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Learn how to shop for healthy and proper ingredients. Explore the importance of understanding hidden preservatives in food, the impact of excessive sugar and salt consumption, and how to identify additives on food labels. Start by walking through some shops and then convening for a more in-depth discussion. Finally, learn some techniques specific to Aegean longevity cuisine.
Click here to read about the garden.
Second Wednesday of every month except for January. Everyone welcome. Parking is available at the rear off Leeds Street.
2023 speakers and topics
08 Nov: Yarra Valley Water on recycled water.
11 Oct: Seila Hierk on bees in the garden.
12 Sep: Julie Kos, from Kossies Free Range Egg Farm, on smoked eggs.
09 Aug: Joseph Stanley on orchids.
12 Jul: John Hassal on vertical gardening.
14 Jun: James Wall on the life and times as a nursery man.
10 May: Seila Hierk on Asian winter vegetables.
08 Mar: Penny Woodward on knowing, growing and curing garlic.
08 Feb: Silkie roses.
2022 speakers and topics
09 Nov: Dan from Seeds of Plenty on minature tomatoes.
12 Oct: Seila Hierk of Childplay Permaculture on Asian summer vegetables.
14 Sep: Felicity Gordon on Queensland Fruit Fly.
08 Jun: Pete the Permie, aka Peter Allen, will be selling dwarf fruit trees.
11 May: Helen Lovel from Neutrog, a fertiliser company.
13 Apr: Nigel Philpot on the Doncaster Hill Community Garden and Felicity Gordon on Queensland fruit fly traps.
09 Feb: Guy Palmer on local food activities around Manningham.
2021 speakers and topics
14 Apr: Angelo Eliades on sustainable gardening and permaculture.
12 May: Robin Gale-Baker on growing vegetables.
2019 speakers and topics
13 Feb: Dwight King on dahlias.
13 Mar: Mike Dodson from Betta Grower Organic Fertilisers on potting mixes.
10 Apr: Seila Hierk on how to grow Winter Asian vegetables.
08 May: Paul on French ornamental vegetable gardens.
12 Jun: Jim Poulter on traditional Aboriginal use in Manningham.
10 Jul: Brendan Curtis on Japanese gardens.
14 Aug: Jainie on Neutrog’s ‘Who Flung Dung’.
11 Sep: Steve Morris on circular food.
09 Oct: Janine Kay on pelargoniums and geraniums.
13 Nov: Karen Sutherland on Edible Eden Design’s tomatoes.
11 Dec: Christmas party and supper.
Benefits of joining Doncaster Garden Club:
- Eleven monthly newsletters per year.
- Speakers each monthly meeting.
- Discounts on selected products (e.g. wholesale at Ryset Industries).
- Club trading table.
- Part of a friendly and informative club.
Make gnocchi from scratch the Italian way using basic pantry ingredients coupled with two sauces. Enjoy tasting the dishes with the other participants. You will take home your freshly made gnocchi. Take a container and an apron.
Organised by Living And Learning @ Ajani
Come along to share your produce & compare notes with other food gardeners.
Bring along any veggies, fruit or herbs you have harvested, also eggs, preserves, recipes are welcome. Be inventive! You can also bring some things that not everyone else is growing at this time of year. This is a non-commercial event – no money changes hands.
For the lastest updates, see their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/baagvegieswap.
Tish will teach you the art of making croquembouche, starting with how to make the choux pastry and the creme patisserie and then how to cook toffee and build the croquembouche.
Take an apron, a container to put extra profiteroles in and something to carry the croquembouche (base of a container at least 20cm).
Organised by Living And Learning @ Ajani
Click here to read about the garden.
On the 1st Saturday of every month except January with an additional market on the 3rd Saturday in December.
On the 1st Saturday of every month except January.
Learn how to make the dough, the art of the fold, rolling the perfect croissant and how to prove and cook your eight croissants at home.
Take an apron and a container.
Organised by Living And Learning @ Ajani
15 minutes before each event (i.e. at 6.15pm), there is a food and seed swap.
