friendly pollinator journey.
Let’s protect and grow our way into a resilient future for our pollinators.
Check out the new ACT for Bees + Other Pollinators website!
With assistance from the ACT Government under the ACT Community Zero Emissions Grants Program.

World Bee Day Celebrations May 20th
2023-05-20 | ACT
Celebrating World Bee Day 2023 … Let’s celebrate together, raise awareness and do something good for bees. The main purpose of World Bee Day events is to spread awareness and action for pollinators! The purpose of World Bee day is to raise awareness of the essential role bees and other pollinators play in keeping people and the planet healthy. It provides an opportunity for governments, organisations, civil society and concerned citizens everywhere to promote actions that will protect and enhance pollinators and their habitats, improve their abundance and diversity, and support the sustainable development of beekeeping.
Bees play an important role in pollinating native plants in our Australian ecosystem. The vast majority of global pollinators are wild including over 20,000 species of bees. Australia is home to around 2,000 species of native bees, the majority of which are solitary bees.
European Honeybees are social insects that were introduced to pollinate many of the introduced food crops that now form part of a normal Australian diet. Beekeepers migrate their bees to produce honey from diverse flowering events and perform essential pollination services to safeguard our food, fibre, forests and fodder crops.
Food security
Bees are keystone species, playing a vital role as pollinators.
Global population forecasts predict that we will have close to one third more people in the next 30 years. To feed this growing population and secure the well-being of humankind, we need to ensure food is available, accessible, diverse, balanced and of good quality.
Pollination is crucial to achieving food security as three out of four crops across the globe producing fruits or seeds for human consumptions as food depend, at least in part, on pollinators. Pollinators affect 35 percent of global agricultural land, supporting the production of 87 of the leading food crops worldwide.
Join in the celebrations of these amazing buzzing beings by checking out events near you at the World Bee Day website. Wear yellow to your local Famers Markets to show your support!

.beFAIR 2023 World Bee Day @ the Embassy of Belgium
2023-05-20 11:00 - 15:00 | Embassy of Belgium, 19 Arkana St, Yarralumla, ACT, 2600, Australia
We will be celebrating bees and other pollinators at the 🐝.beFAIR🐝at the Embassy of Belgium on World Bee Day! We will have our education stall with lots of ideas and guides for you to plant up your garden for bees and pollinators. We’ll be selling beautiful bees wax candles, jars of delicious honey, our beautiful thermo water bottles with our logo, stunning brass BEE hatpins handcrafted by Ceilidh Dalton a local Canberra jeweller and the last of our Bee Friendly garden T shirts. Of course we will also have our favourite children’s activity. ‘Be a Bee and Pollinate the Apple Tree as well’ which is so popular with children of all ages (including adults!)
There will be food, drinks, live acts, market, kids corner, a giant raffle, an Aboriginal-painted beehive auction and more… All proceeds are going to beekeepers in Ukraine, so let’s raise some funds💰!!!

Landcare Festival of Nature
2023-09-01 08:00 - 2023-11-30 17:00 | ACT
With a range of different events including guided wildflower and bird walks, froggy fun nights, photography and nature journaling workshops, there’s something for everyone. Designed as an umbrella events festival (similar to the Heritage Festival), the Festival of Nature allows for a range of Landcare and other volunteer groups and environmental organisations to offer a calendar of diverse events, centrally supported and promoted by Landcare ACT. The festival will run throughout the Spring of 2023.

ACT for Bees @ Country Women's Association NSW Tablelands Festival
2023-09-08 | Goulburn Community Centre, 157 Auburn St, Goulburn, NSW, 2580, Australia
PROGRAM
11.30-12 noon- Help Bees and Other Polliantors- habitat and bee attracting plants for your garden
12.30-1.30 pm A conversation about neurodiversity- with a apnel including represenatatives from the ADHD Foundation
2.00-2.30 pm Learn about Forest Therapy- how guided walks through forests nurture your mental health and happiness
3.30-4.00pm Neurographic Art- participate in a hands on session- a tool for personal growth and self expression- a perfect way to destress.
The CWA celebrated its centenary in 2022 and is still bringing together women who share a comitment to improving the lives of other women and their families, especially in regional and rural areas. CWA is the largest women’s organisation in Australia and consults on a variety of areas including health, education, agriculture andthe environment, transport and telecomunications.
Come along and meet a wide range of other women from our region including Southern Tablelands Group including Braidwood, Bungendore, Crookwell, Crookwell evening, Goulburn, Goulburn Evening, Goulburn Mulwaree, Major’s Creek, MArulan, Queanbeyan, Tarago, Taralga and Yass.

