🌱 Top End Native Eco Fair & Plant Sale 🌱

• Community Event of the Year (City of Darwin Australia Day Awards)

• Best Science Week Event (NT Radicle Science Awards)

• Best Natural Resource Collaboration Event (NT NRM Awards)

  WHEN: Saturday 22 August. 8:30am – 3:00pm
  WHERE: Jingili Water Gardens. 91 Freshwater Road Jingili

The biggest gardening event and plant sale of the year is back!!

Spend the day immersed in place-based learning, creative workshops, interactive displays led by local experts, kids activities, and a huge selection of Top End native plants — including 2000 for free!

Come for a wander, have a yarn with locals, grab a bite to eat, and relax under the shady trees.

This community event celebrates and strengthens our connection to Top End biodiversity, ecosystems, and habitats — bringing together experts across environmental science, botany, zoology, microbiology, ecology, and social sciences.

🌱 Take home free native plants!!
2000 free plants at City of Darwin’s Native Plant Giveaway (8:30–11:00am)

🌱 Or choose from 2500 more for sale across 150+ native species, including:

• Feature landscape grasses,

• Flowering ground covers,

• Bird & butterfly attracting screening shrubs,

• Edible bush tucker plants

• Native shade trees.

• Including 25% off a large selection

🌱 Learn practical skills
Pruning, planting, mulching, irrigation, pest management, converting thirsty lawns into low-maintenance native gardens, and attracting wildlife to your backyard.

🌱 Join walks & conversations
Guided talks on botanical and Larrakia plant uses, or chat with ABC Radio Darwin’s Saturday Gardener (8:30–11:00am).

🌱 Get hands-on
Put backyard bugs under the microscope and test your soil.

🌱 Identify plants, weeds & soil types
Learn what’s friend or foe with guidance from native plant experts. Bring your pics and samples !!

🌱 Discover wildlife
From butterflies and birds to snakes and possums — plus sample native bee ‘sugarbag’ honey.

🌱 Kids Corner
STEM activities, microscopes, arts and crafts, and an Eco-Quiz scavenger hunt!!

🌱 Relax & enjoy
Visit the native botanicals gin bar, grab some food, and unwind while listening to passionate local speakers.

WHEN: Saturday 22 August. 8:30am – 3:00pm
WHERE: Jingili Water Gardens. 91 Freshwater Road Jingili

Please bring your own reusable cups, containers, and cutlery to help minimise waste and reduce the event’s eco-footprint 🙏