Well, our Homegrown weekend came and went.

After a forecast of up to 50ml on Friday and Saturday, we had no choice but to postpone our event.

The safety of our stallholders and community are paramount and if we had proceeded and had a downfall, destroying your hard work and passion, that would have been devastating.

So….onward! We are thrilled that Chef Jack Brown, Sourdough by Kath and Landscape Designer Elizabeth Briton are able to join us again on our re-scheduled date of Saturday, 26 April in Cooke Park. Registrations for these workshops have been transferred to the new date, so existing registrations are retained. If you are no longer able to attend, please send me an email and I will cancel the ticket for you.

Stallholders were notified on Thursday of the postponement and I am pleased that 90% of our existing stallholders have so far indicated that they would be happy to return again on the 26^th. Obviously, given the timeframe for a new event, we understand that not everyone would be available, so we are appreciative of the quick response from stallholders and workshop providers.

We will open EOI for new stallholders after our deadline of Friday, 4 April for responses from existing stallholders. We will then open the registrations and they will go through the process of review by our Committee. Stallholders will be notified shortly after.

We also welcome back Clancy The Bee Man and Andrew with a Reptile Display…..and, of course, Crop Swap will be back!

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 26 April at Cooke Park.

For those of you who don’t know about Homegrown Parkes, it is a free event and an opportunity for the community to gather together and enjoy fresh produce, entertainment, purchase from local and regional stallholders and food vendors and spend time in our beautiful Cooke Park.

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 or head to our Homegrown Parkes Facebook page.