Canberra Festival of Nature Community Day
2023-09-09 11:00 - 14:00 | Whtilam Display Village 3 Klaus Moje St, 3 Klaus Moje St, Whitlam, ACT, Australia
We’re excited to be at the launch at Whitlam Display Village (3 Klaus Moje St)
11-2pm Saturday 9th September.
We will be doing a range of children’s activities to bring a buzz to your life: Make a native bee from natural materials, ‘Be a Bee and pollinate the apple tree’. There will also be a host of other fun nature walks, snake handling, music and dancing.
For more information visit: https://fb.me/e/11NQNALGo
Special shout out to Landcare ACT and co-hosts Suburban Land Agency and Woden Community Service.
This event will be the first of many held throughout Spring to connect the community with nature by celebrating and exploring the diversity and beauty of our native flora, fauna, and unique local ecosystems! We will be sharing these events to our Facebook over the next few weeks, so keep your eyes 👀 peeled!🐝❤️🌻🌳

Bee craft with ACT for Bees @ Floriade
2023-10-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Floriade, Commonwealth Park, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Join ACT for Bees for a buzzing time where you can make your own bee!
The whole family is welcome and can take home their very own fuzzy bee.
We will supply you with foraged natural materials and crafty supplies; feel free to bring your own supplies to add to your creation.
Want to know more? See the full range of everything that Floriade has to offer at floriadeaustralia.com

ACT Pollinator Citizen Science Project
2023-10-25 08:00 - 17:00 | ACT
This October 2023, citizen science surveys of insect pollinators will commence as part of the Canberra Urban Biodiversity Surveys (CUBS), an exciting new initiative from the ACT Government. Ecologists in the Office of Nature Conservation are calling upon enthusiastic volunteers to conduct simple 30-minute visual surveys of insect pollinators interacting with floral resources at designated monitoring sites. All you need is a camera to capture photos of these pollinators and a computer to upload the photos as a survey to Canberra Nature Map. Be sure to stay tuned to the Canberra Nature Map home page for upcoming details and an official call for volunteers. Your participation will not only contribute to important research on urban biodiversity but also enrich your connection with the fascinating world of insect pollinators! Here is a map that shows all sites (and a 50m buffer around them for surveying purposes)
Surveys should take around 45 minutes and will need to be completed at least once a month, or more if people are keen. These are the sites that are currently remaining: Mulanggari NR, North Mitchell Grassland, Kenny, Crace Grasslands Offset, Franklin Grasslands South, Dunlop Grassland East, Yarralumla Grassland West, Commonwealth Park, Fadden Pines,Tuggeranong Hill NR, Jerrabomberra East Offset.

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ACT for Bees @ Local Hero finals ACT - Australian of the Year Awards
2023-10-30 18:00 - 20:00 | ACT
I wanted to share the exciting news that we (ACT for Bees) have been nominated for ‘Local Hero’ ACT Australian of the Year 2024 awards and we are in the final next Monday 30th October at 6pm. Go to australianoftheyear.org.au to watch the live stream on Monday 30 October at 6:00pm(AEDT). #WereAllPartOfTheStoryIt is such an honour and I want to thank those who have nominated me as the representative of our group as ‘a voice for the bees and pollinators’. It is an exciting platform to show that bees are ‘more than stings and honey’, that they are vital for food security, biodiversity and healthy ecosystems. With Australian Pollinator week very near, it’s an amazing opportunity to shine a light on the range of native bees that are particularly vulnerable to pesticides, habitat disturbance and lack of flowers! We will see how this higher public profile impacts our key message on the importance of pollinators and how we can all support their health and wellbeing by planting for year round flowering in our gardens, our streetscapes, our schools and open spaces. This also has a positive impact on our health and wellbeing as a growing body of research is showing.

Canberra Organic Growers (COGS) Kambah Open Day
2023-11-05 10:00 - 15:00 | Kambah COGS, Cnr Springbett St and O'Halloran Cct,, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Enjoy exploring the beautiful organic gardens at the OPEN DAY & SEEDLING SALE COGS Kambah Community Garden Saturday 5th November 10am – 3pm Sausage Sizzle Coffee Van Gardening-related Stalls Speakers – Learn about seed saving, the wonders of bees and how to make fantastic compost from your kitchen scraps!

