Guest Speakers and presentations
Each month we aim to provide interesting guest speakers and other speakers who present a wide variety of topics related to permaculture and ideas worth sharing. If you have heard an inspiring talk that you think would be enjoyed by our members, or you have a subject you would like us to cover, please send an email to secretary@permaculturenoosa.com.au and share your ideas. This link will take you to our Audio Recording Archive where you can download or listen to any of the recordings from our Club Nights.
May 2024 Club Night
Our Guest Speaker for the night was Peter Kearney of Samford Brisbane, Australia has worked with biodynamic methods for 30 years.
VIEW his presentation. His website for more information: https://myfoodgarden.com.au
No audio recording available.
April 2024 Club Night
Our Guest Speaker for the night was Jenny Blagdon. She talked to us about getting back to nature to improve our well being. There is growing evidence that there are large health benefits when we reconnect to nature.
VIEW her presentation
LISTEN to her presentation
The Plant of the month was about the Betel leaf or Pepper Leaf plant. Esther delivered a very informative talk about why we should be growing this leafy vegetable.
VIEW her presentation
LISTEN to her presentation
February 2024 Club Night
Our Guest Speaker for the night was Terri Waller from SevGen. She talked to us about their Galeru property and organisation. SevGen is doing amazing work in the community and also growing and promoting bushfoods.
You can view her presentation HERE.
You can listen to her presentation HERE.
The Plant of the month was about tropical Spinaches. Jenny delivered a very informative talk about why we should be growing this leafy vegetable.
You can view her presentation HERE
You can listen to her presentation HERE.
December 2023 Club Night
Our Guest Speaker for the night was Natalie Sanderson. She talked to us about “Backyards for Biodiversity”. The organisation exists to promote both the importance and potential of urban areas for biodiversity in south-east Queensland.
You can view her presentation HERE.
You can listen to her presentation HERE.
November 2023 Club Night
Our Guest Speaker for the night was Tom Kendall. He talked to us about “Interconnecting elements into systems.” Tom has been doing Permaculture design on his property in the Noosa hinterland since 2005.
You can listen to his presentation HERE.
October 2023 Club Night
Our Guest Speaker for the night was Tim McNeilly.
Over the past 15 years, Tim has run over 270 fermenting workshops throughout Australia, educating around 3,000 people about the importance of gut health.
He is passionate about educating people about how they can improve their overall health and well being by introducing fermented foods into their lives, and how to boost their immune systems naturally.
You can view his presentation HERE.
You can listen to his presentation HERE.
September 2023 Club Night
Our Guest Speakers for the night were Rod Taylor from Carly’s Coop and Kate Grealy from Perma Poultry. They spoke about poultry housing, health, husbandry, nutrition, pest prevention and rotational gardening for backyard poultry. Rod’s involvement with poultry was originally through permaculture systems including chickens and this can be seen in his innovative designs. Kate Grealy is the founder and coordinator of the monthly Perma Poultry Markets in Beerburrum.
You can view their information on these links: https://www.instagram.com/carlyscoop/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/301502403526478/
You can listen to their talk HERE.
August 2023 Club Night
Our Guest Speaker for the night was Aaron Mears from Lulu’s Perch Permaculture Farm. He provided a step by step guide on how to create an abundant food forest that looks after itself!
Aaron is a local permaculture teacher and consultant on the Sunshine Coast who helps people design, build and maintain their food growing systems. He is a student of renowned permaculturalist Geoff Lawton and learned how to create regenerative systems in the Jordanian Desert and deforested areas of the Amazon. Aaron aims to build strong and resilient communities through the shared practice of growing food and his innate love for the natural world.
You can listen to his talk HERE.
July 2023 Club Night
Our Guest Speaker for the night was Elena Moctezuma Leyva.
Elena has been a key guiding force behind the cob walls at the community pavilion and talked about sustainable building with natural materials, including how to reconnect to the land by building with natural materials, what is sustainable design and what are natural materials.
You can listen to her talk HERE.
June 2023 Club Night
Our Guest Speaker for the night was the wonderful Jane Little. She talked to us on the topic of Compost and the Art of Living Soils. Jane is a kitchen garden specialist and long-time soil lover who has delivered permaculture courses and events for Noosa Forest Retreat and Change Makers/Grounded Permaculture and has co-ordinated workshops for Yandina Community Gardens.
