RESET

Spring is a great time to get outside, take a walk and stop to smell the flowers. Bring your kids along to Fed Square to celebrate the beginning of spring, with the Bupa Seek & Find treasure hunt. Kids can follow the clues around Fed Square to discover fascinating facts about our bodies and the planet – with a chance to win big!

Join Slow Art Collective in creating the Takenoko Weave House, an ever-changing art installation, designed for collaborative weaving and music-making.

The exhibition invites eight leading landscape architecture and design firms to reimagine the lands and waters of the Birrarung (Yarra River), and encourages audiences to consider what they want for the future of their waterways and urban environments.

NGV Australia will also have lots of fun activities throughout August and September: visit their website to see the full program.

Celebrate all things vegan at this bustling market, featuring the finest plant-based foods, drinks, fashion, beauty products and eco-friendly goods.

This pop-up fashion installation is all about turning something old into something new and unexpected. See sustainable art collective Fast Fashun and performance artists Rawcus Ensemble as they create their ultimate high fashion looks using cast off costumes, textiles and materials. There’s even a pop-up photography shoot and installation of the ‘new’ garments to check out.

The Greenline Project is delivering a 4 km seamless, connected journey with improved public spaces for events, public art and recreation along the Yarra River – Birrarung. Join a free walking tour with the landscape architects and Greenline Project team at City of Melbourne, visiting stops along the north bank and learning about the area’s history and the new public spaces that are being created along the Yarra River – Birrarung.

Reset or level-up your zero waste journey with a jam-packed day of inspiration, featuring hands on activities, discussions and a vibrant market.

Go behind the scenes on a guided tour of the beehives at Fed Square with resident beekeepers John and Ren from Rooftop Bees. Participants will be taken to the Fed Square rooftop to see the two working beehives in action and learn about the important role bees play in the environment and building biodiversity in the local area.

Fed Square will become a free outdoor cinema on three consecutive nights to celebrate and question society’s relationship with the natural world.

Yalinguth (meaning ‘yesterday’ in Woi Wurrung) is an award-winning audio experience connecting people to place through soundscapes and stories told by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. This guided tour is part of the 2024 Birrarung Riverfest, wander back in time along the Birrarung/Yarra River as guide Jason Tamiru (Yorta Yorta) takes you on a magical journey, showcasing the many stories, and soundscapes that can be heard in the Yalinguth app.

Help clean up along the Birrarung with Bupa and Clean Up Australia on World Clean Up Day. Let’s work together to get Melbourne feeling and looking healthier.

Celebrate World Rivers Day with a community of river lovers. Get connected to our big brown beautiful Birrarung with a host of storytellers, musicians and singers who’ll share their stories of love for the Birrarung.

Make music with a marigold. Compose with a chrysanthemum. Listen to some lavender. The Plants is an all-ages participatory organic musical experience by creative technology collective Playable Streets, where you can touch real plants, play unique organic instruments and learn to connect with nature.

Join Bupa Healthy Cities for a fun day of activities as they try to capture 1 billion steps in September. Hop on a peleton bike and challenge your friends to see who can generate the most steps and join in fun dances and other activities.

If you’re looking for a fun and sustainable way to update your children’s toy box, come and join a free toy swap! In collaboration with Zero Waste Victoria, we’re hosting a free community toy swap to help keep toys out of landfill and bring them into the hands of kids who will love them. You can bring in up to six (lightly) used toys, games or books and swap them for something new-to-you!

Our Earth needs young people to be custodians of nature, so bring along the young people in your life to this fun and interactive program that’s all about conserving the planet. Led by sustainability educator and changemaker Kirsty Bishop-Fox, this engaging and interactive event for kids and families will explore the importance of preserving biodiversity and looking after our Earth. This session is best suited for children aged 4-12.