Leonie Shanahan
Leonie Shanahan is passionate about growing food organically for the most nutritious, delicious, health-giving food and getting the most from your pest free garden. Leonie is the founder of Edible School Gardens program; She has been in horticulture for 28 years focusing on education on growing food with permaculture and organics. Leonie is the author of 3 books including Eat Your Garden – Organic Gardening book, Lyme disease Sucks, and Elevate your energy, and produced a DVD – Edible School Gardens, writes for ABC Organic Gardener Magazine.
PROGRAM
FRIDAY 19 MAY
1:15 pm – Grow food, community and save money | Leonie Shanahan
Are you prepared for what’s ahead? Are you growing your own food, creating some self-sufficiency, food security and community? All these save you money and sanity!! Leonie will teach you how to grow organic nutrient dense food, from the start – how to grow from seeds, seedlings plants, and grow soil, plus maintenance of your edibles.
3:30 pm – Edible weeds and herbs | Leonie Shanahan
Learn how to grow these plants and how to use them – no matter what your gardening space is. Discover the amazing health benefits and notice how many edibles (weeds) are around us – free greens!!. This talk will have you growing and harvesting fresh delicious nutritious greens all year round for little cost, and much reward.
SATURDAY 20 MAY
11:00 am – Grow Food Community and Save Money | Leonie Shanahan
Are you prepared for what’s ahead? Are you growing your own food, creating some self-sufficiency, food security, and community? All these save you money and sanity!! Leonie will teach you how to grow organic nutrient-dense food, from the start – how to grow from seeds, seedlings plants, and grow soil, plus maintenance of your edibles.
Event: Lifestyle Stage presented by Urban Utilities
Date: Friday, 19 May – Saturday, 20 May, 2023
Time: Various
Location: 81 Warwick Rd, Ipswich QLD 4305 / Ipswich Showgrounds