Her Facebook page “Vegie Patch Consultancy” is full of information about humanure and the art of living soils.
May 2023 Club Night
Our Guest Speaker for the night was Elizabeth Fekonia. Her aim has always been to live off the land and to teach others to do the same.
Extensive gardens, fruit trees and livestock provides most of their food and Elisabeth will speak on how she manages to have garden produce all year round.
Here are her presentations 01 Intro to Perma Solutions, 02 Gardening 365 days a year, 03 Edible Landscape .
You can listen to her talk HERE.
The Plant of the month was Gota Kola presented by Leonie Shanahan.
Here is her presentation about Gota Kola.
You can listen to her talk HERE.
April 2023 Club Night
The Guest Speakers for the night were Syntropic Farming experts Jim and Julia from Lighthouse Regenerative Organic Farm. The couple shared their message of abundance, community, mycelium networks, social permaculture, healing soil and soul through humbly and consciously connecting with an alive, intelligent system and how this natural world works.
You can view their intro video HERE.
The Plant of the month was Dragon Fruit presented by Tarla.
You can view her presentation HERE.
March 2023 Club Night
We had a good start to the year and another excellent Club Night with a great attendance.
The Guest Speaker for the night was Dr. Adam O’Toole who is a new member at Permaculture Noosa. He has worked as a soil scientist since 2010 with a specialty in the use of biochar in agriculture. Biochar is a nature-based solution for carbon dioxide drawdown via long term soil carbon sequestration. It is also a versatile material which can be used as a potting soil media, filtration media, and general soil improver.
You can listen to his presentation HERE.
You can view his presentation HERE.
February 2023 Club Night
We had a good start to the year and another excellent Club Night with a great attendance.
The Guest Speaker for the night was Karen McElroy who is a leading naturopath, medical herbalist, nutritionist and counsellor.
She talked to us about digestion, metabolism and gut health.
You can listen to her presentation HERE.
You can view her presentation HERE.
06 December 2022 Club Night
We had another excellent Club Night with a great attendance.
The theme of the night was both honey bees and native bees.
Gayle Currie, from the Ginger Factory, gave us a great presentation on our European honey bees.
You can listen to her presentation Audio Recording Archive
Her talk was followed by Michael and Jenny Haydock who talked us about the equipment side of keeping honey bees.
You can view their presentation HERE.
You can listen to their presentation Audio Recording Archive
Lastly Dean Haley from the Australian Native Bee Association gave us a presentation about native bees.
You can view his presentation HERE.
You can listen to his presentation Audio Recording Archive
01 November 2022 Club Night
We had another excellent Club Night with a great attendance.
Our main Guest Speaker was Helen Andrew, social entrepreneur, mentor, land carer and home gardener.
Helen’s focus is ‘purpose’ in life. Helen described the surge of land regeneration, shared economies, reduction of waste, mentoring and in particular, teaching leadership to assure such practices will work in communities. She supports social and community change actively, works for community building and affordable housing and coaches leaders for the collective gain.
You can view her presentation HERE.
You can listen to her presentation Audio Recording Archive
Naturopath Karen McElroy gave us an amazing talk about the Elder tree and its wonderful properties.
You can view her (pdf format) presentation HERE.
You can listen to her talk Audio Recording Archive
04 October 2022 Club Night
We had another great Club Night with a very good attendance.
Our main Guest Speaker was the wonderful Leonie Shanahan who told us how to grow our own vegetables for just $100 per year. You can view her presentation HERE.
You can listen to her presentation Audio Recording Archive
06 September 2022 Club Night
We had another great Club Night with a very good attendance.
Our main Guest Speaker was the internationally renowned Graeme Sait who gave us a more than 60 min talk on sequestering carbon in humus to save our planet and our own health. You can view his presentation HERE.
You can listen to his presentation Audio Recording Archive (We apologise for the poor sound quality)
02 August 2022 Club Night
We had another great Club Night with an excellent attendance.
Our main Guest Speaker was soil microbiologist/mycologist Dr Sandra Tuszynska who explained how soil microbes feed, nourish and protect plants and introduced the key microbes in a functional soil food web, which are essential for plant health, nutrition, resistance to pests and pathogens, and resilience to drought. You can view her presentation HERE. You can listen to her presentation Audio Recording Archive
05 July 2022 Club Night
We had another great Club Night with a very good attendance.
