Saturday 19th May 2018
8.30 - 9.00am Gathering Together Sharing Posters, Banners and Coffee
9.00-9.30am Welcome to Country Dr Richard Walley
9.30-9.45am Opening Remarks Hon. Simone McGurk MLA BA
9.45-10.00am MC Rosanne Scott & Convenor's Comments
9.00 - 10.00am Welcome Session in the Barn
Dr Josh Bryne is a Presenter at ABC Gardening Australia & the Director of Josh Byrne & Associates
We invite you to come gather together in The Barn and listen to Josh Byrne explore how "Community Gardens are Spaces of Change and Leadership".
Andrea's writing encompasses the history of food production in Australian cities, Western Australian environmental history, agricultural history, animals in history and the history of fish and fishing.
In this plenary Andrea will be exploring the topic 'Growing Food in Perth. What can we learn from the Past?'
10.30 -11.00am Morning Tea
This Open Space session is proudly sponsored by the UWA Institute of Agriculture.
Join Chris Ferreira from Forever Project to create a cacophony of ideas and series of plans to raise the profile of community gardens and their role in creating resilient and food secure communities.
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Andrea Gaynor - (UWA History Understanding the History of Water Sensitive Cities)
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Paul Brown - (Department of Water and Environmental Regulation)
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John McBain (Sustainable Urban Nutrition)
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Bryce Hobbs (Murdoch Community Garden)
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Tor Clarke - (North Perth Community Garden)
12.30 -1.30PM LUNCH
THE BARN
THE ART ROOM
1.30 - 3.00pm Conversing with Local Government
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Evie Devitt-Rix (WALGA)
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Chris Cornish (LG Councillor)
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Sandra Maynard (Hortitalk)
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Elizabeth White (Local Government Officer)
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Gerard Healy (Local Government Officer)
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Greg Smith (Urban Food)
1.30 - 3.00 pm Waste Not, Want Not
We can't keep throwing things away — because there is no "away."
Trellis Session. Concepts and Capacities
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Marcus Geisler (Waste Authority Chairman)
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Peg Davies (Mindarie Regional Waste )
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Jo Bussell (Urban Revolution)
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Amy Warne (Hilton Harvest)
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Darren Lomman (Greenbatch)
3.00 - 3.30 pm Afternoon Tea
3.30 - 4.30pm To Fence or Not To Fence? That is the Question
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Antonia Hendrick (Curtin University Community Development)
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Kate Poll (Lockridge Community Garden)
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Kath Moller (Duncraig Edible Garden)
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Amy Warne (Hilton Harvest)
3.30 - 4.30pm Working in Groups
Trellis Session: Concepts and Capacities
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Marilyn Palmer (ECU Bunbury Campus Community Garden and Community Practice Educator)
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Sandra Krempl (Trillion Trees)
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Emma and David Vosnacos (North Perth Community Garden)
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Speaker on Networks (TBC)