Flourish @ Preston – Therapeutic Gardening With Melissa

16 Jul 2026 - 24 Sep 2026 10.00am - 1.30pm

This program is designed for families and carers.

Grow and care for beautiful and productive gardens by working with nature.

A practical introduction to gardening and growing food in urban and shared community spaces.

Participants will learn how to observe, understand and respond to their garden’s natural systems, building skills that support ongoing, confident gardening.

This fortnightly (every second Thursday) workshop with include 6 different topics and different topic each week.

Session 1 – 16 July 10:00am-1:30pm:

Gardening with nature

Session 2 – 30 July 10:00am-1:30pm:

Soil as the foundation

Session 3 – 13 August 10:00am-1:30pm:

Growing through the seasons

Session 4 – 27 August 10:00am-1:30pm:

From spoil to soil

Session 5 – 10 September 10:00am-1:30pm:

Grow more plants

Session 6 – 24 September 10:00am-1:30pm:

Garden balance and biodiversity

*Lunch included (1:00pm-1:30pm)

Any questions, please contact:

Phone: 8850 4136

Email: chuck.cheng@accesshc.org.au

Details
Date:
16 Jul 2026 - 24 Sep 2026
Time:
10.00am - 1.30pm
Location
Bridge Darebin Preston, 218 High St, Preston VIC
Melbourne, Victoria 3072 Australia
Cost
$0
Organizer
North East Meto Mental Health and Wellbeing Connect
88504136
chuck.cheng@accesshc.org.au
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