Our first speaker was Shay Douglas who gave us a passionate talk about his recent movie ‘Regeneration’.
You can listen to his talk Audio Recording Archive
Our main Guest Speaker was Robin Clayfield who interacted with us in a dynamic group.
Robin Clayfield, developer and pioneer of Dynamic Groups, Dynamic Learning and Earthcare Education, elder of the permaculture movement, is a creative facilitator of learning and can enlighten you. You can listen to her talk Audio Recording Archive
07 June 2022 Club Night
We had another great Club Night with a very good attendance.
Elisabeth Fekonia gave us an interesting talk about Taro, Taihitian Spinach and Cocoyam.
You can hear her talk Audio Recording Archive
You can view her presentation HERE.
Ahtee Chia shared his wisdom with us about small community groups.
You can listen to his talk Audio Recording Archive
Our main Guest Speaker was Jimmy Hirst who gave us a great talk about Tiny Homes.
You can listen to his talk Audio Recording Archive
Jimmy’s talk was followed by Cr Brian Stockwell who gave us a very informative talk about Tiny Homes from the Council’s viewpoint.
You can listen to his talk and responses to questions Audio Recording Archive
You can view his presentation HERE.
03 May 2022 Club Night
We had another great Club Night with a very good attendance.
Tom gave us a talk about the upcoming movie “2040 Regenerating Australia”.
You can view the official trailer to the movie HERE.
Our Plant of the Month is the Arrowroot plant. Tom then spoke about the benefits of Biochar and it’s history.
You can listen to his talk Audio Recording Archive
You can view his Youtube about Arrowroot HERE.
Our Guest Speaker was the wonderful Heidi Merika who shared with us her great knowledge about local medicinal plants.
You can view her presentation HERE.
You can listen to her talk Audio Recording Archive
05 April 2022 Club Night
Another fantastic night with great attendance numbers.
Our plant of the month was the Lemon grass plant. Jo gave us a great short talk about this plant.
You can view her presentation HERE and can listen to her talk Audio Recording Archive
You can listen to General Announcements Audio Recording Archive
President’s (Tom Wegener) introduction speech Audio Recording Archive
Vice president’s (Sandra) talk Audio Recording Archive
Melissa gave us a demonstration on preparing Lemon Grass tea using a Thermomix.
You can listen to her talk Audio Recording Archive
Our main Guest Speakers were Guy and Toad from PermaQueer who gave us an inspiring talk about repairing
damaged systems in society and how Permaculture principles can be used as a design tool for community
organising, development, innovation, and care.
You can view their presentation HERE and can listen to their talk Audio Recording Archive
08 March 2022 Club Night
What a fantastic night with great attendance numbers.
Our plant of the month was the Yarrow plant. Jo gave us an interesting short talk about this plant.
You can view her presentation HERE. You can listen to her talk Audio Recording Archive
Our main Guest Speaker was Terri Waller who is the Managing Director of SevGen.
She gave us an interesting talk about many projects happening at their Galeru property located near Cooroy.
You can view her presentation HERE. You can listen to her talk Audio Recording Archive
You can listen to General Announcements Audio Recording Archive
You can listen to our President’s (Tom Wegener) introduction speech Audio Recording Archive
You can listen to our Vice president’s (Sandra) talk Audio Recording Archive
01 February 2022 Club Night
Our first guest speaker was Brett Grimly who is the designer of our new pavilion.
Brett gave us a progress report and spoke about building cob walls inside the pavilion.
You can view his presentation HERE. You can listen to his talk Audio Recording Archive
Our main speaker was Morag Gamble who is well know to many people in Permaculture circles.
She spoke about the direction and need for Permaculture principles to improve the world.
You can view her presentation HERE. You can listen to her talk Audio Recording Archive
07 December 2021 Club Night
Our guest speaker was Tom Kendall who is well known in local Permaculture circles.
Tom is a permaculture farmer with over 40 years farming experience and a broad acre agriculture background.
He gave us an interesting talk about connectivity and design of farm systems.
During the talk he drew diagrams on a white board to illustrate how parts connected together.
