Attendance will be free, thanks to grant funding provided by Edward River Council.
Bookings will still be required to secure your place at the workshops, however, by calling Helen Burnham on 0400 110 749.
The first of these workshops will be held Saturday, April 27 at the Deniliquin Community Gardens, in Whitelock St, from 10am to noon. Morning tea will be included.
Bookings must be received by April 24.
The program is for a series of mini workshops lasting about 20 minutes.
One will be on potting up using potting mix and worm compost, using recycled materials for pots, and another will be on how to control fruit fly, covering the life cycle, netting, sprays and cleaning up.
A 20 minute session on composting will also be held, before a presentation from ERC on the three-bin system about to be introduced across the council footprint.
On Monday, May 6, U3A will partner with Edward River Art Society for a workshop on making and decorating your own journal/sketch book/shopping list using items from around the home.
You will also be shown how to bind the book.
This will be hosted at the Deniliquin Multi Arts Hall in Cressy Street, from 2pm to 4pm with afternoon tea provided.
Bookings are required by May 4.
The third workshop is titled ‘Simple Sewing, Recycling & Mending’, and will be held Friday, May 10.
It will be held in the Deniliquin Multi Arts Hall also, from 10am to noon with morning tea provided.
Bookings are required by May 8.
In this workshop presented by the Deniliquin Stitching Group, participants will learn about recycling old or damaged clothes, hand sewing, hemming, sewing buttons, appliqué on tee shirts and more.
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