What’s in Your Backyard – Seven Valleys Locals Day

What’s in Your Backyard – Seven Valleys Locals Day

by | Sep 1, 2023 | Past Programs

An event especially for Seven Valleys locals, come and rediscover our magnificent home region. Show your proof of residence in the Lithgow City Council area and you will receive discounts and free entry to participating attractions on Sunday 17th September 2023.

Attractions include:

Zig Zag Railway – Concession Prices for locals
Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park – Free entry for locals
Eskbank House Museum – Free entry for locals
Hartley Historic Site – Half price Courthouse & Church tour for locals
Glen Davis Ruins Tour – Gold coin donation for locals

For all information and to book Zig Zag Railway tickets go to https://sevenvalleys.com.au/event/backyard/

These are great savings especially for locals, so get out and support these attractions by making a day of it, enjoy the spring weather and reacquaint yourself with what’s in your backyard.

Selections: Highlights of LCC Acquisitive Art Collection at Eskbank House Museum 

Selections: Highlights of LCC Acquisitive Art Collection at Eskbank House Museum 

by | Aug 14, 2023 | Past Exhibitions

Eskbank House Museum has Lithgow City Council Artworks on display.

 

As an addition to the very successful Selections: Highlights from Lithgow City Council’s Acquisitive Art Collection exhibition currently on display at the Seven Valley’s Visitor Centre, Eskbank has brought more art works out of storage for the community to enjoy.

 

Included in the exhibition are a variety of works featuring the Eskbank House, the Blast Furnace, Hassans Walls, Cooerwull Academy and the Woollen Mills. Artists include Mary Hailstone, Heliodore Hawthorne, E J McKenzie, Stanley Ballard, K Ballard, Walter Brunner, Tim Johnman T.G. Moyle and Reg Campbell.

 

The museum is open Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm. The exhibition is free or combine with a Museum tour for $5 or $2.50 concession.

 

 

 

Mary’s Garden, a heritage style kitchen garden – winter pruning session

Mary’s Garden, a heritage style kitchen garden – winter pruning session

by | Jun 14, 2023 | Past Programs

Mary’s Garden is a heritage styled kitchen garden at Eskbank House Museum. This garden was designed and seasonally cared for by Arborist and Heritage Garden consultant Jessica Lawn of Arborvitae. The project was funded by NSW Recovery grant after the major bushfires of 2019/20.

As a final event for this funded project Jessica Lawn will demonstrate winter pruning for the garden fruit trees. This event is open to the Lithgow Community, and it is an invitation to come and share this wonderful peaceful space.

This event is funded by NSW Recovery Bushfire Community Recovery and Resilience Fund

Where: Eskbank House Museum Lithgow
Date: Thursday, 22 Jun 2023
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Bookings are via Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/marys-garden-a-heritage-style-kitchen-garden-winter-pruning-session-tickets-653679321447

More information
Lithgow City Council https://council.lithgow.com/
Eskbank House Museum https://eskbank.lithgow.com/

Connecting with nature through native bees

Connecting with nature through native bees

by | Jun 8, 2023 | Past Programs

  • Which native bees might I find in Lithgow?
  • Where do native bees live?
  • Why is pollination important when saving seeds for my garden?
  • Why are native bees better pollinators than honey bees?
  • How can I attract native bees into my garden?
  • How can native bees help connect me with nature?

Eskbank House Museum’s heritage garden was designed to welcome all members of the community. It is a sanctuary for birds, insects, reptiles and humans alike.

Join Megan Halcroft (PhD), in Mary’s garden, Eskbank House Museum, Bennett Street, Lithgow

Sunday the 25th of June, 2023. From 11am to 1pm

Bookings via https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/connect-with-nature-through-native-bees-tickets-652558338557

Photo credit: Tracie McMahon (garden) & Bees Business (Lasioglossum lanarium on chicory)

This event is funded by a NSW Bushfire Community Recovery and Resilience grant and is hosted by Lithgow City Council – Eskbank House Museum

Shared Stories/W2A Workshop – Upcycle Old Fast Fashion into Crazy Patchwork

Shared Stories/W2A Workshop – Upcycle Old Fast Fashion into Crazy Patchwork

by | Apr 26, 2023 | Past Programs

During the Waste to Art exhibition, June 2023, Eskbank House Museum is hosting a Waste2Art Crazy Quilting two-part workshop. Participants will create Shared Story squares by upcycling old Fast Fashion items.

This two-part workshop is facilitated by multi-disciplined contemporary artist Willowa Anna Carter and is aimed at family or close friend pairs, working together to transfer Shared Stories into crazy patchwork. Images and letters will be printed onto fabric as templates for hand stitched and embroidered squares. One square from each pair will be used to create cushions for Eskbank House Museum’s Mary’s Garden benches as a community project.

Session 1 Saturday 17 June 2023 9.30 am to 1.30pm

Session 2 Saturday 24 June 2023 9.30 am to 1.30pm

Crazy Quilting Workshop is subsidized by Lithgow City Council, the workshop cost is $25 per person. Places are limited and bookings essential via https://eskbank.lithgow.com/contact/