You can listen to his talk Audio Recording Archive
02 November 2021 Club Night
Our guest speaker for the night was Luke Halling. Luke is an Entomologist with 20 years of experience in agricultural, forest and environmental pest surveillance, insect identification, training and advice on behalf of the Federal Government. Luke travelled extensively for this work across northern Australia and our External Territories, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Solomon Islands and East Timor. He has taught entomology in Laos, studied honeybee behaviour in Thailand and discovered new species of insects in Australia. He now resides on the Sunshine Coast.
You can listen to his talk Audio Recording Archive
You can view his presentation (pdf format) HERE.
Our second speaker was Jo who gave us a short talk about growing Brazilian Spinach in our area.
You can listen to her talk Audio Recording Archive
You can view her presentation (pdf format) HERE.
17 October 2021 Our Club Day AGM
Our guest speaker and new President is Noosa Councillor Tom Wegener. Tom is working hard and has exciting ideas about an Agriculture Hub in the Noosa Hinterland. Tom is PASSIONATE about creating climate change resilience in the area and he knows growing food and food security are essential to that. His big idea includes large farms and landowners leasing a small parcel of land to young farmers who are not able to buy land in the area.
You can listen to his talk Audio Recording Archive
October 2021 Club Night
Leonie Shanahan was the guest speaker at our Club Night.
She gave us a very moving talk about her wonderful experience with the Permaculture Community.
You can listen to her talk Audio Recording Archive
April 2021
Rhonda Hetzel – If you have had the chance to read any of Rhonda’s beautifully written, inspiring books then I know that this talk will be one you won’t want to miss. Rhonda is a champion of simple living, self-reliance, growing food, slowing down, home cooking, recycling, mending and happiness. A retired journalist and technical writer best known for her award-winning blog, ‘Down to Earth‘, Rhonda lives with her husband, Hanno, on the Sunshine Coast. We can’t wait to hear her insights into designing your life, garden, and home to create a sustainable and resilient future.
March 2021
Dan Deighton – helping us plan our Autumn & Winter gardens, where to plant, when & how! He is a wealth of knowledge and we are sure you’ll all leave feeling more confident about the upcoming season!
February 2021
Aaron Meares – The Living Classroom
January 2020
Our founder Geoff Lawton gave a great talk to a packed hall on our Club Night.
You can listen to his Introduction talk Audio Recording Archive
Geoff then spoke for a while then played a video of the progress that has been made at the property in Jordan.
You can watch his excellent “Behind the Scenes” video HERE.
You can listen to his before and after talk Audio Recording Archive
Club Night 7th May 2024
We are excited to welcome Peter Kearney who will introduce to you the key concepts of biodynamic gardening and farming methods. Biodynamics can be used to complement organic and permaculture systems and is very effective at potentising life processes in soil and plants. Get an understanding of how you [...]
Club Night 2nd April 2024
We are excited to welcome local permaculture figure Jenny Blagdon as our April club night guest speaker. Nurtured by Nature - the science behind how nature affects your health. Research into the health benefits of spending time in nature has increased substantially over recent years although it is still [...]
Club Night 5th March 2024
We are excited to welcome well-known local permaculture figure Morag Gamble as our March club night guest speaker. The club was honoured to have Morag be part of the Opening of the Pavilion in Cooroy Community Garden last September and it is such a privilege to have her back as [...]
Club Night – Tuesday 4th July 2023
We are very pleased to welcome Elena Moctezuma Leyva as our next club night guest speaker. Elena has been a key guiding force behind the cob walls at the community pavilion and will be speaking on Sustainable Building with Natural Materials, including how to reconnect to land by building [...]
Club Night 4th April 2023 Guest Speakers
We are really pleased to introduce Syntropic Farming experts Jim and Julia from Lighthouse Regenerative Organic Farm as guest speakers at our next club night on Tuesday 4/4/23 (6pm). The couple will share their message of abundance, community, mycelium networks, social permaculture, healing soil and soul through humbly and [...]
Club Night – Tuesday 6th December 2022
Bees and More - Club Night speakers. If you already knew that there are at least 1,600 species of Australian native bees, specialised for our native plants and flowers, you will know something of their importance. Butterflies, midges, horseflies and moths also pollinate but don’t supply that sweet tasting, [...]
