Eco Markets

Saturday 1 June 2024  |  9.00am to 2.00pm

Save the date for Redland City Council's Environment and Community Fair at IndigiScapes.

Celebrate World Environment Day with environmental workshops, speakers and performers, while enjoying open-air eco-friendly markets in the beautiful native botanic garden surrounds at IndigiScapes!

Spend the day wandering through the Botanic Garden market lane to explore the range of unique exhibitors, sustainable products and fresh artisan produce available from our creative market community and learn more about how you can make a difference to our natural world.

IndigiScapes Native Community Nursery will be open from 9.00am for all your native plant needs and advice.

Meet our 'Totally Wild' Ranger Stacey who will welcome you under the shade of the trees as you settle in for the official Opening Ceremony.  Relax afterwards listening to beautiful live and local music and the excitement of the shows on the outdoor stage. 

Catch all of the action with special guests including;

• Minjerribah's Georgia Corowa, joined by The Suga Cane Mamas who will entertain you with their amazing vocals
• Folk/Rock band 'Diddly Squat' 
• Art4Earthling's Charlie and the gang. Join in on this wild adventure as the world discovers that Bin Chickens might actually be the country's unsung superheroes 
• D'Aguilar Native Wildlife Show 
• Crowd favourite 'Hello Africa' who will lift the tempo and get you moving in the afternoon with their interactive drumbeats and dance

Free Family activities

Grab a coffee or a bite to eat at the IndigiCafé or try the fantastic fare from the food vans, while children are engaged in free eco-friendly craft, nature activities and outdoor play;

• Get up close with local native wildlife 
• Use a mini Cold press to extract honey from a hive
• Native bee hotel workshop
• Dig and discover live worms 
• Help create an ephemeral  'Archway to Nature' and hanging globe in our gardens, where you will find space to reconnect and weave 
• Try family yoga and enjoy mindful time together contributing to a 'giving tree' for the earth 
• Experience Henna Tattoo Art 
• Make a native banksia seed bee

Engage with and learn about the work of Environmental and Community organisations, Council teams, including;Environment Education, Bushcare, Wildlife and Environmental Partnerships; 

• Council's Waste, Pest, Disaster and Fire Management teams
• Council's Libraries 'First Five Forever' crew will return with their children's literacy team where imaginative minds can engage in stories and games

Eco Markets
Our very successful Eco Markets will be included at the fair. You will be inspired by the range of local stalls with eco-friendly products, native plants and artisan produce available within our creative market community.

Explore or participate in our Suitcase Rummage and Rack Sale and make sure you visit Boomerang Bag's Repair Tent where you will learn how to mend clothes.

A great selection of local food will be available from the IndigiCafe, fresh produce stalls, food and coffee vans, as well as a sausage sizzle fundraiser to keep the hunger pangs at bay throughout the day.

There is so much to see and do at our Environment and Community Fair to celebrate World Environment Day.

Save the date and see you there!

Participating Environment and Community Organisations, Speakers and Stallholders to be announced soon.

Dogs at IndigiScapes
We love meeting your furry friends at IndigiScapes. However, we kindly request that dogs do not accompany their owners into the Botanic Gardens at any time, including our Eco Market events. You are welcome to enjoy a leisurely walk on our designated walking tracks, with your dog on a lead.

Parking
Event parking at:

• Nursery entry at 15 Runnymede Road, Capalaba
• Park at Lyndon Road and Korowal Street, Capalaba where a shuttle bus to the Centre will be operating every half hour or take a short stroll through the bush track to the native botanic gardens.

Alternatively, travel by public transport via bus route 264, 270, stopping near IndigiScapes on Redland Bay Road, Capalaba.

We look forward to celebrating with you!

Register your interest
Register on Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/environment-and-community-fair-tickets-793931970897 and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for updates or sign up to our eNewsletter for all the latest information.

Never miss an Eco Market in 2024

• Saturday 1 June 2024  (9am to 2pm) in conjunction with the Environment and Community Fair.
• Saturday 7 September 2024 (8am to 12 midday)
• Saturday 7 December 2024 (8am to 12 midday)

Would you like to become a stallholder?

Stallholders for the Environment and Community Fair will be by invitation.

To apply to be a stallholder at future markets, please complete and return the Market Stallholder Application and we will contact you when space becomes available.

Please note: Stallholder fees apply and Public Liability Certificate of Currency ($20,000,000) is essential. 

If you are an artists or performers and would like to be part of this market or other events offered here at Redlands IndigiScapes Centre please email our Event Coordinator