Explore vibrant botanical folk art with gouache. Create colourful floral designs inspired by modern folk artists and take home a unique handmade piece.
Get messy with Climbing Tree’s mud kitchen! This playful activity encourages children to explore natural materials, use their creativity and have plenty of messy fun.
Discover Aboriginal art through a fun and creative hands-on workshop for children aged 3 to 8 years.
Get hands-on with paper recycling and take home your own plantable seed paper to grow.
Come and Try days are a chance to give bushcare a go for yourself and see how you can make a difference in your local patch.
Learn pot decorating, seed sowing and plant care, then stay for our Sowing the Seeds workshop at 11am to continue the gardening journey.
Create and play in nature through art! Sensory nature connection activities to inspire the seeds of wonder and wellbeing for children and families!
Join us to play, learn and plant along Fourth Creek, you too can become a creek geek! Suited for children aged 5-11, younger siblings welcome.
Join a weaver to learn traditional weaving techniques, gain cultural knowledge, and develop practical weaving skills while creating your own basket.
Join us for a fun river-themed making session for kids! Discover our unique local river creatures, get creative, and learn why healthy rivers matter.
Wander this unique urban forest path and discover the native plant corridor created along the way. Learn firsthand from the people who care for this place.
Celebrate Kidtober with the PPWCC by immersing yourself in the world of nature through sensory and free play activities. On Nukunu land.
Join us for a curated sensory play session designed to connect little ones with the natural world in a calm, engaging, and developmentally rich environment.
Let your imagination wander into the wonderful world of nature in a fun and interactive creative writing workshop!
An intergenerational activity with the Prospect Community Garden making a DIY herb bowl with children.
A family-friendly activity learning about native seed germination, understanding the care required for early seedling growth.
Join Nature Play SA for a Family Bird Appreciation Walk as we walk beneath the trees, looking and listening for birds and hearing stories.
Spend a rewarding morning connecting with nature through bird watching and bushcare in beautiful bushland.
Join us together with Nature Play SA on Thursday 8 October at Myponga Reservoir Reserve.
Create your own unique nature-inspired reusable tote bag in this fun and creative workshop.
Join a guided walking tour of Barker Inlet Wetlands with Green Adelaide Coastal Conservation Officer Danny Millbanks.
Take a short, guided walk along Glen Osmond Creek and learn about the plants along the way, from the people who care for this peaceful green corridor.
Join us at Minlagawi Gum Flat to celebrate Nature Festival SA here on Guuranda (Yorke Peninsula)!!
More than a nature workshop, Seeds of Sunshine helps little hearts bloom through stories, creativity and moments of wonder in nature.
Create your own colours from nature!
A creative experience. Make unique nature-inspired artworks. Through observation, pattern and design, participants will explore the beauty of seeds and pods.
Celebrate nature with stories: an Aboriginal Dreaming story, use of native plants in our garden , our hopes for nature, Trees for Life, activities for all ages.
Get outdoors, explore, create and connect with nature in this school holiday adventure.
Join, native bee enthusiast, children's author, and President of the Friends of Dry Creek Trail, Shane Meyer, for a fascinating talk ' Be there for Native Bees
A day out collecting waterbugs with water scientists to help us learn more about the health of our rivers.
Discover ochre’s cultural significance, explore traditional Aboriginal symbols, and create your own artwork to take home!
A fun interactive activity for children to help our Hooded Plovers breed successfully on our local beaches. Take away a gift bag with lots of goodies!
Join Steve Walker from FrogWatch SA to learn about our fascinating local frog species!
Participate in a workshop involving native seeds while in conversation with Karl Winda Telfer, Burka-Senior Man, and environmental conservationist Claire Lock.
Seeds don’t just grow into plants – sometimes they are used to paint with too!
From seed to ancient grass tree, this miniature landscape celebrates regeneration, resilience and the diversity of Australian flora.
Explore native urban greening projects in the City of Holdfast Bay that demonstrate the transformation that can be created from a handful of seeds.
Enjoy a fun mental challenge? Learn how to navigate our local green spaces when you discover orienteering at Thorndon Park. All ages and fitness levels welcome!
Featuring vibrant vege plots, greenhouse, wicking beds. Information sessions about growing and using herbs, native seed and cutting propagation. Coffee and BBQ lunch will be available.
Discover wildlife apartments, the wood-wide-web, and trees that existed before Adelaide. A guided walk through Hazelwood Park.
Come along to a family friendly event focused on Orienteering games for younger kids. Children learn basic navigational skills through different activities.
Maze Orienteering is a fast, fun *and FREE!* way to test your navigation skills. Choose a map, walk or run - suits all ages and fitness levels.
Step into the wild side of Alexandrina, discover our amazing native birdlife, and become a citizen scientist.
Be part of the recovery! Discover practical strategies and guidance to restore our beautiful land and waterways surrounding Kadlitpari / Gawler River.
