Top End Native Eco-Fair & Plant Sale

Tuck into some bush tucker, encounter native wildlife, browse a huge array of Top End native plants - including 2000 of them for free! Learn about pruning, planting, mulching, irrigation & pest management, converting thirsty lawns to low maintenance native gardens, or how to bring more wildlife to your backyard. Grab free plants at City of Darwin's Native Plant Giveaway or purchase from a range of 150+ native species, in many sizes, at heavily discounted prices. Join interpretative walks on botanical and Larrakia plant uses. Put your backyard bugs under the microscope, test your soils, book a free home garden biodiversity visit. Identify your plants and weeds, learning which is friend or foe - with help from native botanical gurus. Learn about native wildlife; from butterflies & birds to snakes & possums. Or sample some native bee 'sugar bag' honey. Visit Kids Corner for STEM activities, botanical laser labs, microscope fun, arts and crafts or an Eco-Quiz scavenger hunt! Sample Native Botanicals at the on-site Gin Bar. Or just lounge on a bean bag with a bite to eat and cool drink, savouring the serenity while listening to passionate local experts at Speakers Corner. Enhancing community love for Top End native biodiversity, ecosystems and habitats; with experts in environmental science, botany, zoology, microbiology, ecology and social sciences.