Australian Pollinator Week
2023-11-11 08:00 - 2023-11-18 17:00 | ACT
Australian Pollinator Week acknowledges our important and unique insect pollinators during our southern spring (November). It is a designated week when communities, businesses and organisations can come together to raise awareness of the importance of pollinators and support their needs.
Through group activities, community members can learn and laugh together as they help to support our pollinators. By engaging communities in schools, retirement villages, art groups, gardening clubs, community gardens, local council areas, Landcare groups and neighbourhoods we can increase awareness and act on our increased knowledge.

Building Bee Hotels with ACT for Bees
2023-11-11 13:00 - 15:00 | Gungaderra Homestead, Harrison, ACT, Australia
This workshop will focus on the importance of our native bees and pollinators and show you the ideal way to host them in your yard, from what to plant to attract them to how to provide them with their perfect habitat.
Learn how to build and take home your own bee hotel, along with learning all about the different types of native bees who will visit you.
With assistance from the ACT Government under the ACT Community Zero Emissions Grants Program.

World Bee Day events for healthy bees! May 17th-20th 2024
2024-05-18 08:00 - 2024-05-21 17:00 | ACT
World Bee Day is on 20 May, however it’s all happening here in Canberra on the weekend of 17-19 May. This year’s theme is “Bee Engaged with Youth”, recognising the importance of involving young people in beekeeping and pollinator conservation efforts.

With that in mind, our main activity at the Belgian Embassy on Sunday, 19 May, from 11am will have a great day of family focussed activities and information and honey produce stalls. For more information about the be.Fair see HERE

Details of all events are on the World Bee Day Australia website.
In Canberra and Region
Crace Landcare World Bee Day event
When: Saturday 18 May, 10:00am-12:00pmWhere: Crace Supabarn Farmer’s Market, Abena Avenue, CraceFree face painting, craft table & succulent pot making for kids. Bee Hotel demo stall. Free pollinator-friendly plants stall. Build a mini bee hotel from recycled materials. ‘Pollinators at my place’ info stall. Further details are on the World Bee Day Australia website.
Sweet like Honey: Masterclass in Creating Bee-Friendly Environments
When: Saturday 18 May, 10:00am-11:00amWhere: Australian Parliament HouseJoin Australian Parliament House’s Head Beekeeper, Cormac Farrell, for a masterclass exploring how a region’s diverse botanical sources create unique flavours in honey. Discover how to integrate native and honeybees into landscape design by selecting native and exotic plants, with reference to the Parliament Gardens as an example of a vibrant bee-friendly city. Indulge in a tasting experience as you try honey sourced from across Canberra’s urban spaces. Including honey and honeycomb made by the busy Parliament House bees. This 1-hour indoor masterclass is suited for beekeepers and gardeners interested in creating bee-friendly hubs, both in their own gardens and in local areas. Book HERE
The Embassy of Switzerland’s World Bee Day “Honeyland” film screening
When: Saturday 18 May, 5:00pm-6:30pmWhere: Australian National UniversityEnjoy watching “Honeyland,” a captivating journey into the world of beekeeping. This eye-opening documentary follows Hatidze, a remarkable woman preserving traditional bee keeping. Followed by a small reception. Register HERE
The Belgian Embassy .beFAIR
When: Sunday, 19 May, 11:00am-3:00pmThe Belgian Embassy will open its gates to celebrate World Bee Day with young and old! Put on a beekeeper suit and discover everything there is to know about bees on one of the guided beehive tours; dance and sing with Johnny Huckle and the Royal Belgian Conspiracy. Stroll around our market or picnic on the lawn with friends and family, enjoying the delicious food and drinks our Embassy and some of our European colleagues have on offer or head to the Ambassador’s residence for a screening of one of Maya the Bee’s exciting films. Plenty to discover for a fun day out, all while helping us support Ukrainian Beekeepers struggling to make a living due to the war. More information HERE
BnB Varroa Warriors
When: Sunday 19 May, 1:00pm-4:00pmWhere: Orange Agricultural Institute – Training Centre, 1447 Forest Rd, Orange NSWWe will launch a new initiative that will bring together beekeepers from local clubs to network and share their experiences. This initiative will eventually incorporate online and face-to-face events and conversations. As we move into unknown territory with Varroa management, the purpose of the initiative is to learn as much as we can about the Varroa mite and to ensure that we consider the ‘bees’in our choices. We will engage with bee experts, academics, and various institutions and government departments to learn as much as we can. This is a chance for you to share your thoughts. Book HERE