2023 events
| 5 April | Autumn in the garden | Teresa Day, Sustainable Gardening Australia |
| 3 May | Seed saving | Maria Ciavarella, My Green Garden |
| 7 June | Composting and worm farming | Ella Boyen, Chooktopia |
| 5 July | Fruit tree essentials, pruning and maintenance | Karen Sutherland, Edible Eden Design |
| 2 August | Garden design – re-gaining the connection to urban food growing | Kat Lavers |
| 6 September | Tomato master class | Penny Woodward, Author Tomato Know, Sow Grow, Feast |
| 4 October | Keeping chickens | Ella Boyen, Chooktopia |
| 1 November | Edibles in small spaces and November in the garden | Duncan Cocking, Leaf, Root and Fruit |
| 6 December | Preparing for the summer harvest | Teresa Day, Sustainable Gardening Australia |
Learn how to make escargot, danishes, and pain au chocolate (chocolate croissant).
Take an apron and a container.
Organised by Living And Learning @ Ajani
Click here to read about the garden.
Second Wednesday of every month except for January. Everyone welcome. Parking is available at the rear off Leeds Street.
2023 speakers and topics
08 Nov: Yarra Valley Water on recycled water.
11 Oct: Seila Hierk on bees in the garden.
12 Sep: Julie Kos, from Kossies Free Range Egg Farm, on smoked eggs.
09 Aug: Joseph Stanley on orchids.
12 Jul: John Hassal on vertical gardening.
14 Jun: James Wall on the life and times as a nursery man.
10 May: Seila Hierk on Asian winter vegetables.
08 Mar: Penny Woodward on knowing, growing and curing garlic.
08 Feb: Silkie roses.
2022 speakers and topics
09 Nov: Dan from Seeds of Plenty on minature tomatoes.
12 Oct: Seila Hierk of Childplay Permaculture on Asian summer vegetables.
14 Sep: Felicity Gordon on Queensland Fruit Fly.
08 Jun: Pete the Permie, aka Peter Allen, will be selling dwarf fruit trees.
11 May: Helen Lovel from Neutrog, a fertiliser company.
13 Apr: Nigel Philpot on the Doncaster Hill Community Garden and Felicity Gordon on Queensland fruit fly traps.
09 Feb: Guy Palmer on local food activities around Manningham.
2021 speakers and topics
14 Apr: Angelo Eliades on sustainable gardening and permaculture.
12 May: Robin Gale-Baker on growing vegetables.
2019 speakers and topics
13 Feb: Dwight King on dahlias.
13 Mar: Mike Dodson from Betta Grower Organic Fertilisers on potting mixes.
10 Apr: Seila Hierk on how to grow Winter Asian vegetables.
08 May: Paul on French ornamental vegetable gardens.
12 Jun: Jim Poulter on traditional Aboriginal use in Manningham.
10 Jul: Brendan Curtis on Japanese gardens.
14 Aug: Jainie on Neutrog’s ‘Who Flung Dung’.
11 Sep: Steve Morris on circular food.
09 Oct: Janine Kay on pelargoniums and geraniums.
13 Nov: Karen Sutherland on Edible Eden Design’s tomatoes.
11 Dec: Christmas party and supper.
Benefits of joining Doncaster Garden Club:
- Eleven monthly newsletters per year.
- Speakers each monthly meeting.
- Discounts on selected products (e.g. wholesale at Ryset Industries).
- Club trading table.
- Part of a friendly and informative club.
Come along to share your produce & compare notes with other food gardeners.
Bring along any veggies, fruit or herbs you have harvested, also eggs, preserves, recipes are welcome. Be inventive! You can also bring some things that not everyone else is growing at this time of year. This is a non-commercial event – no money changes hands.
For the lastest updates, see their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/baagvegieswap.
Click here to read about the garden.
15 minutes before each event (i.e. at 6.15pm), there is a food and seed swap.
2023 events
| 5 April | Autumn in the garden | Teresa Day, Sustainable Gardening Australia |
| 3 May | Seed saving | Maria Ciavarella, My Green Garden |
| 7 June | Composting and worm farming | Ella Boyen, Chooktopia |
| 5 July | Fruit tree essentials, pruning and maintenance | Karen Sutherland, Edible Eden Design |
| 2 August | Garden design – re-gaining the connection to urban food growing | Kat Lavers |
| 6 September | Tomato master class | Penny Woodward, Author Tomato Know, Sow Grow, Feast |
| 4 October | Keeping chickens | Ella Boyen, Chooktopia |
| 1 November | Edibles in small spaces and November in the garden | Duncan Cocking, Leaf, Root and Fruit |
| 6 December | Preparing for the summer harvest | Teresa Day, Sustainable Gardening Australia |
On the 1st Saturday of every month except January with an additional market on the 3rd Saturday in December.
