​Scarecrow Festival Information 2026
"Sow, Plant, Care: Watch it Grow!"

CHILDREN'S SING-A-LONG AND MORNING TEA: Friday 18th September 2026, 10.00 am, at Erindale Neighbourhood Garden. All participating preschool, early learning, child care and family day care groups, and families with young children, are welcome to attend! 

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How to be involved in the Scarecrow Festival:

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What: Community event - construct a scarecrow to display at the Scarecrow Festival. This year's theme is "Sow, Plant, Care: Watch it Grow!".

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Aim: for children and adults of all ages to have fun, to learn, to be creative, and to enjoy community involvement through constructing a scarecrow.

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How to participate: form a school/daycare/family/community or other team, and build a scarecrow to bring to the Garden to show during Festival Week! It can be as imaginative as you like!  Click here to view some of our Scarecrows from past events. 

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When: Festival Week is the week of 14th - 18th September.

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Where: Erindale Neighbourhood Garden, Comrie Street Wanniassa (opposite Erindale Centre). Teams and supporters (teachers, carers, family, friends) can come to the Garden at any time in Festival Week to set up their scarecrows.

 

Who can participate: we welcome participation from any interested groups, such as: day care and family day care, preschools, schools, families; community or other groups, aged care residents. Any school or organisation can enter as many teams as they wish.

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What to do: design and construct a scarecrow, or a group of scarecrows. Your scarecrows can be:

 

• made from any materials (eg recycled materials, sticks, straw, fabric, car tyres, old brooms, metal, plastic, cardboard, paper).

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• any size (but of course, need to be able to be transported easily).

 

• as imaginative as you like. The scarecrows might represent anything that our plants and gardens need: sun, rain (eg water cycle); soil; worms etc.  

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How to enter: Simple! Send an email to our Garden Co-ordinator using our Contact form on this website. There is no entry fee. On your contact form, please indicate whether your team category is: day care/preschool; family/friends; aged care; community; or other.