Planting Party
PRESENTED BY FED SQUARE WITH CREATIVE CLIMATE
A celebration of community-led environmental action, art and plants, marking the start of spring.
To celebrate our month of community-led volunteer plantings held in August across Melbourne and beyond, we are throwing a family-friendly Planting Party!
If you joined a Planting event in August, Planting Party will be an opportunity to reconnect with community groups and volunteers and perhaps make new friends. If you missed Planting, don’t worry – you are invited to the party too!
The day will be full of music, ceremony, art and conversation, where you can explore a plant market, enjoy delicious food and learn from Elders and First Nations knowledge holders about caring for Country.
Throughout the day, you can join in a hands-on propagation or creative workshop led by artists and plant experts – and meet with passionate environmentalists from local community groups working to protect our landscapes and waterways through collective grassroots action.
The exciting line-up of live music includes Riff Raff Marching Band and the Climate Choir alongside music from DJs Darcy Justice, General Vibes, Tess Monoghan and Elsie.
Check back for further details as the program is finalised.
Fed Square and Creative Climate gratefully thanks its partners for making Planting possible: Creative Victoria, Creative Australia, Bupa, Melbourne Water and Burndap Birrarung burndap umarkoo collaboration, Now or Never and Landcare.
Connect with others and learn about caring for Country through conversation, story and ceremony led by Elders, Traditional Owners and First Nations knowledge holders.
Take part in one of our hands-on workshops led by artists and plant experts, where you can learn the art of creating new plant life through propagation, and let plants give life to your art, through weaving and postcard-making.
Catch community choirs, ensembles and local DJs throughout the afternoon, providing a relaxed ambient soundscape to your Planting Party experience.
Pick up a coffee or something delicious to eat and wander through the market stalls where you can check out the plant sales and connect with local community and volunteer groups to get inspired about grassroots collective action.
To create a Planting Party atmosphere, it’s all about celebrating art and nature – and nature through art. Check out the art installations and projects by local artists inspired by nature and created from plants.
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