Landcare Festival of Nature
2024-09-01 08:00 - 2024-11-30 17:00 | ACT
Landcare ACT is delighted to bring you the 2024 Canberra Festival of Nature.
Last Spring, Landcare ACT hosted our first ever Festival of Nature, with 100+ events encouraging Canberrans to appreciate and connect with the natural wonders of the ACT region.
This year we are back, and keen to showcase the Glorious Grasslands that call this region home! Natural Temperate Grasslands are a critically threatened ecosystem, and this year the Festival aims to support Canberrans to connect with nature, learn more about grasslands, appreciate their value and ultimately be supported to continue to engage in conservation activities after the Festival ends.
Throughout Spring 2024, a range of Landcare and other environmental groups/organisations will offer a calendar of exciting events unified under the Festival banner, centrally coordinated and promoted by Landcare ACT. The Festival will feature educational and interpretive walks, workshops and events highlighting these features.
The vision of the Festival is to empower the public to develop a meaningful relationship with nature, encouraging discovery, growth, and participation in ecological restoration activities now and into the future.
Spring to it and join this celebration of nature!

Bee-Friendly Garden and Bee Hotel Workshop
2024-09-07 10:00 - 12:00 | ACT
Here is your chance to learn about Australia’s native bees and how to support biodiversity. Build and decorate your own bee hotel to take home and provide a nesting spot for local native bees in your area. This program will be facilitated by Julie Armstrong, founder of ACT for Bees and Other Pollinators.

Meet the Friends of Molonglo Green Spaces
2024-09-22 11:00 - 13:00 | Ruth Park Playgound, Edgeworth Parade, Coombs, ACT, 2611
ACT for Bees will be joining in this local event with information about native bees and what to plant in our gardens for biodiversity. Come and see what the Friends of Molonglo Green Spaces do for our local community and environment and learn how you can become involved too!
There will be a display featuring resources and information about conservation efforts and community projects, activities, special guests, some sweet treats and native plants to take home!

Senior Moments @ Queanbeyan Library- Bee and Pollinator Friendly Gardens
2024-09-24 10:00 - 12:00 | ACT
Senior Moments offers activities, crafts, games, guest speakers every month. If you’re a senior looking to meet new friends, or just have fun with old ones then come along. Join Julie Armstrong, founder of ACT for Bees and Other Pollinators to learn all about bees and the vital role they play in pollination and food production. We can all make a difference to their health and wellbeing by creating healthy habitats for them. Come and learn what to plant for our wonderful local Australian native bees and see if you’ve spotted any of them in your garden or neighbourhood. Following the talk morning tea will be provided.

Bee and Pollinator Friendly Gardens
2024-09-24 10:00 - 12:00 | Queanbeyan Palerang Library, Queanbeyan, Australia
Senior Moments @ Queanbeyan Palerang Library
Join Julie Armstrong to learn all about bees and the vital role they play in pollination and food production. Come and learn what to plant for our wonderful local Australian native bees and see if you’ve spotted any of them in your garden or neighbourhood. Following the talk morning tea will be provided. Senior Moments offers activities, crafts, games, guest speakers every month. If you’re a senior looking to meet new friends, or just have fun with old ones. Free- Book HERE

Create a garden to attract & feed pollinators
2024-09-28 13:30 - 15:30 | Gungaderra Homestead, Harrison, ACT, Australia
Thanks to the Canberra Environment Centre, join Charlie Blumer and Mark Paterson from ACT for Bees for a buzzing workshop on bees, butterflies and more! You will learn ways to attract, maintain and grow your relationship with earth’s pollinators, walking away with the knowledge of pollinators’ preferences and all you need to create your own bountiful garden in no time. We will get our hands dirty planting out a native garden to attract and feed pollinators, followed by taking home your own plant and planting guide to start your own pollinator journey. Let’s protect and grow our way into a resilient future for our pollinators. Book HERE

