We have some amazing events coming up, with more being added in the near future including our Introduction to Permaculture 1-day course.
Permies at the Pub
Every 4th Thursday of the month from 6 pm. Most people have a meal, but that's not essential, you can just drop in for a drink and a chat. It's a great way to check us out without committing to anything 😉 As we need to book a table, please let us know via the Facebook reminder for the event, or email to info@ballaratpermacultureguild.org if you'd like to attend.
Join the Ballarat Permaculture Guild for their Annual General Meeting and social night!
We are meeting at 5:30pm on Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 at the Uniting building on the corner of Queen St and Dyte Parade, opposite the central Ballarat Community Garden.
After some drinks and food, the BPG committee and financial members will go into a meeting room to conduct the official AGM proceedings.
This will include the annual reports and election of office bearers.
Non-members are welcome to continue gathering while the AGM is completed.
The AGM should be complete by around 7.15pm, after which time we can continue socialising together. There's no better time to get to know our members and see what we've been up to this year.
We hope to see you there!
AGM Details
Date:
Tuesday 18th November 2025
Registration & Welcome
5.30pm - 6.30pm
AGM Time:
6.30pm - 7.15pm
Social Gathering:
From 7.15pm
Place:
Uniting Care Building, Corner Queen Street and Dyte Parade, Ballarat East.
Once you select a book, we will get an email about your reserve. We will let you know when it is ready to collect, via a confirmation email with the pick up address.
Your loan will be automatically set for 90 days. You will get a reminder email when the item is due for return.
We had a great blitz out at Haddon in May, this is one of 2 community Blitzes held during the month. We had a great group of participants including from the Haddon community, HCLC staff and children from the Haddon Primary School, as well as a couple of BPG facilitators.
We managed to do a number of jobs including installing and filling 8 Wicking beds, as well as a multispecies windbreak.
We had an amazing first Build it with Barry workshop where participants learnt about the basics of wicking beds and help Barry set some wicking beds up in his glasshouse.
These were IBC wicking beds, and we added metal cladding to make them beautiful and protect the plastic from breaking down in the sun. Each Wicking bed includes a worm compost tube in the centre to allow in bed composting.
The beds will serve a number of purposes including:
Obtain a yield - Produce fruit and vegetables earlier and later in the season
Act as a heat sink - with their water reservoir the beds should help to even out the temperature extremes in the glass house
Recycle waste and nutrients – with the worm bins in the centre of each bed it is expected that these beds will be able to recycle their nutrients in place, small weeds and trimmings will be able to placed directly into the bins
