Saturday 23rd November

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Hello Canberra,

📆 Today: Garden Plots + A rare plant discovery

☀️ Weather: Hot! 32° and sunny. Tomorrow will be 33°.

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🧑‍🌾 Canberra’s Community Gardens + An Open Day

The Canberra Organic Growers Society (COGS) manages twelve community gardens across Canberra. Plots in these gardens can be rented for a small levy, which covers water, tools and other running expenses. Members of COGS can place their names on the waiting list for available plots. These gardens are a fantastic way for Canberrans living in apartments or units to grow their own fruits and vegetables. Details here.

Dickson Community Garden Open Day: If you're in the Dickson area, Dickson Community Garden is holding an Open Day this Sunday. There will be a sausage sizzle, seedlings for sale, a raffle, and a workshop on no-dig gardening. The Dickson Community Garden has a couple of available plots at the moment, and this is the perfect chance to visit the garden and learn more about joining the community. Details here.

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👉 This Weekend in Canberra

The Undercurrent Market, Museum Market Day, Pop Canberra Launch Party and more is happening this weekend.

Get the full rundown of weekend events here.

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Coming Up: 🎥 NFSA Restores - Muriel's Wedding

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the iconic Australian film Muriel's Wedding at a special screening at the NFSA. The film has been restored as part of the NFSA Restores program that digitises, restores and preserves Australian films so they can be seen in today's digital cinemas. There will be a pre-screening soiree, which will include a drink on arrival and entertainment from ABBA tribute band Björn Again. It's happening on December 4. Details here.

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Something to do: ✂️ Textile transformations

Belco Arts is holding a series of free workshops: Textile Transformations: Stories from Scraps, where you'll transform a scrap of fabric into an artwork with textile collage before joining together these scraps to create an evocative and richly textured artwork. Details here.

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Tidbits

A Big Battery: Construction has started on the Williamsdale Battery. The large-scale 250-megawatt battery will store enough renewable energy to power one-third of Canberra for around 2 hours during the evening peak. The battery is expected to become operational in early 2026. More.

Austin Renews - ABC TV series Austin has been renewed for a second season. The Australian-British series was filmed in Canberra. Filming on the second season will begin next month in the UK and will move soon after to Canberra.

Tuggeranong Parkway Closures: The southbound lanes on the Tuggeranong Parkway (from Cotter Road to Hindmarsh Drive) will be closed from Sunday, November 24 to Thursday, November 28, at night (7:00 pm - 6:00 am) for asphalt resurfacing work.

Floating Sauna: The National Capital Authority has provided final approval for the Floating Sauna on Lake Burley Griffin. The sauna will be operated by Providence NDR who run a similar sauna on Lake Derby in Tasmania.

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🪴 Yarralumla Nursery Launches a New Plant

The Yarralumla Government Nursery is celebrating its 110-year anniversary with the release of a special new plant. In 2018 Hardenbergia seed was collected at the base of the Brindabellas. A batch of 1500 plants was produced from this seed, and in this batch, a single plant stood out with amazing burgundy foliage. The team spent the next 5 years developing the plant. Watch the film.

The Yarralumla Nursery is a wholesale nursery and not open to the public, but you can pick up this new local creation at Cool Country Natives in Pialligo. Details here.

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Canberra Digest will be back on Monday. Have a great weekend!