Redcliffe Museum Is Celebrating World Environment Day With a Free Bushfood Workshop

Redcliffe residents have a chance to get hands-on with nature at a free bushfood workshop coming to Redcliffe Museum to mark World Environment Day.

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On Friday 5 June, the Redcliffe Museum will host a special bushfood workshop running from 10.30am to 11.30am. Leading the session is Jay Schieder, a conservation manager from Kumbartcho Nursery who is passionate about native plants and the stories they carry. 

Attendees will learn to identify Australian native bushfood plants, pick up practical tips on growing them at home, and hear about the traditional uses First Nations peoples have made of these plants for food, medicine and everyday life over thousands of years. The session is hands-on, free, and open to all ages, though bookings are required.

While you are there, the museum is also currently hosting the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards exhibition.

The Redcliffe Museum event is just one of several free activities on offer across the city’s network of environment centres this week, as the council marks both World Environment Day on 5 June and World Oceans Day on 7 June.

At Osprey House, visitors can drop in any time between 9am and 3pm on Friday for guided walks and craft activities. The centre will also host a World Oceans Day event on Sunday 7 June from 10.30am to 11.30am, where participants can explore the challenges facing our oceans, including plastic pollution and sustainability, through a virtual-reality experience.

Over at Kumbartcho Sanctuary, drop-in crafts and guided walks are available on Friday 5 June between 9am and 2pm. Then on Saturday 6 June, the CREEC environment centre will host a Rainforest Reflections session from 10am to noon, taking participants on a forest walk before moving into nature journalling and an art-based reflection activity. All materials are provided.

Moreton Bay Mayor Peter Flannery said the council’s environment centres offer locals a valuable and accessible way to connect with the region’s natural world. He noted that as the city grows toward a population of one million, protecting the natural environment remains a priority. The council invested $20 million into environmental conservation in 2025-26, alongside a further $1 million toward planning future green infrastructure.

The events are part of a broader commitment from the City of Moreton Bay to environmental stewardship. In recent years, the council completed three annual rounds of its Platypus eDNA Monitoring Project, which detected platypus DNA across all five of the city’s major water catchments. A three-year conservation study also identified 11 sites of the endangered greater glider, a species previously thought to exist in the region only around Upper Caboolture.

Other initiatives include the planting of 3,000 native trees along 100 kilometres of road under the Cool City Streets program, installing vehicle-activated LED signs in koala and kangaroo zones, and diverting 32,000 tonnes of organic material from landfill through the Garden Organics kerbside collection service.

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The council has also adopted a net zero roadmap targeting carbon neutrality for all council operations by 2039, through measures including renewable energy projects and improved building energy efficiency.

With so much on offer across the week, it is a good opportunity for Redcliffe locals to get out, learn something new, and connect with the environment right on their doorstep.

Published 2-June-2026