Club Night on Tuesday 4th October
Make a date to welcome Leonie Shanahan on Permaculture Noosa’s Club Night, October 4th when she features as guest speaker. She will be talking about HOW TO GROW EASY EDIBLES and How to grow easy edibles and lots of them for less than $100 a year per person – [...]
Club Night – 2nd August
Our main Guest Speaker soil microbiologist/mycologist Dr Sandra Tuszynska will explain how soil microbes feed, nourish and protect plants and introduce the key microbes in a functional soil food web, essential for plant health, nutrition, resistance to pests and pathogens, and resilience to drought. Shared Supper: bring a plate [...]
Club Night – 5th July
Permaculture Noosa Club Night at the Memorial Hall, Cooroy. Doors open at 6:00 pm. Markets: Plants, Seeds, Produce and more! You are welcome to share surplus home grown produce and plants by giving, exchanging, or selling At 6:30 pm our presentation begins. Raffle Donation: Our community raffle is a community effort. Please bring anything [...]
Our next Club Night Tuesday 7th June
Our next Club Night is on Tuesday 7th June at the Cooroy Community Hall with a 6.30pm start. Could you please bring a plate to share so that we can all enjoy some supper with a chat. We have two great Guest Speakers lined up for our next Club Night. [...]
Did you miss a Guest Speaker or some information?
Did you miss a Club Night meeting and a Guest Speaker? Would you like to hear their talk again? Like to see some of their presentation again? Well, yes you can! We do an audio recording of our Guest Speakers at our Club Nights. When possible we also save [...]
Club Night – May 3rd and Bring-a-plate!
We are thrilled to have Heidi Merika back as Guest Speaker at Club Night. Heidi will be talking about taste as an indicator of medicinal qualities in wild plants. How different tastes such as sweet, sour, salty, or pungent can give us information about the phytonutrients in the plant [...]
Club Night – April 5th
Our guest speakers this month are Guy and Toad from PermaQueer. Right now, the issues of social cohesion, community wellbeing and resource distribution are more important than ever. With global pandemics, climate change and looming economic crisis we need to be critical of the underlying social patterns that led [...]
Club Night – POSTPONED to next week (to confirm)
CLUB NIGHT DATE HAS CHANGED DUE TO ROAD CLOSURES. WE WILL CONFIRM MARCH 8TH AT THE END OF THE WEEK. Our guest speaker this month is Terri Waller. Terri is an Educator, Café Owner, Charity Operator, runs Galure Farm and is deeply passionate about the children that follow us [...]
Permaculture Education Program For Refugee Youth
by Morag Gamble, Director: Ethos Foundation and the Permaculture Education Institute Thank you so very much to the most generous support received from Permaculture Noosa members and participants of the February 2022 Club Night. What a wonderful night and a beautiful community spirit. During the evening, exactly $1500 was [...]
Our Raffle for a Worthy Cause
As usual, we will be having our Community Raffle this month, with all proceeds going to the ETHOS FOUNDATION. Ethos Foundation is an Australian charity with global collaboration and reach. They collaborate with organisations, initiatives, programs and partners around the world to implement their work. $150 supports one person [...]
Club Night – Feb 1st 2022
Be sure to mark this Club Night in your calendar! We are excited and blessed to have Morag Gamble as guest speaker in Feburary. For the past 25 years, as a Global Permaculture Ambassador, Morag Gamble has led programs in 22 countries. Local food systems and permaculture education have [...]
Last Club Night For The Year – Dec 7th
December Club Night Please join us for the last Club Night of the year. Our Guest Speaker is Tom Kendall. Tom is a permaculture farmer with over 40 years farming experience and a broad acre agriculture background. We look forward to hearing Tom share his wisdom of Permaculture systems. [...]
Final Club Night of the Year – Dec 7th
December Club Night After a last minute lockdown in August, we had to cancel our Club Night and with it, cancel our guest speaker Local Permaculture legend Tom Kendall. We are thrilled to say that Tom is joining us for our final Club Night of the year! Tom is [...]
Club Day and Our AGM – Oct 17th
Join us this Sunday 17 October for Club Day! It’s also our Annual General Meeting (AGM) for members to hear what’s been happening with the club this year and vote in our new and returning committee members. Our guest speaker will be Noosa Councillor Tom Wegener. Tom is working [...]
