Nature Festival

Nature Festival 400+ events, encounters, and experiences celebrating our love of nature in South Aus:
26 Sept - 12 Oct 2025

18/06/2026

We are excited to introduce our Seed Stewards, a diverse group of people whose lives and work engage the idea of ‘Seed’ from distinct perspectives - including through food, cultural memory, cultivation, and conservation.
 
The first of our Seed Stewards is Durkhanai Ayubi, a prize-winning author and Afghan restaurateur. Together with her family, she runs the much-loved Parwana Afghan Kitchen in Adelaide, a place renowned for its generous hospitality, rich cultural stories and exceptional food.
 
Durkhanai Ayubi‘s work embodies the idea that seeds carry far more than future harvests. Through food, storytelling, and cultural memory, her practice explores how knowledge, histories, and identity are carried across generations, borders, and landscapes.

🎥 Ben Golotta

18/06/2026

We are excited to introduce our Seed Stewards, a diverse group of people whose lives and work engage the idea of ‘Seed’ from distinct perspectives - including through food, cultural memory, cultivation, and conservation.

The first of our Seed Stewards is Durkhanai Ayubi, a prize-winning author and Afghan restaurateur. Together with her family, she runs the much-loved Parwana Afghan Kitchen in Adelaide, a place renowned for its generous hospitality, rich cultural stories and exceptional food.

Durkhanai Ayubi’s work embodies the idea that seeds carry far more than future harvests. Through food, storytelling, and cultural memory, her practice explores how knowledge, histories, and identity are carried across generations, borders, and landscapes.

🎥 Ben Golotta

A match made in heaven.Last year, we teamed up with impact organisation FEAT. initiative to apply the Solar Slice across...
16/06/2026

A match made in heaven.

Last year, we teamed up with impact organisation FEAT. initiative to apply the Solar Slice across all paid Nature Festival events across our program from 2025. That means that $1 from every ticket went to support nature solutions here in SA.

Nature Festival is a celebration of cultivating a deeper relationship with nature, so it was a no brainer for us to ensure a small amount from each ticket went back into protecting and restoring our beautiful backyard. Last year's theme was Flow - exploring rivers and oceans, creative flow, impermanence, ephemeral desert flow, and the flow of communities and generations.

Funds raised through the Solar Slice went directly to support the Murray–Darling Conservation Alliance - an incredible grassroots alliance fighting to return water to rivers, wetlands and floodplains across the Murray-Darling Basin.

Together with partners across the country, they’re advocating for:

💧 Healthy rivers, wetlands and floodplains
💧 Strong environmental flows and better water management
💧 Recognition of First Nations water rights and leadership
💧 Greater accountability to protect the Basin’s ecosystems and communities

Find out more about the Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance and support their work via their website. If you’d like to get involved, check out the River Peoples Forum 2026, where communities from across the Basin will come together to explore solutions for healthy rivers and thriving ecosystems.

Save The Murray Darling

South Australians care deeply about nature, and the numbers speak for themselves.🌳 90% visit our state and national park...
14/06/2026

South Australians care deeply about nature, and the numbers speak for themselves.

🌳 90% visit our state and national parks and beaches every year.
🪴 94% think conserving the environment is of critical importance.
🌱 74% are happy to pay more for environmentally friendly brands.

Nature isn't just something we visit, it's part of who we are.

Join us for Nature Festival from 25 Sept - 11 Oct 2026 for a celebration of that connection, bringing communities together to explore, protect and appreciate the places that make South Australia so special.

Source: South Australians and the Environment Survey, AMLR 2016; photos: Thomas McCammon.

Are you thinking of hosting a Nature Festival event in 2026? Here are 6 reasons why you should. Registrations close 13 J...
11/06/2026

Are you thinking of hosting a Nature Festival event in 2026? Here are 6 reasons why you should.

Registrations close 13 July. Submit your event application and check out our host pack for more info: https://loom.ly/m6j0F54

📸 Morgan Sette

Applications for regional micro-grants have been extended until Monday 15 June, offering up $1000 to ‘seed’ events in re...
09/06/2026

Applications for regional micro-grants have been extended until Monday 15 June, offering up $1000 to ‘seed’ events in regional areas. ⁠These grants offer a modest boost to help creative projects and events in regional South Australia get off the ground and register for this year’s Nature Festival.⁠
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🌱 Apply now: https://loom.ly/HUwqyQY
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This year's micro-grants are generously supported by and .

We love our parklands 💚From community gatherings and workshops to performances and outdoor experiences, Adelaide's parkl...
07/06/2026

We love our parklands 💚

From community gatherings and workshops to performances and outdoor experiences, Adelaide's parklands provide the perfect backdrop for bringing people together in nature.

If you're planning an event in a park or other public space as part of Nature Festival 2026, take a look at the resources in our Event Host Pack. You'll find helpful information, tips and guidance to help bring your idea to life here: https://loom.ly/cfGK3xA

Public space belongs to all of us - let's celebrate it, care for it and make the most of it.

📸 Catherine Leo

Today is World Environment Day 🌏It's a reminder that the health of our environment is shaped by the choices we make ever...
04/06/2026

Today is World Environment Day 🌏

It's a reminder that the health of our environment is shaped by the choices we make every day - the seeds we plant, the habitats we protect, and the communities we build around caring for nature.

This year's Nature Festival theme, Seed, invites us to think about the power of small actions that create lasting change. Today we celebrate the people, places and projects helping to care for nature in South Australia and around the world.

📸 Morgan Sette

03/06/2026

It's feeling very wintery out there, but according to the Kaurna seasonal calendar, we're still in Parnati - the windy season.

The Kaurna seasonal calendar follows four seasons, guided by the changes in Country:

🌞 Warltati (January - March) - the hot season
🍃 Parnati (April - June) - the windy season
🌧️ Kudlila (July - September) - the wet season
🌱 Wirltutu (October - December) - the mild warm season

As we move through the final weeks of Parnati, it's a chance to pay attention to the signs of the season around us - the winds, the changing landscape and the rhythms of nature that have guided people on Kaurna Country for thousands of years.

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