Hawkesbury EarthCare Centre HDRAA

21/03/2026

27 Feb 2026 - welcomed a lovely visit from Kindle Hill School for a fruit guild workshop and site tour, facilitated by Amanda Argent. The children had a blast. Our international WorkAway volunteers were enormous help with last minute preparation.

18/02/2026

Sunday 14 June 2026 - Hawkesbury EarthCare Centre - 10-12noon

No heavy theory. No overwhelm. Just clear guidance, real demonstrations and supported hands-on practice.

22/01/2026

Tuesday 3 February 2026 - 6.15pm - Lawson - $2/$5

Please REGISTER by clicking on link / picture below.

Join us for a rare & inspiring opportunity to spend time with Global Permaculture Educator, Humanitarian & Author, Rowe Morrow. Come curious.. leave inspired !

12/01/2026

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Why Japanese Farmers Grow Vegetables 3x Faster Than YouYou know what's fascinating about Japanese vegetable farmers? They're harvesting three times faster th...

06/01/2026

Pruning workshop held for members from Hawkesbury EarthCare, Permaculture Blue Mountains and Permaculture Sydney West. Facilitated by Greg Meyer, President Permaculture Sydney West. Workshop was held at The Urban Farmer Blue Mountains in Springwood.
Stayed tuned for some participant feedback.

06/01/2026

social time for members at sandy & steve - garden is amazing and food bliss

06/01/2026

volunteers wandering around the site

06/01/2026

Working bee with international volunteers- pollinator garden 2025 - oct ?

06/01/2026

August 2025 working bee

04/12/2025

🌿 Join Us for a Community Working Bee! 🌿

Get your hands dirty and your hearts full this Saturday, 6 December, from 10 AM to 12 PM at the Hawkesbury Earthcare Centre!
We’ll be sprucing up the gardens, sharing laughs, and enjoying a good old sausage sizzle afterwards 🌭

✨ Lots more exciting events are coming up, so stay tuned — and don’t miss out on this wonderful community bonding experience!

Let’s grow, connect, and thrive together 🌱

26/11/2025

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In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, scientists discovered something extraordinary — a fungus that eats plastic.

🧪 Pestalotiopsis microspora is not your typical fungus. It can survive entirely on polyurethane, one of the most common (and most persistent) types of plastic — and it does so even in oxygen-free environments, like buried landfills.

This remarkable ability makes it a natural recycler, capable of doing what human-made systems still struggle with: breaking down plastic waste efficiently and sustainably.

🌿 Imagine a world where discarded plastic bottles don’t last centuries — but are decomposed in weeks, thanks to a microscopic ally hidden in the forest floor.

Researchers now hope to harness this species for bioremediation — cleaning up polluted soils, plastic-infested coastlines, and even our oceans.

♻️ Nature already holds the solutions. We just have to learn from it.

11/11/2025

https://youtu.be/DTsGaaTbJ6o?si=WcJYChPlZ4iHwwZy

Clarence visits a garden that is a meeting place for the community as well as providing food and practical support. Subscribe: http://ab.co/GA-subscribe He ...