By MARG APPLEBEE

CENTRAL WEST LACHLAN LANDCARE

The Final Countdown is on to Homegrown Parkes this weekend.

The forecast temperature is 26 degrees, with a possibility of a small amount of rain, but hopefully nothing that will dampen the day.

With each workshop registration, you can go in the running to win some wonderful prizes from our local Homegrown Parkes businesses.

Of course….you need to attend the workshop on 29 March at Cooke Park.

Chef Jack Brown will be providing a workshop in the Cooke Park Pavilion from 11am.

Jack is an Indigenous chef trained in traditional French cuisine.

Register for Jack’s workshop and go in the running to win a fabulous sculpture created by Glen Sloane from Sloaney’s Sculptures or some fabulous bush tucker plants.

Kath Whitchurch will be providing a workshop on Sourdough Making at 12.30pm.

Through her business Sourdough by Kath, she has been making artisan sourdough, baked to order and providing sourdough workshops to share her love of sourdough with our communities.

We have ten $15 gift vouchers for Sourdough by Kath goodies for registered attendees that will be drawn at the workshop!

Our third workshop commences at 2.00pm, with talented landscape designer Elizabeth Briton, sharing her knowledge of local plant species and design concepts.

We have four $50 gift vouchers from Dirty Gloves Nursery and a fabulous sculpture by Glenn Sloane to be drawn for attendees who register for our Landscape Design workshop.

Clancy The Bee Man will provide informal workshops on the lawn in front of the Pavilion.

He will bring his knowledge and enthusiasm for Bees and Creating Bee Hotels to Homegrown Parkes.

Clancy has some fabulous bee posters to give away through his workshops.

He will be providing two formal presentations at 10.30am and 1.00pm.

Register for these events via the links on our website.

We also have a live reptile display free to the community.

Andrew will have reptiles on display during the day and with two formal presentations at 11am and 1.30pm.

Funding has been granted to Parkes Shire Council under the Open Streets Program, funded by Transport for NSW to support this event, in addition to support from Central West Lachlan Landcare and volunteers from Parkes Community Arts.

Chef Jack Brown is providing a workshop at Homegrown Parkes with the support of Landcare NSW.

For further information, please go to www.centralwestlachlanlandcare.org, twitter, facebook or Instagram @cwllandcare