Herding Caterpillars Festival for schools
Enter the extraordinary world of the Chequered Copper Butterfly with your classes! Through theatre, storytelling, virtual reality and hands-on activities, your students will discover the amazing story of the Chequered Copper Butterfly.
Hiding beneath our noses in the Adelaide Park Lands is a story that you will find hard to believe.
It is a story that has taken place for thousands of years, every year, in the grasslands of Adelaide and rediscovered in Victoria Park (Pakapakanthi) in 2011.
The eggs of a tiny caterpillar are checked by common black ants and when they hatch the baby caterpillars are herded to their favourite host plant to feed.
The ants shepherd the caterpillars down into their nest for rest and protection at the end of each day.
In return, the ants feed from the nectary gland at the end of the caterpillar.
Eventually the tubby caterpillar pupates in the ant nest and emerges as the beautiful Chequered Copper Butterfly.
Sounds incredible doesn't it! This remarkable symbiotic relationship will be brought to life during The Herding Caterpillars Festival.
Don't miss the chance to bring your class to this engaging and interactive experience held within the lush indoor temperate rainforest of the Bicentennial Conservatory at the Adelaide Botanic Garden!
Pampering Workshops at Patty Possum's Pamper Parlour
Indulge yourself in a pamper experience like no other. Nestled by the creek on a private bush block in southern wine and woodland country, ‘Patty Possums Pamper Parlour’ will be open for two special workshops during Nature Festival.
In many cultures around the world, the nurturing of friends and family happens at home. Qualified massage therapist, Belinda Uppill, will teach you how to make simple herbal and earth based beauty and relaxation masks and scrubs and show you how to apply on yourself and other participants. You will also have enough to take home!
Friday October 6th
Session 1: 10am - 12pm
Session 2: 4pm - 6pm
(refreshments included)
What to bring:
towel and face washer
wear comfortable clothes and footwear
Cost: $120
Venue: ‘Berawinnia’
McMurtrie Rd, McLaren Vale
(final details provided upon booking)
Bookings via Nature Festival
https://www.naturefestival.org.au/event/pampering-workshops-at-patty-possums-pamper-parlour
Impact Chains - Forging new links for Systems Change
Impact Chains is a full day event in Adelaide designed to bring together impact drivers across all industries, sectors, professions and lived experiences to learn, connect, collaborate and take measurable action to address the many complex social and environmental problems that we face here in Australia and globally.
Hunter Gatherings is collaborating with a diverse group of food system professionals to present:
Sow what? Seeds, soil and sovereignty: Delving into the cycles that sustain us
Participants will explore our food system through many lenses: beginning with a guided visualisation, we will then take people on an interactive journey to explore sowing, growing, decomposing and discovering new ways of seeing the food we eat!