Club Night – Nov 2nd
November club night is all about BUGS! The good and the bad. Luke Halling will be our guest speaker. Luke is an Entomologist with 20 years of experience in agricultural, forest and environmental pest surveillance, insect identification, training and advice on behalf of the Federal Government. Luke travelled extensively [...]
Club Night – Oct 5th
Leonie Shanahan - Your health is your wealth, and it starts in the soil! We are very pleased to have Leonie Shanahan as guest speaker at our October Club Night. Leonie will take us on a journey of the real goal of living permaculture and the gifts permaculture can [...]
Interested In Joining Our Committee for 2022?
Next month we will be electing our new committee for 2021/22 at the AGM: Sunday 17 October at 11.00 am Cooroy Community Permaculture Gardens 26 Emerald Street, Cooroy Due to the retirement of our last President the positions of President, Vice President and Secretary will be declared vacant at [...]
Club Day – Sept 19th and Oct AGM
Luke from Noosa Snake Catcher - What to do when you find a snake in your chook pen! Don’t miss this special opportunity to meet with local snake catcher Luke Huntley, as he delves into the secret life of snakes, and helps us overcome our fears! He’ll give us [...]
Book launch: Lyme disease Sucks by Leonie Shanahan
Organic gardening teacher and popular author Leonie Shanahan launches her second book, a candid account of overcoming a devastating health diagnosis, Lyme disease Sucks - The trauma, the truth and the triumph. Special guest, Gardening Australia’s Costa Georgiadis will be live-streaming from Sydney for the event, and Leonie will be [...]
Club Day – Sept 19th, Plus Recaps and Our AGM
The Cooroy Community Permaculture Gardens is looking great after a couple of big club days propagating and preparing! September Club Day - Sunday 19th - Luke from Noosa Snake Catcher. Arrive 8:45am for 9am sharp: What to do when you find a snake in your chook pen! Don’t miss [...]
Club Night – Sept 7th
The topic for Club Night in September is Food Waste! Food waste is a growing problem in Australia with an estimated 1 in 5 bags of groceries ending up in land fill. If food waste was a country, it would be the third biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after [...]
Club Night – Aug 3rd
On Club Night in July, we welcomed Amber from Kandanga Farm Store. Amber shared her experience of regenerative agriculture and the realities of running a farm store that doesn’t sell glyphosate! It's fantastic to have such a wonderful example of full circle "farm to fork" in our community. Be [...]
Club Night – July 6th
Our recent Club Night speaker (1st June) was Anne Gibson and what a speech it was. Anne’s knowledge of the ancient practice of moon gardening and how to work with nature for better harvests and healthy plants was so interesting and inspiring. Her moon calendar is a great tool [...]
Club Day – May 16th
Join us at Cooroy Community Permaculture Gardens as we start the day at 9am, seed saving, chatting, wandering the gardens, seed sales and general catch ups! At 10:30am we will be treated to a talk with local man Aaron Edwards who is going to share his knowledge of Biochar [...]
Club Night – 1st of June
Curious about the moon's influence on your garden? Join us on the 1st of June at Cooroy Memorial Hall from 6pm to hear from Anne Gibson, a local author who you may know as The Micro Gardener . Discover the ancient practice of moon gardening and how to work with [...]
Saying Goodbye to Rhonda Hetzel
“What an inspiring woman”, “Such an uplifting talk”, “Makes me want to change the way I’m doing things” were just some of the comments heard after Rhonda Hetzel blessed us with her presence on our recent Club Night. Rhonda spoke about Slow Living, about reconnecting with nature, family, and [...]
Club Night Tuesday May 4th – with Rhonda Hetzel!
If you have had the chance to read any of Rhonda’s beautifully written, inspiring books then I know that this talk will be one you won’t want to miss. Rhonda is a champion of simple living, self-reliance, growing food, slowing down, home cooking, recycling, mending and happiness. A retired [...]
Club Day March 21st– BIODYNAMIC WORKSHOP With Kane from Red Soil Organics
Biodynamic Succession Planting, Food Producing, Agroforestry Workshop is on its way! Save the date! On our club day the 21st of March, we will be so stoked to welcome Kane from Red Soil Organics to the Cooroy Community Gardens to hold a 1.5 hour workshop based around planting a veg consortium syntropic [...]
Wanna Win a Subpod??
