G4WB Backyard Biodiversity - Term 1 - 2026 - Bush Architect

FREE

Become a Bush Architect - Build a Wildlife Hotel

Simple additions to your garden can make a world of difference for local wildlife. In this hands-on workshop we’ll explore the vital role that nestboxes can play in enhancing biodiversity, how to choose a design suitable to your local wildlife, where to hang it, how to maintain it and how to check who’s been visiting.

Under guidance and in small teams, you’ll build a Wildlife Hotel suitable for a variety of users from microbats, to pardalotes to possums and birds. This is a new design, so the built boxes will be donated to a local wildlife group to trial and gather data on their effectiveness.

By participating in this workshop, you’ll gather the skills and confidence to build any nestbox and will be provided with plans for more traditional boxes to take home for whatever wild creatures visit your garden.

Ballarat Community Men's Shed , Ground Floor, Barkly Square, 25-39 Barkly Street, Ballarat East

Date: Saturday 18 April

Time: 10.00 am - 12.00 pm


Wear sturdy fully enclosed shoes and old clothes. 

Bring your own battery drill if possible.


Venue Access: Barkly Square is at 25-39 Barkly Street, Ballarat East (opposite Ballarat East Fire Station). The Community Men’s Shed is in an unnamed lane on the uphill (north-east) side of the complex. Best parking is on Barkly Street opposite the Ballarat Fire Station or in the Barkly Square carpark off Princes Street (requiring a short uphill walk). For more information on accessing Barkly Square, see here for further information and a link to an accessibility map.  


Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided and toilet facilities are available.

Bookings are essential as places are limited. Please cancel your ticket/s if you can no longer attend so that we can make your place available to others.

If you have access requirements, special dietary requirements or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to make your experience more positive, please contact the Ballarat East Neighbourhood House team.

About the project

In partnership with Ballarat East Neighbourhood House, and funded by the City of Ballarat, Gardens for Wildlife Ballarat is delivering a 12-month program in 2025-26, Backyard Biodiversity - encouraging wildlife-friendly gardening in urban Ballarat.

  • Starts

    18th Apr 2026, Sat

  • Ends

    18th Apr 2026, Sat

  • Where

    Ballarat Community Men's Shed, Barkly Square, Ballarat East

  • Facilitator

    Stephanie D

    • or register for individual session below.
    Saturday, 18th Apr 2026 | 12:00 AM - 2:00 AM

    21 spots remaining

    Name
    Ballarat East Neighbourhood House
    Email
    reception@ballarateastnh.org.au
    Phone
    0422 612 052

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