Did you join us on Saturday at Homegrown Parkes?

We are so grateful for such a gorgeous day! Thank you to everyone who joined us. There was so much on in Parkes and Forbes Shires and our neighbouring Shires. What a wonderful conundrum to have so many options on a weekend.

Our Homegrown Parkes Community Survey is now open. We would love to hear from you if you attended the Homegrown Parkes event on Saturday, 21 March 2026. The link can be found here or via our social media.

We have some lovely Homegrown Parkes gifts for several people drawn from survey respondents.

Our stallholder survey has also been distributed. Both of the surveys close on Friday, 10 April 2026.

Homegrown Parkes events aren’t about being bigger for every event. The ethos behind the ‘homegrown’ concept is more about quality and creating a space where people can feel relaxed. Whilst having 80 stalls in our park would provide a lot of diversity, it is really important that we maintain a standard that focusses on promoting local and regional businesses, not for profits etc.

We try to factor in your suggestions moving forward, particularly around demonstrations, workshops, educational opportunities and stallholder suggestions.

These events would not be possible without many volunteers contributing on the day. Thank you to our Central West Lachlan Landcare volunteers and Parkes Community Arts volunteers. Thanks to the Parkes Shire Concert Band, Parkes School of Dance, Parkes Music and Dramatic Society, Parkes High School Guwal Dance Group and Cameron Sharp for providing our fabulous entertainment…..and how good were our Fijian friends to finish off our day, once again?

Of course, we have our Spring event to look forward to now! Our next Homegrown Parkes event is scheduled for 12 September. We have brought it forward a bit this year.

We estimate that our EOI will open up towards the end of May. If you are interested in joining us, please keep an eye on our social media and in our local papers. All stallholders have to provide proof of insurance and food vendors have to provide their Food Safety Supervisor Certification.

If you would like to keep up to date with Homegrown Parkes and other Landcare activities, follow our social media or join our newsletter mailing list.

Crop Swap Gazebo….Margy’s Marquee donated by and in memory of Marg Jones.

For further information on this article, please go to www.centralwestlachlanlandcare.org, Facebook or Instagram @cwllandcare or contact Marg Applebee on 0418 611 053.