Wildlife Gardening Seminar Series - Attracting native bees and butterflies into the garden

Name: Wildlife Gardening Seminar Series - Attracting native bees and butterflies into the garden
Start: 2025-10-23T09:00:00+11:00
End: 2025-10-23T11:00:00+11:00
Location: Currawong Bush Park

Schedule

Thu Oct 23 2025 at 09:00 am to 11:00 am

UTC+11:00

Location

Currawong Bush Park | Eltham, VI

Native bees and butterflies are great pollinators and beautiful additions to any garden. There are many things you can do to attract them for a visit – and to even reside in your garden.
This workshop will introduce you to the wonderful world of native bees and butterflies, their role in nature as pollinators and as an important player in the food web. This is all in addition to the splash of colour, movement and beauty they bring to a garden.
Topics covered:
- Introduction to native bees
- Different types of bees: native, introduced, social and solitary
- Pollination services
- Habitat needs of native bees
- The world of bee hotels
- Introduction to butterflies
- Lifecycle of butterflies and pollinators
- Impacts of chemical use in the garden
- How to attract more butterflies to your garden
Wildlife Gardening Seminar Series
This series of workshops by Sustainable Gardening Australia aims to give you the skills and knowledge to plan and build a wildlife friendly garden at home. All seminars are at Currawong Bush Park Conference Centre, Reynolds Road Doncaster East. Supper is at 6:45pm and the seminar begins at 7:00pm sharp.