Seed Northern Rivers

28/05/2026

Hey y’all! sunshine is back and Saturday is a perfect day to join us down at the Mullum gardens permablitzing “the big back yard” an established but neglected Permie education space and setting the foundations for a motherstock garden for climate resilient food plants! Hope to see you there! 🍃🌱✨☀️ link in comments if you want to stay in the loop for future invites

26/05/2026

Help us set the foundation for local food futures.! join us for an epic day this Saturday 9-1pm helping revitalising the 'big backyard' permaculture education space and setting the foundations for a climate resilient food plants motherstock garden, you will learn from amazing green thumbs and take home some cuttings for your own garden- at the beautiful Mullum Gardens ❤️🍃✨
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07/05/2026

Tomorrow- this Friday 9-4pm is set to be the perfect day to be in the garden! -Join our PERMABLITZ of the Big backyard- a 1-acre educational space in the Mullum gardens. We'll be inviting your ideas and collaboration and setting the foundations for our living classroom and climate resilient motherstock garden! RSVP here - come for few hours or the whole day!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGcVgvMfjQx-GUomjDktA_aVYKLn3qWhZaAYxbAt4JguuLXA/viewform

04/05/2026

Coming up Friday this week! We would love to see you there! Don't forget to RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGcVgvMfjQx-GUomjDktA_aVYKLn3qWhZaAYxbAt4JguuLXA/viewform

01/05/2026

It’s never been more obvious why we need more local action for food security and climate resilience, - if you agree .. we’d love to see you down at the Gardens this coming Friday for this: ✨
*photos are of a mini blitz of this amazing space early this week ,

🌸⚡Mullum Gardens “Big Backyard" PERMABLITZ 🌳🌸⚡
Setting up a climate resilient food plant motherstock garden !

Want to get active (and a little dirty!) in creating more local food security -then come along this Friday 8th May for a PERMABLITZ of the 'big backyard' in Mullumbimby.

It's an incredible 1 acre permaculture education space in the Mullum Gardens - We are in the process of revitalising it following a fallow period as a mother stock garden to distribute climate resilient food plants for free to our community and create an ongoing space for education and skill sharing!

✨date: Friday the 8th of May
🌱where: at the Mullum Gardens 'Big Backyard" - a 1 acre established but overgrown garden that was previously Byron Community College Permaculture School
🌸what : get your hands dirty and help us transform a negleted space into a thriving resource for our community, we'll have light refreshments on the day
✨ link to rsvp in the comments

Join the permablitz to help us as we clean up and prepare the ground and do our first round of planting - We'll be in the hands of and learning from local permie legends and there's already an incredible diversity of food plants in the space to take home cuttings, alongside gaining more knowledge of the plants we can grow to feed our friends and families in uncertain times.

Lets seed hope, yummy food and positive futures together!

09/04/2026

🌱 There’s wisdom here — let’s share it

At Seed Northern Rivers, we’re thrilled to be bringing a new mentoring program to life — connecting local leaders and grassroots projects with people in our community who can walk alongside them with experience, perspective, and care.

If you’ve walked a path and feel called to support others — this might be for you.

Because none of us do this work alone.

To bring the thriving, regenerative region we know is possible to life, it takes community supporting community — sharing knowledge, backing each other, and growing together.

There is so much wisdom, experience, and skill already here — and this is a chance to put it to work in a meaningful way.

Mentoring is simple: a few conversations over time that can make a real difference.

We’re hosting a short 30-minute online gathering to share more and explore whether it might be a good fit.

Learn more:
https://seednorthernrivers.org.au/mentoring

Explore the projects:
https://seednorthernrivers.org.au/giving-projects

🌿 Register your interest:
https://form.jotform.com/260978710085868

26/03/2026

What would it look like if more of our food was grown, shared, and celebrated right here in the Northern Rivers?

This Saturday in Mullumbimby, Relocalise Northern Rivers — a member of the Seed Northern Rivers ecosystem — is hosting a community conversation on strengthening our local food systems.

🍅 Hear from passionate local voices
🌿 Explore regenerative, place-based solutions
🤝 Connect with others working towards a thriving local food network

As global supply chains become more fragile, this is a chance to come together and reimagine a food system that’s grounded in our region — resilient, connected, and thriving.

At Seed Northern Rivers, we’re proud to support grassroots initiatives like this — growing the networks and collaborations that make real, regenerative change possible.

📍 Mullumbimby Civic Hall
📅 Saturday 28 March
⏰ 2:00–4:30pm
🎟️ $5 (kids free)

👉 Read more: https://www.echo.net.au/2026/03/local-food-movement-mullum-event-28-march/

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A ‘Food Forever’ event will be held 28 March, from 2 to 4.30pm at the
Mullumbimby Civic Hall, with local group Relocalise Northern Rivers and Local Futures.

10/03/2026

A big thank you to Byron Shire Mayor Sarah Ndiaye for bringing such wonderful energy to our From the Ground Up - A new stage for local changemakers at the Mullum Gardens.

Sarah was not only the first one on the dance floor as the band got going — she is also a founding member of the Seed Giving Circle, helping to seed this community-powered model of grassroots giving from the very beginning.

In this video you can see her celebrating alongside members of the Bundjalung Bush Food Alliance — a project of The Returning Aboriginal Corporation, a grantee of the Seed Giving Circle — with Mindy Woods, Auntie Danza and Seed Northern Rivers Executive Director Techa Beaumont.

We love seeing Byron Shire Councillors — and especially our Mayor — showing up in such a genuine way to support community-led giving, local leadership, and the incredible environmental initiatives emerging across our region.

We also acknowledge the important role Byron Shire Council plays in supporting the Mullum Gardens, through the lease, policy support, and programs that help community gardens in the region continue to thrive.

This is what it looks like when community, culture and regeneration come together.

Link below for how to join the Seed Giving Circle.

25/02/2026

From the Ground Up, the Lilypad Stage was built for connection 🌱 in the heart of the beautiful Mullum Gardens, surrounded by a number of amazing environmental initiatives including the Mullumbimby Community Gardens and The Mullum Food Coop.

On March 5, we bring the Lilypad Stage to life alongside local changemakers growing regenerative change in our bioregion.

🎟️ FREE event.

👉 Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/from-the-ground-up-seed-giving-circle-awards-and-lilypad-stage-launch

Come gather with us.

23/02/2026

A new stage for local changemakers is rising in the heart of The Mullum Gardens 🌱

On March 5, we gather to celebrate community-led regeneration From the Ground Up.

🎟️ Free event, limited spots.
🎶 Live music
📝 Poetry and spoken word
🌿 Stories from local regenerative initiatives
🏆 Presentation of the Seed Giving Circle Awards

Come along with a friend.

🔗‍️Get your FREE tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/from-the-ground-up-seed-giving-circle-awards-and-lilypad-stage-launch