On the 1st Saturday of every month except January.
Second Wednesday of every month except for January. Everyone welcome. Parking is available at the rear off Leeds Street.
2023 speakers and topics
08 Nov: Yarra Valley Water on recycled water.
11 Oct: Seila Hierk on bees in the garden.
12 Sep: Julie Kos, from Kossies Free Range Egg Farm, on smoked eggs.
09 Aug: Joseph Stanley on orchids.
12 Jul: John Hassal on vertical gardening.
14 Jun: James Wall on the life and times as a nursery man.
10 May: Seila Hierk on Asian winter vegetables.
08 Mar: Penny Woodward on knowing, growing and curing garlic.
08 Feb: Silkie roses.
2022 speakers and topics
09 Nov: Dan from Seeds of Plenty on minature tomatoes.
12 Oct: Seila Hierk of Childplay Permaculture on Asian summer vegetables.
14 Sep: Felicity Gordon on Queensland Fruit Fly.
08 Jun: Pete the Permie, aka Peter Allen, will be selling dwarf fruit trees.
11 May: Helen Lovel from Neutrog, a fertiliser company.
13 Apr: Nigel Philpot on the Doncaster Hill Community Garden and Felicity Gordon on Queensland fruit fly traps.
09 Feb: Guy Palmer on local food activities around Manningham.
2021 speakers and topics
14 Apr: Angelo Eliades on sustainable gardening and permaculture.
12 May: Robin Gale-Baker on growing vegetables.
2019 speakers and topics
13 Feb: Dwight King on dahlias.
13 Mar: Mike Dodson from Betta Grower Organic Fertilisers on potting mixes.
10 Apr: Seila Hierk on how to grow Winter Asian vegetables.
08 May: Paul on French ornamental vegetable gardens.
12 Jun: Jim Poulter on traditional Aboriginal use in Manningham.
10 Jul: Brendan Curtis on Japanese gardens.
14 Aug: Jainie on Neutrog’s ‘Who Flung Dung’.
11 Sep: Steve Morris on circular food.
09 Oct: Janine Kay on pelargoniums and geraniums.
13 Nov: Karen Sutherland on Edible Eden Design’s tomatoes.
11 Dec: Christmas party and supper.
Benefits of joining Doncaster Garden Club:
- Eleven monthly newsletters per year.
- Speakers each monthly meeting.
- Discounts on selected products (e.g. wholesale at Ryset Industries).
- Club trading table.
- Part of a friendly and informative club.
Make Chinese dumplings from scratch. The dough you prepare can be used for either boiled dumplings (shui jiao) or potstickers (guo tie). Then make vegetarian dumplings. Facilitator: Miki.
Come along to share your produce & compare notes with other food gardeners.
Bring along any veggies, fruit or herbs you have harvested, also eggs, preserves, recipes are welcome. Be inventive! You can also bring some things that not everyone else is growing at this time of year. This is a non-commercial event – no money changes hands.
For the lastest updates, see their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/baagvegieswap.
Join them for this hands-on introduction to couverture chocolate which will cover: tempering of milk and dark chocolate; filling truffle shells with supplied ganache for centres; dipping and decorating truffles; and chocolate discs topped with roasted nuts and dried fruit. There will be plenty of sampling along the way and you will take home all that you make presented in a gift box.
On the 1st Saturday of every month except January with an additional market on the 3rd Saturday in December.
On the 1st Saturday of every month except January.
15 minutes before each event (i.e. at 6.15pm), there is a food and seed swap.
