Shelter your home: Garden design for home comfort and resilience

Thoughtful garden design can lower indoor and outdoor temperatures while creating a more comfortable and resilient home.

Our city is getting hotter, with more days of extreme heat. Learn how to stay comfortable and safe – without racking up a huge power bill – by sheltering your home with trees and vines.

We’ll explore:

• sun angles throughout the year
• how to conduct a basic site analysis at home
• how to select shade trees, vines and wind breaks
• plant positions for summer shade while letting the winter sun shine through for free heating in the cooler months
• practical solutions for renters.

Our presenter:
Kat Lavers is the gardener and designer behind The Plummery, a 1/14th acre urban permaculture system in Melbourne's north that produces almost all the vegetables, herbs, fruit and eggs consumed by the household! She’s realised that with good design, growing lots of food is possible even with limited time, space and resources.

Registrations are essential.

Power up a cleaner future

This event is part of our Electrify Your Life program, which supports residents to go all-electric at home, creating a brighter Manningham. Learn how to make the switch at Electrify Your Life.