By the end of the school holidays, many parents are struggling for ideas to entertain their kids, and desperate for simple solutions which can get the kids out of the house – and off their screens! At the same time, many Landcare groups are grappling to attract new members, especially from the younger generation.
Could there be a solution that gets children outdoors, connects them with nature, provides an affordable and fun school holiday activity, AND attracts younger people to Landcare? Surely not?!
Well, the solution is simple – adapt our Landcare workshops to a younger audience! For the school holidays, we helped each child to build their own frog hotel to take home. A round-robin structure always works well for these days, so we called on our members to help and were lucky enough to get volunteers offering to run a seedball making session, and our friends at Wagga Council running a water bug session.