What do you eat when you're two years from home and hurtling towards Mars? And what can thousands of years of Indigenous plant knowledge teach us about growing food beyond Earth? 

Come find out — drop in, explore and be amazed!

Plants for Space has landed in Carnarvon, and we're throwing open the doors of the Gwoonwardu Mia Cultural Centre for TWO incredible days of free, drop-in science fun. Just show up and explore! 

Roam our awesome science gallery walk and get your head around three of the biggest puzzles space scientists are cracking RIGHT NOW — how do you cook up the perfect light recipe for crops in space? How do you keep a plant alive with almost zero resources? And how does a plant even know which way to grow when there's NO gravity?

Then get stuck into our epic challenge stations:

•  Plate up a real duckweed petri dish like a legit space scientist
•  Nail the pipette challenge, steadier hands win!
•  Take on the Space Garden Farmer digital game
• Dare yourself with our astronaut mystery sensory test
•  Spy on plants up close through a real microscope

And the absolute STAR of the show?  Our Astro Garden. Dream up, design and build your very own space plant using paper, straws and colour, then plant it in our giant Astro Garden display for everyone to see. What superpower will YOUR plant need to survive on Mars?

It's free. It's drop-in. It's where knowledge meets future science.