Environmental Education NSW conference 'Learning for Change'
2024-10-09 08:00 - 2024-10-11 17:00 | Charles Sturt University, 386 Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona, NSW, Australia
The topics for 2024 include wellbeing and resilience, agriculture as a climate and nature repair solution, social justice, designing learning for change and active hope.
Julie Armstrong will be presenting ‘Inspiring Curriculum Resources for Teaching Sustainable and Regenerative Agriculture in Schools’, bringing together Kate Spry’s ‘The Soil Story- the Road to Regenerative Agriculture’ curriculum, The Regen Hub’s ‘Rachel’s Farm’ Senior curriculum and the ACT for Bees ‘Love Food? Love Bees! Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture Years 9/10’ curriculum

ACT Community Gardens Gathering
2024-10-12 | Canberra City Farm, 2 Dairy Road, Fyshwick, ACT, 2609
Lucy Ridge from the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance will speak about the important role community gardens play in a secure food future. There will be stalls to enjoy, workshops and demonstrations from sponsors , a session on social media hacks for your garden and an afternoon of open space workshops.
Come and experience a fabulous day at Canberra City Farm with your fellow ACT community gardeners!
There will be stalls to enjoy, workshops and demonstrations from our sponsors, a session on social media hacks for your garden and an afternoon of open space workshops including:

farm tours
tour of the LESS (Low Energy Super Shed)
how to make a wicking bed
compost demonstration
waterway friendly gardening.

Morning and afternoon tea as well as a fabulous lunch is included in the ticket.
What to bring

Please bring your own water bottle
keep-cup and
bag for some goodies.

Also, remember you will be spending some time outdoors so dress appropriately for the weather and don’t forget your sun protection.
Everyone is welcome. Fully accessible.

Growing Friends Spring 2024 Native Plant Sale
2024-10-12 09:00 - 11:00 | Australian National Botanic Gardens, Clunies Ross St, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia
Hundreds of groundcovers, small and large shrubs and trees will be available for the discerning native plant lover. All plants will be sold for only $6 a pot.
All plants are propagated from cuttings or seeds sourced from within the Gardens. A full list of plants will be available on the website closer to the sale.
Sales will be by card only. All proceeds go to the Friends to support the Gardens.

Create a Pollinator Friendly Garden
2024-10-16 18:00 - 19:00 | ACT
Create a garden to attract & feed pollinators
This FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP is co-hosted by ACT for Bees and Canberra Environment Centre. Join them for a buzzing workshop on bees, butterflies and more!
You will learn about the many different types of bees that live in Australia, and the types of flowers and gardens that they prefer.
While European bees are kept for their delicious honey, Canberra also boasts plenty of native bees that do important work as pollinators. Learn about both native bees and honey bees and how to create welcoming habitat for them in your backyard.
In this interactive workshop you’ll be inspired to start integrating bee friendly plants and features into your own garden or balcony.
Let’s protect and grow our way into a resilient future for our pollinators.
About the Facilitators
ACT for Bees & Other Pollinators are about more than bees: they’re also focused on flowers and plants that help the pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, birds and other animals, to thrive in the shared environment.
Canberra Environment Centre is a non-government, not for profit environmental education centre that empowers people to create a sustainable future for the Canberra community by supporting lifelong behavioural change. Fiona Veikkanen is the executive director and is passionate about sharing easy to follow tips and tricks to get your garden thriving – the pollinators will love it too!

Native Bees Need You: How Planting on Farms & in Gardens Helps Support Vital Pollinators
2024-10-19 08:00 - 2024-10-20 17:00 | Murrumbateman Field Days, Murrumbateman Recreation Grounds, Murrumbateman, NSW, 2582, Australia
Murrumbateman Field Days
Find this event onSunday 20th October at the Murrumbateman Landcare tent. Time TBC
The Field Days (19th & 20th October) showcase >300 exhibitors catering to everyone from large-scale farmers and agribusiness to hobby farmers, rural lifestyle enthusiasts, the tree changers catering to everyone from large-scale farmers and agri-businesses to hobby farmers, rural lifestyle enthusiasts, and tree-changers. Visitors can enjoy a diverse range of exhibits, including tractors, farm machinery, house building equipment, and livestock

Kambah COGS (Canberra Organic Growers) Open Day
2024-11-02 10:00 - 15:00 | Kambah COGS, Cnr Springbett St and O'Halloran Cct,, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Visitors will have a chance to inspect over 40 plots and a common herb garden and flowerbed. We’ll have our popular plant and seedling stall, with plants aplenty for sale, ornamental as well as edible, all grown by our garden members . Packets of green manure seed to revitalise your soil will also be on sale. ACT for Bees, Seed Savers, the Southern ACT Catchment Group and SEE Change will be among gardening-related stallholders on the day. Australian Pollinator Week 9-17 November
To get ready for this important event why not take the QUIZ to see how well you know our pollinators. For happy snappers, the Photography competition will open on 23rd September and close at the end October, so get your snaps in. As they say, “you’ve got to be in it, to win it!”
Keep an eye on our website for details of events in Canberra and the ACT region.