Discover our beautiful, hidden community garden and build an insect hotel to take home for your garden.
Get creative, learn the secrets of healthy seedlings, and paint and plant your own edible seed bowl to take home at Paint and Sow.
Join us for the SAARG Corroboree as part of Nature Festival 2026, inspired by this year's theme: Seeds. Come along to share stories and build connections,
Birds & Bingo is back for its fourth season at Nature Festival, with even more birds, and more bingo!
A cross-cultural art collaboration for Nature Festival, creating paintings that explore our deep connection to nature, Country, and the cosmos.
'The Seed of Life’, a group art exhibition exploring the sacred seed as a universal symbol of creation, renewal and connection.
Discover the native birdlife of Pakapakanthi / Victoria Park on a guided walk through its beautiful wetlands and woodlands, led by Birds SA & ReBird the Ranges.
EV curious?
Join us for a morning of community action and nature connection.
Walking tours, displays, native coastal plant sales, and hands-on activities for you to connect with nature in this rare dune ecosystem in Adelaide's west.
You're invited on a rural ramble out to Robertstown as we host Wandering Tales to hear some local yarns & enjoy a light afternoon tea.
Storytellers sow beautiful seeds: seeds of growth, hope, reflection, creativity and learning. Join us for the love of a good story - and afternoon tea!
Harp Among the Gum Trees: A pleasant Sunday afternoon of live harp music in a natural setting.
Enjoy a late afternoon of shorebird viewing at Thompson Beach
Share Egg & Orchid Time with Burrandies Aboriginal Corporation and Friends of Seaweed South East. Understand the value of seaweed in Spring to migrating birds. Record seasonal changes.
An exploration of the cultural, mythological, & spiritual significance of the sacred seed as the source of life.
Create a seed-inspired mosaic pathway, celebrate local biodiversity, learn creative skills, and help make our native garden beautifully accessible.
Bring the family along to explore Michael Perry Reserve while searching for our clues on this self-guided Treasure Hunt!
Discover 20 unique trees across the City of Burnside. Each tag identifies the tree species and shares interesting facts. It's good tree fun!
My Tree Project engages schoolchildren in propagating seeds, planting seedlings at their school, home or in the community, and creating nature inspired artworks
Meet curious alpacas, explore a working farm, plant beautiful seeds and experience Nature Festival through all five senses at Quentin Park Alpacas.
Plant a seed in the heart of the city at Seedling Exchange. Take it home or leave it to grow in a living pavilion shaped by thousands of small acts of care.
Slow down, connect with nature, and learn the timeless art of weaving a beautiful basket using sustainably foraged fibres in a restful and mindful setting.
Bring a small natural treasure—a leaf, shell or seed pod, transform it into a unique fine silver pendant or earrings in this special Nature Festival workshop
An unforgettable experience of Aboriginal culture, native plants & social history, giving a deep appreciation of the wisdom embedded in the natural landscape.
Create art using sunlight, weather and nature while exploring emotions in a unique and playful way. Perfect for families who love creativity, nature and wonder.
Seedlings Nature Play at Woodhouse A morning of nature, creativity and curiosity for little explorers. Slow down, step outside and discover the magic.
A family event that explores how tiny beginnings create thriving marine ecosystems. Visitors receive a "Nature Passport" and complete a series of stations.
What Grows Here is a youth-led photography walk and public night projection event taking place in Peterborough during the 2026 Nature Festival.
Be surprised, and seed a new connection to nature, as Gerd Winter weaves melodic soundscapes through familiar spaces of Adelaide’s Parklands
Exploring South Australian Plant & Seed Science at the Botanic Gardens
Come into the forest of Takayna with Barkindji Songwoman Nancy Bates and acclaimed pianist and educator Dave McEvoy.
Regenerate nature and yourself in Adelaide's beautiful Park Lands.
Immerse yourself in making your own kite and collect either vegetable or flower seeds to let nature take flight as you grow & go these school holidays.
Join Tanya from Nature Creative in a relaxing botanical art class
Bring a mini garden to life using pop-up techniques, tabs and hidden flaps!
Design an illustrated seed packet with a turning mechanism that reveals the journey from a seed to something unexpected!
Take a walk through beautiful swamp, creekline and woodland country on the Fleurieu Peninsula guided by bird and bat experts, followed by brunch / supper.
Pods are a holding vessel for the seeds within, a space of nurturing and protection for potential life.
Community celebration of seeds at Adelaide Botanic Garden!
Try your hand at still-life drawing native flora in our free Art Studio activity.
Free self guided exploratory activities in an endemic community space known as Wakwakurnaku Wirra, Children's Forest
South Australians are invited to step outside, slow down, and paint their surroundings.
Integrating her fieldwork and studio-based processes, Gardener explores local birds and their song stories in the Onkaparinga region.
Exhibitions, and community engagement events exploring emergence.
Check out the outdoor art installation in the large forecourt of 109 Grote Street right next to China Town.
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