We all love compost… Right? We all love happy soils, happy wormies, happy plants! So, what better way to bring all these things into your garden than by installing a Subpod! A Subpod that you will have the chance to win! On April the 18th we have the wonderful [...]
Save the Date! 2nd March 2021
Dont forget to save the date! Tuesday the 2nd of March for our first Club Night back - at Cooroy Memorial Hall starting at 6.30pm with a night of raffles, amazing guest speaker Kane Dabbouss from Red Soil Organics, chit chat & shared supper. See you there!
Club Nights are Back!
I know we have all been waiting for this, and the time has come! Club nights are returning on the first Tuesday of every month (change was inevitable after the year that was)! The first evening will be on Tuesday the 2nd of March at Cooroy Memorial Hall starting [...]
Compost Lovers Unite!
A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of hosting a composting workshop at Cooroy Community Permaculture Gardens with the help of Noosa Council and Monty Compost Co. It was a huge success! We had compost lovers from all over the coast, of varying levels of knowledge but all [...]
Our Heritage Breeds- A Cultural Legacy for a Sustainable, Food Secure Future
Heritage breeds of livestock are like Heirloom seeds of domesticated plants. They are a cultural legacy and a link back to our pre industrial past. Unlike our beloved wildlife creatures, Heritage livestock are completely reliant upon our stewardship, our management and our care. They are our coevolutionary companions. Without [...]
Why Do We Need To Reset?
Anne Clark was guest speaker at our Club Day last month, and made quite an impact with our audience. She has generously donated a ticket to her weekend Reset Retreat as one of the prizes for our major raffle. Find out more about why her retreat is so valuable [...]
18th October CLUB DAY and AGM all in one!
It is that time again, Club Day! Woo! This month it's a special one... our AGM! This is a wonderful opportunity for you to meet the volunteers, see how the organisation runs, hear from the current President and see the passing of the gardening gloves as the new President [...]
Guest Speaker on Club Day
Our guest speaker at Club Day this Sunday 20th Sept 2020 at approx 11am is Anne Clark. Anne has been speaking for over 30 years on health and wellbeing and is passionate about sharing her knowledge and empowering others to improve their health and happiness. She has written over 18 books [...]
Club Day – 20th September 2020
SEED SAVERS, HARVEST SWAP, GUEST SPEAKER, PLANT & RAFFLE SALES! IT'S ALL HAPPENING! The 3rd Sunday of the month is nearing and we are super excited to harvest swap and seed save the morning away! Starting at 9am we will be selling plants, seeds and raffle tickets! We will [...]
Together We Grow… With Positive Solutions
In 2020, our committee aims to focus on positive solutions that we can all try, to better look after ourselves and our planet. We have invited guest presenters to write a short article in this spirit, and we will publish one each month. We hope you find them inspiring. [...]
Together We Grow…With Positive Solutions
In 2020, our committee aims to focus on the positive - positive solutions that we can all try, to better look after ourselves and our planet. We have invited guest presenters to write a short article in this spirit, and we will publish one each month. We hope you [...]
Club Night – March
When permaculture meets the health system! – Graham Wilkinson & Christine Garsden This upcoming club night we will be treated to an inspiring talk from Graham Wilkinson and Christine Garsden about their mission to integrate gardening and the ever-important connection to earth at the Nambour General Hospital and across [...]
Club Night – February 20th
We are looking forward to an exciting club night in February and this month our guest speaker is Dan Deighton. Gardening has opened many pathways for Dan from planning & design, environmental restoration, community development and education and training. Dan has a degree in landscape architecture, a diploma in [...]
Nina Saxton from Banyan View Farm
Nina is our second speaker for the September 2019 Club Night. Nina has had a rich and varied career spanning medical research, environmental research and presently, regenerative farming. At the farm, she manages the land alongside her partner Steve and together they raise beef cattle, a small flock of [...]
Heidi Merika
Our Guest Speaker for the September 2019 Club Night will be Heidi Merika. Heidi's topic will be 'Leave the Weeds! Wild herbs in your garden. ' Heidi has been teaching workshops on wild plants for the last 5 years. She has recently completed a book on this topic due for [...]
Stuart Andrews
Our Guest Speaker for the July 2019 Permaculture Noosa Club Night will be Stuart Andrews of Forage Farms. Stuart is a farmer who has dedicated over 30 years of his life to understanding, practicing and teaching land rehabilitation techniques. Stuart was raised on the 1500 acre property “Tarwyn Park”, [...]
