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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 Go and explore Mooroolbark Community Garden 11:00 Go and explore Mooroolbark Community Garden @ Mooroolbark Library Oct 1 @ 11:00 – 12:00 Tickets Hear from a member of the Mooroolbark Community Garden. Then walk across the road to look at the garden. Farming for our future (ages 5 to 8) 13:00 Farming for our future (ages 5 to 8) @ CERES Oct 1 @ 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 [...]	2 Really Really Free Market 11:00 Really Really Free Market @ Catalyst Social Centre Oct 2 @ 11:00 – 15:00 Tickets This is a free, rescued and donated groceries market. Really Really Free Market (RRFM) is a food rescue collective based on the principles of mutual aid, which gathers and re-distributes as much food as possible [...] Bush tucker and bush foods in a habitat garden 19:00 Bush tucker and bush foods in a habitat garden @ Manningham Civic Centre Oct 2 @ 19:00 – 21:00 Tickets Karen Sutherland, from Edible Eden Design, will talk about: the best bush food plants for gardens in Melbourne; which plants to pot vs those to plant in the ground; basic growing information; the basics of [...]	3 Farm to fork (ages 3 to 5) 13:00 Farm to fork (ages 3 to 5) @ CERES Oct 3 @ 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 [...]	4	5 Discover the edible weeds of Victoria 10:30 Discover the edible weeds of Victoria @ Glen Park Oaks Community Garden Oct 5 @ 10:30 – 11:00 Tickets Explore the wonders of chickweed, mallow and onion weed. Presenter: Jane. The workshop will take place at the same time and place as the Bayswater North Food Swap and is in Glen Park Oaks community [...]	6
7	8 Japanese home cooking class – crystal soft candy (2 sessions) 19:00 Japanese home cooking class – crystal soft candy (2 sessions) @ Greenhills Neighbourhood House Oct 8 @ 19:00 – 20:30 Tickets The two sessions will be on Tuesdays, 8th and 15th October, 7-8.30pm. In the first session, make kohakutou, a traditional Japanese confection resembling edible crystals In the second session, showcase it with Japanese teas. Organised [...]	9 Really Really Free Market 11:00 Really Really Free Market @ Catalyst Social Centre Oct 9 @ 11:00 – 15:00 Tickets This is a free, rescued and donated groceries market. Really Really Free Market (RRFM) is a food rescue collective based on the principles of mutual aid, which gathers and re-distributes as much food as possible [...]	10	11 Pickle party 09:00 Pickle party @ Greenhills Neighbourhood House Oct 11 @ 09:00 – 11:00 Tickets Join them to pickle excess rescued food over a cuppa. Organised by Greenhills Neighbourhood House. Just turn up.	12 Kevin Heinze GROW Spring Fair (Doncaster) 09:00 Kevin Heinze GROW Spring Fair (Doncaster) @ Kevin Heinze GROW Oct 12 @ 09:00 – 14:30 Tickets There will be a wide variety of heirloom tomato seedlings for sale. Plus, food, fun crafts, games, horticulture activities and a scavenger hunt. Reynard Street Community Garden (Coburg) working bee 09:00 Reynard Street Community Garden (Coburg) working bee @ Reynard Street Community Garden, Robinson Reserve Oct 12 @ 09:00 – 12:00 Tickets Join their working bee to lend a hand and gain new skills and knowledge. A food swap is held on the same day, 10.30am-12.30pm. Click here to read about the garden. Oakhill’s 3rd birthday party 10:00 Oakhill’s 3rd birthday party @ Oakhill Food Justice Farm Oct 12 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Tour the garden and particpate in workshops. Organised by Oakhill Food Justice Farm. Setting up a worm farm 14:00 Setting up a worm farm @ Edendale Oct 12 @ 14:00 – 15:30 Tickets Learn how to set up a worm farm and the easiest methods to manage and care for these most hard-working of creatures. This workshop will cover both the theory and practice of worm farming in [...]	13
14	15	16 Really Really Free Market 11:00 Really Really Free Market @ Catalyst Social Centre Oct 16 @ 11:00 – 15:00 Tickets This is a free, rescued and donated groceries market. Really Really Free Market (RRFM) is a food rescue collective based on the principles of mutual aid, which gathers and re-distributes as much food as possible [...]	17	18 Pickle party 09:00 Pickle party @ Greenhills Neighbourhood House Oct 18 @ 09:00 – 11:00 Tickets Join them to pickle excess rescued food over a cuppa. Organised by Greenhills Neighbourhood House. Just turn up.	19 DIVRS’s Urban Food Program 10th birthday celebration 13:30 DIVRS’s Urban Food Program 10th birthday celebration @ Alphington Food Hub Oct 19 @ 13:30 – 16:00 Tickets Celebrate the Urban Food Program’s journey and achievements over the past decade with food, music, stories, a seedling potting stand and seedling giveaways. The formalities will be at 2.30pm.	20 Children’s mini food fair 10:00 Children’s mini food fair @ Edendale Community Environment Farm Oct 20 @ 10:00 – 14:00 Tickets There will be workshops, farm tours, local food vans and a mini local food market.
21	22 Growing your own – for kids 16:00 Growing your own – for kids @ Edendale Oct 22 @ 16:00 – 17:00 Tickets For children aged 4-6 accompanied by a parent or guardian. Your child will learn all about: what a seed needs to grow; the environmental benefits of growing some of your own food; and why worms [...]	23 Really Really Free Market 11:00 Really Really Free Market @ Catalyst Social Centre Oct 23 @ 11:00 – 15:00 Tickets This is a free, rescued and donated groceries market. Really Really Free Market (RRFM) is a food rescue collective based on the principles of mutual aid, which gathers and re-distributes as much food as possible [...]	24 Care of backyard chickens 11:00 Care of backyard chickens @ Diamond Valley Library Oct 24 @ 11:00 – 12:00 Tickets Have all your questions answered by Maria from Sunset Valley Chicks. She will cover everything from the correct care of chickens, worming, keeping the birds healthy and proper housing.	25 Pickle party 09:00 Pickle party @ Greenhills Neighbourhood House Oct 25 @ 09:00 – 11:00 Tickets Join them to pickle excess rescued food over a cuppa. Organised by Greenhills Neighbourhood House. Just turn up.	26 Backyard biochar workshop 10:00 Backyard biochar workshop @ Burnley Backyard Oct 26 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Learn how to make and activate biochar for your garden big or small, whether you have a balcony or a market garden. Reduce the need for manual watering, cut out chemical fertilisers that are harmful [...] CERES Festival of fava 10:00 CERES Festival of fava @ CERES Joe's Market Garden Oct 26 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets This is a day of celebration including music, cooking demonstrations, farm tours, pick-your-own beans, garden workshops and activities for both adults and kids. You will celebrate the importance of the fava bean (aka broad bean) [...]	27 Willsmere Station Community Garden 5th birthday spring fair 11:00 Willsmere Station Community Garden 5th birthday spring fair @ Willsmere Station Community Garden Oct 27 @ 11:00 – 15:00 Tickets Celebrate their 5th birthday and enjoy activities, produce, the garden’s amenities and its diversity of edible plants and fruits. Click here to read about the garden.
28	29	30 Really Really Free Market 11:00 Really Really Free Market @ Catalyst Social Centre Oct 30 @ 11:00 – 15:00 Tickets This is a free, rescued and donated groceries market. Really Really Free Market (RRFM) is a food rescue collective based on the principles of mutual aid, which gathers and re-distributes as much food as possible [...]	31

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Lisa says:

May 22, 2022 at 11:49

Oh wowza fantastic thank you for the calender!
Lisa

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