People will fence, plant, prune and plan new and existing gardens as part of a Permablitz to be held in Thurgoona on Saturday 6 November. Charles Sturt University (CSU) and the Albury-Wodonga Environment Centre will host the Permablitz which is a community project to redevelop existing gardens and cleared paddocks around the Inland Living Experience (ILE) House on the University’s Thurgoona site. Activities for participants will include establishing ‘no-dig’ and perennial herb gardens using permaculture principles and an irrigation system. ILE coordinator and chair of CSU in Albury-Wodonga’s Environmental Committee, Dr John Rafferty, said the blitz is an opportunity for the Albury-Wodonga committee to help establish an education centre to demonstrate practical ways of living more sustainably. “The permablitz is really concerned with engaging with the environment, learning new skills and having fun. Set up permaculture gardens is a good thing to do on many levels,” Dr Rafferty said. The Permablitz will start at 10am at ILE House, St John’s Road (though the CSU entrance on Elizabeth Mitchell Drive), Thurgoona.