Calendar of local events

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All areas Banyule Boroondara City of Yarra Darebin Manningham Maroondah Merri-bek Nillumbik Whitehorse Whittlesea Yarra Ranges

View calendars for specific types of event (and the key to the colour coding):
All events All once-off events (Cooking, Everything else, Free) Community gardens Food swaps Free meals Markets Farmers’ markets Garden tours Garden clubs

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1	2	3	4	5	6 Beginners backyard beekeeping 10:00 Beginners backyard beekeeping @ CERES Apr 6 @ 10:00 – 15:00 Tickets Learn everything from the inner workings of a beehive to the healing properties of raw honey. You will learn how to maintain a healthy hive, discover the wonders of swarms and how to keep them [...] Feta, haloumi and mascarpone cheese making 10:00 Feta, haloumi and mascarpone cheese making @ CERES Apr 6 @ 10:00 – 16:00 Tickets You will learn all there is to know about making feta, halloumi and mascarpone, including: the cheese making process using cultures and rennet; sourcing the best quality local milk; salt-brining and dry-salting cheese; marinating feta [...] Microgreens growing 10:00 Microgreens growing @ CERES Apr 6 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets You will be walked through the process of producing microgreens. Presenter: Jess Holland, CERES’ microgreens manager. Small space gardening 10:00 Small space gardening @ CERES Apr 6 @ 10:00 – 15:00 Tickets You will learn: how to maximise your small space to create an abundant oasis of food, herbs and ornamentals; and container gardening techniques and principles. Presenter: Donna Livermore. The herbal apprentice (8 sessions) 10:00 The herbal apprentice (8 sessions) @ CERES Apr 6 @ 10:00 – 15:00 Tickets On 8 consecutive weeks. The course will include the following topics: medicinal plant cultivation; introduction to plant identification and botany; understanding common ailments; herbal language and terminology; patterns of traditional western herbalism; plant chemistry basics; [...] Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Apr 6 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Just outside the CERES grocery.	7 Edible weeds 10:00 Edible weeds @ CERES Apr 7 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Learn about the seasonal edible weeds that thrive in Melbourne’s inner north and gain knowledge about the plants’ culinary, medicinal and ecological uses. This session will also include a demonstration, and sampling, of prepared edible [...] Indian cooking 10:00 Indian cooking @ CERES Apr 7 @ 10:00 – 15:00 Tickets Learn how to make easy, delicious and healthy vegetarian Indian recipes. At the end of the workshop, you will sit down together for a shared feast of your own making. Presenter: Aditi Daware.
8	9 Farming for our future (ages 5 to 8) 13:00 Farming for our future (ages 5 to 8) @ CERES Apr 9 @ 13:00 – 15:00 Tickets This workshop is for children aged 5-8 years and each child must be accompanied by an adult guardian. Explore Honey Lane Organic Farm and meet some chickens. Make a recycled pot and propagate your own [...]	10 Toward zero waste (ages 5 to 8) 10:00 Toward zero waste (ages 5 to 8) @ CERES Apr 10 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets This workshop is for children aged 5-8 years and each child must be accompanied by an adult guardian. Discover the wonderful world of worms and compost. Make your own piece of recycled paper to take [...]	11 Farm to fork (ages 3 to 5) 13:00 Farm to fork (ages 3 to 5) @ CERES Apr 11 @ 13:00 – 15:00 Tickets This workshop is for children aged 3-5 years and each child must be accompanied by an adult guardian. Explore the CERES market garden and visit the chickens and bees. Learn how to turn food waste [...]	12	13 Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Apr 13 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Just outside the CERES grocery.	14
15	16	17	18	19	20 Organic vegetable growing 10:00 Organic vegetable growing @ CERES Apr 20 @ 10:00 – 15:00 Tickets The workshop is a mix of classroom presentations and practical exercises, giving you a chance to get your hands dirty on a real working farm. You will learn to: build healthy soils; work with the [...] Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Apr 20 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Just outside the CERES grocery.	21 Sourdough bread baking 09:00 Sourdough bread baking @ CERES Apr 21 @ 09:00 – 17:00 Tickets You will: make a variety of different breads, gaining the skills and confidence to make your own at home; enjoy some of your own handmade pizza for lunch; and take home some leaven to get [...]
22	23 Sustainable gardening (8 sessions) 10:00 Sustainable gardening (8 sessions) @ CERES Apr 23 @ 10:00 – 14:00 Tickets 8 sessions, each 10am-2pm. This course will introduce you to the basics of horticulture, permaculture and organic gardening. The 8 sessions will cover: intro to sustainable gardening and permaculture principles; soils and their preparation; composting, [...]	24	25	26	27 Greek cooking 10:00 Greek cooking @ CERES Apr 27 @ 10:00 – 14:00 Tickets You will learn how to prepare traditional dishes that you would expect to eat in the kitchen of a Greek family home. You will prepare all the meals together and then enjoy your feast. Presenter: [...] Traditional wooden spoon carving 10:00 Traditional wooden spoon carving @ CERES Apr 27 @ 10:00 – 16:00 Tickets Learn the traditional craft of carving your own kitchen utensils using specialised carving knives and your hands. From a piece of sustainably sourced native timber, carve spoons, butter spreaders, spatulas or spurtles from a piece [...] Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Apr 27 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Just outside the CERES grocery. Edible weeds walk 10:30 Edible weeds walk @ Precise location to be given upon booking Apr 27 @ 10:30 – 12:30 Tickets This walk will take place twice on the day, at 10.30am and at 1.30pm. What if many of the weeds in our garden were just as edible as the vegetables we tend beside them? What [...] Edible weeds walk 13:30 Edible weeds walk @ Precise location to be given upon booking Apr 27 @ 13:30 – 15:30 Tickets This walk will take place twice on the day, at 10.30am and at 1.30pm. What if many of the weeds in our garden were just as edible as the vegetables we tend beside them? What [...]	28 Fermenting at home 10:00 Fermenting at home @ CERES Apr 28 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets You will learn the basics of making your own sauerkraut, fermented seasonal vegetables and kombucha plus how to use fermented products in day-to-day life. You will take home your own jars of vegetables to ferment [...] Merri Corner Community Garden (Brunswick East) open garden / working bee 11:00 Merri Corner Community Garden (Brunswick East) open garden / working bee @ Merri Corner Community Garden Apr 28 @ 11:00 – 13:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden.
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One Response to “Calendar of local events”

Lisa says:

May 22, 2022 at 11:49

Oh wowza fantastic thank you for the calender!
Lisa

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