Hawkesbury EarthCare Centre HDRAA

27/01/2025

JAZZ IN THE GARDEN - SAT 1 MARCH 2025 (3-6pm)
Entry $15 family / $10 single / $0 members* - Hawkesbury EarthCare

https://events.humanitix.com/celebrating-autumn

We invite you to celebrate Autumn with us, featuring local jazz ensemble The Cap Cats

Step into the season with a delightful afternoon of music, art, and good company. The Cap Cats, a vibrant and talented jazz ensemble, are bringing their unique sound to the Hawkesbury EarthCare Centre for a performance that promises to lift your spirits and get your toes tapping.

About The Cap Cats
With their blend of jazz, blues, and funk, The Cap Cats breathe new life into timeless classics while adding a fresh twist with their original tracks. Whether you’re a jazz aficionado or simply love good music, their warm, soulful sound will make you feel right at home.

The Cap Cats are an enthusiastic cohort of young musicians bringing their unique sound and urban American sound of jazz and blues from the streets to our own backyard. The Cap Cats love to play anything anywhere.

Though they describe themselves as a jazz ensemble, the Cats' dynamic sound reaches far beyond your dad's record collection. Expect to hear splashes of blues and funk mixed into the set as the group pushes deeper into the evening.

The ensemble's setlist features a whole set list of our favourite jazz tunes alongside a long list of classics and a sampling of originals. The Cap Cats invite you to come and listen, and hope you enjoy their sound.

So why not welcome in Autumn in style with The Cap Cuts - Saturday 1 March 2025 (3pm-6pm)

https://events.humanitix.com/celebrating-autumn

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The Piggery Lane Studio & Gallery, resident artists have agreed to open their doors during the event. Discover beautiful creations and celebrate the artistic spirit of our community.

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Optional Extras: $10 - Pre-Order your little hamper of biscuits, cheese & nibblies.

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BYO: Your friends, drinks, picnic blanket, sunscreen

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In the event of rain, we will move the performance into the earth building.

*FREE to Members of Henry Doubleday Research Association of Australia Inc. (HDRAA)

https://events.humanitix.com/celebrating-autumn

Enquiries: Amanda Argent 0409 513 337 / [email protected]

17/01/2025

Rain Hail or Shine .. FAMILY FUN DAY IS ON at Hawkesbury EarthCare Centre - Saturday 18 January 2025 (10am-4pm)

If it's windy, wear your woolies.

If it's rainy, wear your gumboots, raincoat and hats, and we will find some puddles to jump in.

Please also bring along your good humour and patience.

We will do our best to provide as many activities as possible and move stall holders indoors if necessary.

It will be cosy but we will do our best.

10.00am - Welcome to Country & start of Family Fun Day
4.00pm - Prize Draw / Close of Family Fun Day

Remember to register to enter the grand prize draw.
There are also other prizes on offer for attending some workshops/demonstrations.

Check out
MOCZA display of fossils & finger casting
Meet and mingle with resident artists of Piggery Lane Studios
How to secure your complimentary ticket to our Jazz in the Garden.

Adopt-a-Plant .. we are increasing the biodiversity at EarthCare and you have the option of purchasing and donating a plant to EarthCare to leave as a legacy for future generations.

Attendees may purchase products from stall-holders
- sausage sizzle (HDRAA)
- delicious treats (Angie)
- hand crafted / upcycled items (Peter)
- honey from Hawkesbury Beekeepers (Mike)
- 1/2 price Swiftgrow (Joe Ayoub)
- goats milk products / handmade botanicals (Genevieve)

Program updates here:

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Enquiries:
Amanda Argent 0409 513 337
[email protected]

Sincere thanks to Regional Centre Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development - Greater Western Sydney, for their generosity in funding this Family Fun Day at Hawkesbury EarthCare Centre.

Enormous thanks to our volunteers who have worked tirelessly to prepare the site and the building for Family Fun Day AND to our wonderful stall-holders for their talks/demonstrations/donations to grand prize draw.

01/01/2025

https://events.humanitix.com/family-fun-day-k4gu778b

For updates to programme, please right click on link below

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Get tickets on Humanitix - Family Fun Day hosted by Hawkesbury EarthCare Centre HDRAA. Hawkesbury EarthCare Centre, Campus Dr & Science Rd, Richmond NSW 2753, Australia. Saturday 18th January 2025. Find event information.

16/12/2024

Call out for FB admin people for this Page. Must be a member of Henry Doubleday Research Association/ Hawkesbury EarthCare Centre. Promotion of HEC activities and checking notifications to approve others' posts. Training can be arranged. Please comment here or DM.

27/11/2024

We’re excited to share that we’ve joined Instagram! 📸 Follow us for inspiring content on sustainability, earth care, and eco-friendly tips. Let’s spread the message of environmental care far and wide!✨Building, Connecting and Bridging Community✨

🔗 Follow us on Instagram:

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27/11/2024

We’re excited to share that we’ve joined TikTok! 🎥 Follow us for inspiring content on sustainability, earth care, and eco-friendly tips. Let’s spread the message of environmental care far and wide!✨Building, Connecting and Bridging Community✨

🔗 Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/

15/11/2024

Biodiversity Champion 2024 Award Winner

Hawkesbury EarthCare Centre .. making it's mark ..

