Hulbert Street Sustainability Fiesta

“Art work by Tim Darby from (The Painted Fish)”

The Hulbert Street Sustainability Fiesta has been another huge success this year attracting many thousand people to this truly amazing community organised event. The organisers Shani Graham and Tim Darby from The Painted Fish have brought together the residents of Hulbert street, sustainably focussed businesses, demonstrations and fun activities with a spice of local food and music.

The Fiesta is a celebration of sustainable living and community, the street boasts over 60% of its residents growing organic food at home and 25% produce their own energy from solar power. The Painted Fish was open as part of the Australian Open Garden Scheme along with many of the other homes in the street to show off their art studios and sustainable life styles.

Sustainable Outdoors promoted the idea of verge gardens as an alternative to grass as it saves water and beautifies the street. Native plants make the prefect aesthetically appealing alternative with a huge range of ground covers, grasses and small shrubs.