Sandra Tuszynska
Our Guest Speaker for the 20th June 2019 Permaculture Noosa Club Night will be Sandra Tuszynska. Her presentation is titled "Fungi - the Superheroes of Our Future". Sandra Tuszynska is Woodfordia's Environmental Projects Officer and a soil microbiologist with a special interest in fungi and their wondrous mycelium. For [...]
November 2019
Cath Manuel from Soil to Supper gave us a great presentation called “Gardening through Life’s Ups and Downs”.
You can listen to her presentation Audio Recording Archive
October 2019 – The Living Classroom
Aaron Mears, Dan Deighton and Vanessa Scofield get together to teach Permaculture in Schools.
Using special gardening techniques they teach students how to design sustainable vegetable gardens, how to grow their own produce and how to cook delicious food. You can view their presentation video HERE.
September 2019 – Herbal Extravaganza Night
Our first guest speaker was Heidi Merika who gave us an informative talk about herbs in your garden.
“Leave the weeds! Wild herbs in your garden.”
You can listen to her presentation Audio Recording Archive
You can view her presentation HERE.
Our next guest speaker was Lisa Delanoue who gave a great talk about chickens and her herb garden.
Herbs & chickens, how they benefit each other in a Permaculture garden.
You can listen to her talk Audio Recording Archive
Our last quest speaker was Nina Saxton who talked to us about commercial growing of herbs from a Permaculture perspective.
You can listen to her presentation Audio Recording Archive
You can view her presentation HERE.
Q & A Panel with the above speakers. You can listen HERE.
August 2019
Our first guest speaker was Chris Kirkpatrick who told us about his trap for Cane Toad tadpoles.
You can listen to his presentation Audio Recording Archive
Our main guest speaker was Kylie Carr and her husband who gave a great talk about their organic farm ‘Bunya Grove’.
You can listen to their talk Audio Recording Archive
You can view their presentation HERE.
July 2019
Our first guest speaker was Sue Anderson from our Seedsavers group who talked to us about ‘planting by the moon’.
You can listen to her presentation by clicking Audio Recording Archive
You can view her planting by the Moon information sheet by clicking HERE.
Our main guest speaker was Stuart Andrews who gave us a great introduction to ‘Natural Sequence Farming’ and offered a great solution to land management in Australia. You can listen to his presentation by clicking Audio Recording Archive
You can view his presentation by clicking HERE.
June 2019
Sandra Tuszynska gave an amazing talk about “Fungi – the Superheroes of Our Future”. You can view her slideshow HERE.
You can listen to her talk, click Audio Recording Archive
May 2019
Graeme Sait, Nutri-Tech Solutions, gave a great talk about “The Secrets of Growing Super Food”. You can view his slideshow HERE.
April 2019
Aaron Mears – ‘Lulu’s Perch’. To listen to his talk click Audio Recording Archive
Find out about Aaron’s wonderful permaculture YouTube video blog.
Bob Cameron, Rockcote. To listen to his talk click Audio Recording Archive
What happens when you base a business organisation on permaculture principles?
March 2019
Helen Andrew – Spare Harvest : Social Permaculture. To listen to her talk click Audio Recording Archive
Kelvin Nielson – Creating a Butterfly Garden and Habitat. To listen to his talk click Audio Recording Archive
For more information about Kelvin & Amelia Neilsen and Cooloola Nature click HERE. Many thanks to the Cooloola Nature group for supplying this information.
February 2019
Mel Hobbins – Preparing the garden for Cool Season Veggies.
To listen to his talk click Audio Recording Archive You can view his presentation HERE.
Morag Gamble – Permaculture in East Africa. To listen to her talk click Audio Recording Archive
January 2019
Wayne Oldham – Herb Robert.
To listen to his talk click Audio Recording Archive You can view his visual presentation HERE.
Tom Kendall – Permaculture in Action. To listen to his talk click Audio Recording Archive
November 2018
Svenning Prytz – Keeping Native Bees.
To listen to his talk click Audio Recording Archive
You can view his visual presentation HERE.
Elisabeth Fekonia – Community Gardens. To listen to her talk click Audio Recording Archive