Landcare for Singles

Welcome to the Landcare for Singles resources for groups page.

Landcare for Singles events provide the perfect opportunity for environmentally conscious people on the look-out for that special someone to try a new and unique form of speed dating, or in this case – speed planting. They are also a great way of attracting new volunteers to your group and spreading the word about the great work your group is doing for your local environment.

The inaugural Landcare for Singles speed planting events were run by the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Landcare Network in Victoria in 2011 to address recruitment issues for Landcare groups in the area. The Network ran two hugely successful planting days, which attracted over 100 participants, 95% of whom were completely new to Landcare. An after-party was also hosted, giving the opportunity for all singles from both planting events to come together and mingle.

Following on from the success of these events, Landcare Australia, in partnership with Kim Boswell of the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Network, has developed a project kit and a suite of branded promotional collateral artwork which will enable local environmental groups across the country to run Landcare for Singles and Coastcare for Singles events in their localities.

The project kit provides a comprehensive guide for your group on how to run a Landcare for Singles event, and the branded artwork will help you to promote your event and get registrations.

We would love to keep track of how many Landcare for Singles events are taking place around the country, so if you are planning on running an event, please email the event details to events@landcareaustralia.com.au. We can then list your event details on our website to help get the word out and also see how popular Landcare for Singles actually is!

Resources available for download

Click on the pictures or filenames of the resources below to download them. We have included editable fields in the posters and flyers for you to add your own event details – alternatively you may just print them off and write on them.