2023 events
| 5 April | Autumn in the garden | Teresa Day, Sustainable Gardening Australia |
| 3 May | Seed saving | Maria Ciavarella, My Green Garden |
| 7 June | Composting and worm farming | Ella Boyen, Chooktopia |
| 5 July | Fruit tree essentials, pruning and maintenance | Karen Sutherland, Edible Eden Design |
| 2 August | Garden design – re-gaining the connection to urban food growing | Kat Lavers |
| 6 September | Tomato master class | Penny Woodward, Author Tomato Know, Sow Grow, Feast |
| 4 October | Keeping chickens | Ella Boyen, Chooktopia |
| 1 November | Edibles in small spaces and November in the garden | Duncan Cocking, Leaf, Root and Fruit |
| 6 December | Preparing for the summer harvest | Teresa Day, Sustainable Gardening Australia |
Second Wednesday of every month except for January. Everyone welcome. Parking is available at the rear off Leeds Street.
2023 speakers and topics
08 Nov: Yarra Valley Water on recycled water.
11 Oct: Seila Hierk on bees in the garden.
12 Sep: Julie Kos, from Kossies Free Range Egg Farm, on smoked eggs.
09 Aug: Joseph Stanley on orchids.
12 Jul: John Hassal on vertical gardening.
14 Jun: James Wall on the life and times as a nursery man.
10 May: Seila Hierk on Asian winter vegetables.
08 Mar: Penny Woodward on knowing, growing and curing garlic.
08 Feb: Silkie roses.
2022 speakers and topics
09 Nov: Dan from Seeds of Plenty on minature tomatoes.
12 Oct: Seila Hierk of Childplay Permaculture on Asian summer vegetables.
14 Sep: Felicity Gordon on Queensland Fruit Fly.
08 Jun: Pete the Permie, aka Peter Allen, will be selling dwarf fruit trees.
11 May: Helen Lovel from Neutrog, a fertiliser company.
13 Apr: Nigel Philpot on the Doncaster Hill Community Garden and Felicity Gordon on Queensland fruit fly traps.
09 Feb: Guy Palmer on local food activities around Manningham.
2021 speakers and topics
14 Apr: Angelo Eliades on sustainable gardening and permaculture.
12 May: Robin Gale-Baker on growing vegetables.
2019 speakers and topics
13 Feb: Dwight King on dahlias.
13 Mar: Mike Dodson from Betta Grower Organic Fertilisers on potting mixes.
10 Apr: Seila Hierk on how to grow Winter Asian vegetables.
08 May: Paul on French ornamental vegetable gardens.
12 Jun: Jim Poulter on traditional Aboriginal use in Manningham.
10 Jul: Brendan Curtis on Japanese gardens.
14 Aug: Jainie on Neutrog’s ‘Who Flung Dung’.
11 Sep: Steve Morris on circular food.
09 Oct: Janine Kay on pelargoniums and geraniums.
13 Nov: Karen Sutherland on Edible Eden Design’s tomatoes.
11 Dec: Christmas party and supper.
Benefits of joining Doncaster Garden Club:
- Eleven monthly newsletters per year.
- Speakers each monthly meeting.
- Discounts on selected products (e.g. wholesale at Ryset Industries).
- Club trading table.
- Part of a friendly and informative club.
Come along to share your produce & compare notes with other food gardeners.
Bring along any veggies, fruit or herbs you have harvested, also eggs, preserves, recipes are welcome. Be inventive! You can also bring some things that not everyone else is growing at this time of year. This is a non-commercial event – no money changes hands.
For the lastest updates, see their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/baagvegieswap.
Learn how to make and maintain beeswax wraps for keeping food fresh and hygienic without the use of single-use plastics such as cling-wrap.
Whitehorse and Manningham residents only.
15 minutes before each event (i.e. at 6.15pm), there is a food and seed swap.
2023 events
| 5 April | Autumn in the garden | Teresa Day, Sustainable Gardening Australia |
| 3 May | Seed saving | Maria Ciavarella, My Green Garden |
| 7 June | Composting and worm farming | Ella Boyen, Chooktopia |
| 5 July | Fruit tree essentials, pruning and maintenance | Karen Sutherland, Edible Eden Design |
| 2 August | Garden design – re-gaining the connection to urban food growing | Kat Lavers |
| 6 September | Tomato master class | Penny Woodward, Author Tomato Know, Sow Grow, Feast |
| 4 October | Keeping chickens | Ella Boyen, Chooktopia |
| 1 November | Edibles in small spaces and November in the garden | Duncan Cocking, Leaf, Root and Fruit |
| 6 December | Preparing for the summer harvest | Teresa Day, Sustainable Gardening Australia |
On the 1st Saturday of every month except January with an additional market on the 3rd Saturday in December.
