Moreland calendar of events
Given the current coronavirus crisis, some of these events might not actually be happening.
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14 sessions over a period of a few months.
Presenters: Justin Calverley and Donna Livermore. The topics to be covered will include: permaculture, fruit production, soil preparation, preserving, beekeeping, composting, vegetable growing, propagation, seed collection, disease management, bushfoods, chook and community gardens.
Food Not Bombs Melbourne is part of a worldwide movement that cooks and distributes vegan organic food to anyone and everyone, without restriction. It bases itself in Brunswick, gathers leftover organic fruit and vegetables from Queen Victoria Market and elsewhere, gives some to worthy causes, then cooks up the rest and serves it on the streets of Fitzroy, Footscray and Coburg. They would welcome more people to help them cook the meals (you can cook what you like or help someone else cook). The cooking starts 2 hours before the serving times.
Everyone welcome. Help them continue to transform their garden into an edible, beautiful and educational sanctuary for all who pass through their gates.
Click here to read about the garden.
Click here to read about the garden.
A behind-the-scenes tour of the 10 step chocolate making process at Ratio Cocoa Roasters. Followed by a guided chocolate tasting.
Tasting plate can be adapted to non dairy / vegan, please advise on arrival.
What you will learn:
- How to identify and harvest bush foods.
- How to grow and maintain bush foods in the home garden.
- How to incorporate bush foods into everyday recipes.
What you will get:
- Handouts and recipes.
- Lunch and afternoon tea.
Presenter: Belinda Kennedy. Tour the CERES bush food gardens, learn how to identify, grow and maintain a variety of local bush foods, gain knowledge of bush foods from further afar – tropical delights from the north, peppery spices form the south. During the workshop, you will learn how to incorporate bush foods into simple, tasty and nutritious meals, desserts and snacks. The group will make a bush food inspired lunch and afternoon tea – all food prepared on the day will be vegetarian and vegan friendly.
Just outside the CERES grocery.
SEEDs is a communal garden, that grows natural networks, skills, mutual opportunities, friendships, organic food and community for all who are involved in it.
A behind-the-scenes tour of the 10 step chocolate making process at Ratio Cocoa Roasters. Followed by a guided chocolate tasting.
Tasting plate can be adapted to non dairy / vegan, please advise on arrival.
Click here to read about the garden.
Click here to read about the garden.
Click here to read about the garden.
SEEDs is a communal garden, that grows natural networks, skills, mutual opportunities, friendships, organic food and community for all who are involved in it. Join them to give a hand and help their garden grow – weeding, planting, mulching, harvesting, turning compost, etc. Or just hang out with their beautiful community for a cup of tea.
Click here to read about the garden.
Food Not Bombs Melbourne is part of a worldwide movement that cooks and distributes vegan organic food to anyone and everyone, without restriction. It bases itself in Brunswick, gathers leftover organic fruit and vegetables from Queen Victoria Market and elsewhere, gives some to worthy causes, then cooks up the rest and serves it on the streets of Fitzroy, Footscray and Coburg. They would welcome more people to help them cook the meals (you can cook what you like or help someone else cook). The cooking starts 2 hours before the serving times.
Everyone welcome. Help them continue to transform their garden into an edible, beautiful and educational sanctuary for all who pass through their gates.
Click here to read about the garden.
Open Table “take surplus food that would otherwise be thrown away, and turn it into nutritious meals to share with the community, in order to reduce food insecurity and food waste”.
It appears that there are some months when the meal doesn’t happen so check their Facebook events page before going.
Click here to read about the garden.
A behind-the-scenes tour of the 10 step chocolate making process at Ratio Cocoa Roasters. Followed by a guided chocolate tasting.
Tasting plate can be adapted to non dairy / vegan, please advise on arrival.
Just outside the CERES grocery.
A behind-the-scenes tour of the 10 step chocolate making process at Ratio Cocoa Roasters. Followed by a guided chocolate tasting.
Tasting plate can be adapted to non dairy / vegan, please advise on arrival.
Click here to read about the garden.
Working bee, market stall and socialising.
SEEDs is a communal garden, that grows natural networks, skills, mutual opportunities, friendships, organic food and community for all who are involved in it. Join them to give a hand and help their garden grow – weeding, planting, mulching, harvesting, turning compost, etc. Or just hang out with their beautiful community for a cup of tea.
Click here to read about the garden.
Food Not Bombs Melbourne is part of a worldwide movement that cooks and distributes vegan organic food to anyone and everyone, without restriction. It bases itself in Brunswick, gathers leftover organic fruit and vegetables from Queen Victoria Market and elsewhere, gives some to worthy causes, then cooks up the rest and serves it on the streets of Fitzroy, Footscray and Coburg. They would welcome more people to help them cook the meals (you can cook what you like or help someone else cook). The cooking starts 2 hours before the serving times.
Everyone welcome. Help them continue to transform their garden into an edible, beautiful and educational sanctuary for all who pass through their gates.
Click here to read about the garden.
Click here to read about the garden.
A behind-the-scenes tour of the 10 step chocolate making process at Ratio Cocoa Roasters. Followed by a guided chocolate tasting.
Tasting plate can be adapted to non dairy / vegan, please advise on arrival.
Learn the art of passata. Using their handmade mouli (passata machine), you will work together to pick, clean, boil, mash, sieve and bottle their fresh tomatoes and take home a bottle of passata.
Spaghetti will be served for lunch.
They recommend only wearing red – or clothes you are happy to get dirty in.
Just outside the CERES grocery.
You will learn how to make a garden bed and you will create a low cost bed for the Newlands Community Garden.
A behind-the-scenes tour of the 10 step chocolate making process at Ratio Cocoa Roasters. Followed by a guided chocolate tasting.
Tasting plate can be adapted to non dairy / vegan, please advise on arrival.
Click here to read about the garden.
What you will learn:
- How to cultivate, feed and keep your ferments for long and short term use.
- How to assess pH, sugar and alcohol levels.
- Relevant food safety and sanitisation for fermenting.
What you will get:
- Comprehensive workshop notes and references/further reading.
- Your own vegetables ferments to take home.
- A sampling of fermented food.
Presenter: Molly Bryson. Lacto-fermentation is a healthful, safe, low energy method of food preservation.
Participants will be limited to 8 to maintain an informal interactive format.
Presenter: Brendan Morse. you will be shown the secrets to successfully growing mushrooms at home. You will learn the growing methods for oyster and shitake mushrooms, including inoculation and sterilisation, and be introduced to basic mycology. You will undertake practical sessions and learn how to start master cultures and how to make liquid mycelium.
Working bee, market stall and socialising.
This garden is a lot of productivity in a fairly small space! It contains around 40 different edible plants, including fruit and nut trees, berries and vines. A large vegetable garden keeps them in veggies (annual and perennial) for most of the year and fruit and veggies are preserved by bottling, drying and making preserves. Lots of flowers year-round keep the pollinators happy, and chooks keep them in eggs as well as providing pest control and manure for the compost.
Organised by Local Food Connect.