"The installation of a native pollinator garden amongst existing trees and installation of an indigenous edible food forest has incorporated native, indigenous and endemic plants, specific plants to accommodate migratory and endangered species. Plants provide food for fauna, habitat and act as a wildlife corridor, promoting biodiversity and self-sustaining ecosystems.
In the community garden section on the eastern boundary, there are many garden plots with a myriad of plants providing food and relaxation among members and visitors. We would love to offer more courses with and without funding to promote eco-literacy within our communities"

Check out our community gardens
Corner Campus Drive & Science Road, Richmond, 2753

12/11/2024

Looking for work?

Greater West Landscapes has Apprenticeships available now and into the new year.

If you know someone who enjoys working outdoors, then please encourage them to consider a career in Landscapes.

They have opportunities open for people who are keen to commence work in the area of landscape construction, maintenance and environmental.

Positions available:

Construction - Construction apprentices build parklands from start to finish. They will learn all the trades required to complete the job and study Cert 111 in Landscape Construction
Maintenance - includes lawn mowing, cutting edges, whipper snipper, trimming hedges and weeding at business sites and study Cert 111 in Parks & Gardens
Environmental - Bush Care/regeneration involves cleaning out the weeds to ensure the flora and fauna can flourish and study Cert 111 in Conservation

They are also looking for experienced and unskilled - labourers, HR drivers and landscape construction team members.

Requirements:

These positions are located in the Greater Western Sydney region along the M7 corridor.

Applicants will need their own transport to the site and a white card.

Prior to commencing, all staff must have a pre-employment medical and drug and alcohol test.

Please email your resume to [email protected] or refer to their website: https://gwl.jobs/ for more information.

If you have any questions please ring Paul Hutchinson.

PAUL HUTCHINSON
Project Manager - Employment Pathways
m. 0423 515 899
e. [email protected]
w. gwl.jobs
Mon-Thu

Find the perfect job that suits you! Greater West Landscapes has a number of skilled and unskilled job opportunities waiting for you to apply for.

01/11/2024

Sunday 24 November 2024 - 11am
If you havent visited Springwood Community Garden yet, you will be inspired !

16/10/2024

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We’re proud to help fund this important training, provided by Roses in the Ocean, to reduce emotional distress and save lives. This workshop provides critical insights into su***de prevention through the eyes of those who’ve been there. It helps organisations build their understanding and create workplaces that value lived experience in su***de prevention.

💬 Join us for a day of learning and support and make a difference in your community.

📍Penrith: bit.ly/4cIko14
📍Hawkesbury: bit.ly/3AEJvVa

👉 More about this workshop: rosesintheocean.com.au/what-we-do/workshops/lived-experience-informed-su***de-literacy/

13/10/2024

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This campaign will raise funds to cover scholarships and travel expenses for nine remarkable changemakers from the Levant (five from Palestine, two from Lebanon, and one from Syria) and one person from France to attend the Permaculture Teacher Training with Focus on Refugees (PTT4R) in Catalunya, Sp...

26/09/2024

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21/09/2024

A little impromptu working bee with WSU resident students at Hawkesbury EarthCare Centre.
They enjoyed a cooked breakfast before running off to their cricket match 🏏
What a great way to start a weekend 🌈

14/09/2024

The kids say these are “Santa’s reindeers”. Lovely to have such wonderful neighbours at

06/09/2024

Greater West Landscapes has Apprenticeships available now and into the new year.

If you have clients enjoy working outdoors, then please encourage them to consider a career in Landscapes.


We have opportunities open for people who are keen to commence work in the area of landscape construction, maintenance, environmental and small machine mechanics.

We have positions in

Construction
- Construction apprentices build parklands from start to finish. They will learn all the trades required to complete the job. Cert 111 in Landscape Construction
- We also have an opening for a (one) small engine mechanic.
Maintenance - includes lawn mowing, cutting edges, whipper snipper, trimming hedges and weeding at business sites. Cert 111 in Parks & Gardens
Environmental - Bush Care/regeneration involves cleaning out the weeds to ensure the flora and fauna can flourish. Cert 111 in Conservation

NB: We are also looking for experienced and unskilled - labourers, HR drivers and landscape construction and maintenance team members.

Requirements:

The positions are located in the Greater Western Sydney region along the M7 corridor.
Applicants will need their own transport to the site and a white card.
Prior to commencing, all staff must have a pre-employment medical and drug and alcohol test.
To refer someone, please email their resume or refer them to https://gwl.jobs/ for more information.

If you have any questions please let me know.

Kind Regards

PAUL HUTCHINSON
Project Manager - Employment Pathways
m. 0423 515 899
e. [email protected]
w. gwl.jobs
Mon-Thu

Find the perfect job that suits you! Greater West Landscapes has a number of skilled and unskilled job opportunities waiting for you to apply for.