Your Footprint. Australia’s Trees. Our Future.

How to create
your own backyard Pocket Forest

Carbon Positive Australia’s community pocket forest partner, Edwina Robinson, will take you on a journey and show you how to plant your very own pocket forest, using principles adapted from the Miyawaki methodology. Community pocket forests are small, dense native forests that can be planted in a tiny suburban backyard.

Ready to make a real environmental impact from your own backyard? Secure your spot in this free webinar and start your pocket forest journey today!

🗓️ Date: Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025
🕒 Time: 12pm AWST // 2pm AEST
📍 Location: Online

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Wednesday, September 3rd // 12pm AWST // 2pm AEST

🌏 Why Attend?

• Learn how community pocket forests contribute to climate resilience, habitat creation, and community connection
• Discover how to transform your backyard into a biodiversity haven
• Get practical, step-by-step guidance you can implement immediately
• Learn new planting skills you can apply in your garden, your community, and beyond.

Join us this Biodiversity Month for a special online event exploring how you can create a biodiverse pocket forest in your own backyard. Carbon Positive Australia’s community pocket forest partner, Edwina Robinson, will take you on a journey and show you how to plant your very own pocket forest, using principles adapted from the Miyawaki methodology.

Pocket forests are small, dense native forests that can be planted in a tiny suburban backyard. Planting species that thrive in local conditions will help replace your water-guzzling lawn, with a waterwise garden design, save water and money on your bills, and build a thriving ecosystem where you get to enjoy the buzz of bees, the hum of birds, and a beautiful flower show as the seasons change throughout the year. This is an opportunity to learn about innovative planting methodologies, offering insight into new skills you can apply in your garden, your community, and beyond.

⚠️ Important: This webinar will NOT be recorded – so you’ll need to join us live to get all the expert insights and practical tips you can implement immediately.

About the speaker:

Edwina Robinson

Edwina Robinson is a Landscape Architect and founder of The Climate Factory, that empowers community leaders to create dense climate-cooling microforests using an adapted Miyawaki technique combined with water harvesting, participatory community action and crowdfunding. Since 2020, Edwina and her team have built five microforests across ACT and NSW, each containing plant species that thrive in Australia’s increasingly hot and dry climate conditions.

About the host:

Stephanie Poly

Stephy leads the Community Pocket Forest Program at Carbon Positive Australia, focusing on planting community pocket forests in heat-vulnerable urban locations to support communities with the highest heat-related health risks.

Learn more about our community planting projects.

🌿 Why community pocket forests?

In our changing climate, every backyard has the potential to become a powerful biodiversity refuge that creates natural cooling effects for your home and community. Community pocket forests represent a community-centred approach where individual actions create collective environmental impact. When you plant your pocket forest, it becomes an opportunity to invite neighbours and friends to join in, building shared knowledge and strengthening community connections while creating positive change together. Small spaces can make a big difference for our planet’s future and for the fabric of our communities.

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How to createyour own backyard Pocket Forest