Celebrate Australian Pollinator Week by mapping biodiversity in your school.
2024-11-09 13:00 - 16:00 | Canberra City Farm, 2 Dairy Road, Fyshwick, ACT, 2609
Join us for a fun afternoon out in the Wetlands room at Canberra City Farm, using the Canberra Nature Map app to explore the pollinators out there and get you started on this exciting journey for you, your family and your school or community group.
In celebration of Australian Pollinator Week (9-17 November 2024), Canberra Nature Map administrator Dr Michael Mulvaney will guide us on how to use Canberra Nature Map for Citizen Science activities at your school. Canberra Nature Map has been collaborating with schools in the ACT, where students record and upload the plants and animals near their school to build up a unique field guide and biodiversity rank. Records are identified by experts and contribute data to help on the ground outcomes across Australia.
Julie Armstrong from ACT for Bees and Other Pollinators will give an overview of Australian Pollinator Week and why bees and other pollinators are so crucial to our food and biodiversity. Learn of actions we can all do to support their health and wellbeing and about the ‘Love Food? Love Bees!’ curriculum resources for Early Learning, Primary and Secondary students. Students are welcome to join us.
Thanks to Canberra City Farm for hosting us, Canberra Nature Map and ACT for Bees + Other Pollinators

Grow a Pollinator Friendly Garden!
2024-11-16 14:00 - 15:00 | Tuggeranong Comunity Centre, 245 Cowlishaw St,, Greenway, ACT, 2900, Australia
Would you like to learn about what plants to plant to encourage a variety of pollinators into your garden?
As part of SouthFest 2024 and aligning with Australian Pollinators Week, this presentation by ACT for Bees will increase your knowledge on the types of plants favoured by pollinators (bees, butterflies, moths, birds and other insects).
Australian Pollinator Week acknowledges our important and unique insect pollinators during our southern spring (November). It is a designated week when communities, businesses and organisations can come together to raise awareness of the importance of pollinators and support their needs. During this presentation, ACT for Bees will explore:

the importance of pollinators for the biodiversity of flowering plants and pollination of food crops.
the type of plants preferred by pollinators.
specific Australian native plants that attract Australian native bees.

By the end of this presentation, you’ll have increased knowledge of what plants to grow and have the opportunity to ask questions.
So come join us and learn how to attract pollinators to your garden.
Brought to you by Communities at Work and ACT for Bees.

Create a Pollinator Friendly Garden (online)
2025-05-13 18:00 - 19:00 | ACT
Create a garden to attract & feed pollinators
This FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP is co-hosted by ACT for Bees and Canberra Environment Centre. Join them for a buzzing workshop on bees, butterflies and more!
You will learn about the many different types of bees that live in Australia, and the types of flowers and gardens that they prefer.
While European bees are kept for their delicious honey, Canberra also boasts plenty of native bees that do important work as pollinators. Learn about both native bees and honey bees and how to create welcoming habitat for them in your backyard.
In this interactive workshop you’ll be inspired to start integrating bee friendly plants and features into your own garden or balcony.
Let’s protect and grow our way into a resilient future for our pollinators.
About the Facilitators
ACT for Bees & Other Pollinators are about more than bees: they’re also focused on flowers and plants that help the pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, birds and other animals, to thrive in the shared environment.
Canberra Environment Centre is a non-government, not for profit environmental education centre that empowers people to create a sustainable future for the Canberra community by supporting lifelong behavioural change. Fiona Veikkanen is the executive director and is passionate about sharing easy to follow tips and tricks to get your garden thriving – the pollinators will love it too!
About the Facilitators
ACT for Bees & Other Pollinators are about more than bees: they’re also focused on flowers and plants that help the pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, birds and other animals, to thrive in the shared environment.
Canberra Environment Centre is a non-government, not for profit environmental education centre that empowers people to create a sustainable future for the Canberra community by supporting lifelong behavioural change. Fiona Veikkanen is the executive director and is passionate about sharing easy to follow tips and tricks to get your garden thriving – the pollinators will love it too!
