Plant your own shade for the summers to come. You won’t have to wait long to feel the difference if you plant a wattle tree. For example, the Australia’s floral emblem – Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) – can grow 1-1.5 m each year. It will start flowering flowering after three years in the spring, and […]
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As controversy continues about the date of 26 January for Australia Day celebrations, National Wattle Day (1 September) is quietly growing in popularity across Australia. We know that public enthusiasm for particular national days changes as each new generation re-examines the purpose and meaning of these celebrations. For example, we no longer celebrate Empire Day […]
The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC invites Australians to join her in the celebration of National Wattle Day in a recorded message: 20240819 GG message – Wattle Day Governor-General’s Wattle Day Message 1 September. 2024 It’s the 1st of September, the first day of spring. So […]
The Wattle Day Association is proud to announce that the Golden Wattle Award 2024 winner is Ms Mikla Lewis OAM in recognition of her outstanding and inspirational work over more than forty years that has instilled her love of nature into a commitment to environmental conservation that has benefitted so many. During those years Mikla […]
a cake with a wattle-theme for morning or afternoon tea with friends and family cupcakes with green and/or yellow icing your lunch and dinner tables with yellow napkins and vases of fresh or artificial wattle your dog’s collar with yellow and green ribbons or fresh wattle when you go for a walk
Just a week away is National Wattle Day on the 1 September. So many ways to celebrate! Here’s 100 ways to enjoy this increasingly popular national day, proclaimed by the Governor-General in 1992. 100 Ways to Celebrate National Wattle Day
A Letter to The Editor of your local newspaper about what is happening for National Wattle Day in your community A story or poem on what you think National Wattle Day is or what the day means to you A wattle-themed quiz An article about National Wattle Day for your local community newspaper A poem […]
There are many ways to ‘wattle up’ for National Wattle Day. Wear a sprig of wattle in your jumper or button hole a yellow or green shirt, jacket or coat wear a wattle badge or brooch that you have made or bought a sprig of wattle or wattle badge in your hat wattle in your […]
Upcoming events in Queensland. More information for the events below at 2024 Queensland Events Myall Park Botanic Park, Glenmorgan, 25 August Old School House Gallery – National Wattle Day Morning Tea, 31 August Brisbane City Council is lighting up across the Brisbane River, 1 September Mount Morgan Wattle Day Festival, 1September Redland City Victoria Point […]
Decorate your shop windows, cover meters and shelves with fresh wattle. Take care though, just to prune the wattles you collect from to sample fresh wattle. Woolbarn Manuka Canberra National Museum Shop Canberra Parliament House, Canberra shop window Rhapsody Design and Co Dirty Jane’s Canberra Here are 100 more ways to celebrate this happy […]