On the 1st Saturday of every month except January.
Second Wednesday of every month except for January. Everyone welcome. Parking is available at the rear off Leeds Street.
2023 speakers and topics
08 Nov: Yarra Valley Water on recycled water.
11 Oct: Seila Hierk on bees in the garden.
12 Sep: Julie Kos, from Kossies Free Range Egg Farm, on smoked eggs.
09 Aug: Joseph Stanley on orchids.
12 Jul: John Hassal on vertical gardening.
14 Jun: James Wall on the life and times as a nursery man.
10 May: Seila Hierk on Asian winter vegetables.
08 Mar: Penny Woodward on knowing, growing and curing garlic.
08 Feb: Silkie roses.
2022 speakers and topics
09 Nov: Dan from Seeds of Plenty on minature tomatoes.
12 Oct: Seila Hierk of Childplay Permaculture on Asian summer vegetables.
14 Sep: Felicity Gordon on Queensland Fruit Fly.
08 Jun: Pete the Permie, aka Peter Allen, will be selling dwarf fruit trees.
11 May: Helen Lovel from Neutrog, a fertiliser company.
13 Apr: Nigel Philpot on the Doncaster Hill Community Garden and Felicity Gordon on Queensland fruit fly traps.
09 Feb: Guy Palmer on local food activities around Manningham.
2021 speakers and topics
14 Apr: Angelo Eliades on sustainable gardening and permaculture.
12 May: Robin Gale-Baker on growing vegetables.
2019 speakers and topics
13 Feb: Dwight King on dahlias.
13 Mar: Mike Dodson from Betta Grower Organic Fertilisers on potting mixes.
10 Apr: Seila Hierk on how to grow Winter Asian vegetables.
08 May: Paul on French ornamental vegetable gardens.
12 Jun: Jim Poulter on traditional Aboriginal use in Manningham.
10 Jul: Brendan Curtis on Japanese gardens.
14 Aug: Jainie on Neutrog’s ‘Who Flung Dung’.
11 Sep: Steve Morris on circular food.
09 Oct: Janine Kay on pelargoniums and geraniums.
13 Nov: Karen Sutherland on Edible Eden Design’s tomatoes.
11 Dec: Christmas party and supper.
Benefits of joining Doncaster Garden Club:
- Eleven monthly newsletters per year.
- Speakers each monthly meeting.
- Discounts on selected products (e.g. wholesale at Ryset Industries).
- Club trading table.
- Part of a friendly and informative club.
Come along to share your produce & compare notes with other food gardeners.
Bring along any veggies, fruit or herbs you have harvested, also eggs, preserves, recipes are welcome. Be inventive! You can also bring some things that not everyone else is growing at this time of year. This is a non-commercial event – no money changes hands.
For the lastest updates, see their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/baagvegieswap.
15 minutes before each event (i.e. at 6.15pm), there is a food and seed swap.
2023 events
| 5 April | Autumn in the garden | Teresa Day, Sustainable Gardening Australia |
| 3 May | Seed saving | Maria Ciavarella, My Green Garden |
| 7 June | Composting and worm farming | Ella Boyen, Chooktopia |
| 5 July | Fruit tree essentials, pruning and maintenance | Karen Sutherland, Edible Eden Design |
| 2 August | Garden design – re-gaining the connection to urban food growing | Kat Lavers |
| 6 September | Tomato master class | Penny Woodward, Author Tomato Know, Sow Grow, Feast |
| 4 October | Keeping chickens | Ella Boyen, Chooktopia |
| 1 November | Edibles in small spaces and November in the garden | Duncan Cocking, Leaf, Root and Fruit |
| 6 December | Preparing for the summer harvest | Teresa Day, Sustainable Gardening Australia |
On the 1st Saturday of every month except January with an additional market on the 3rd Saturday in December.
On the 1st Saturday of every month except January.