Calendar of once-off events

Join Tim White from Books for Cooks, Australia’s only bookshop dedicated to new and old books about wine, food and the culinary arts, as he talks about how cookbooks document social history. Bring along any [...]

This workshop will help you to reduce food waste at home. You will cook a vegetarian lunch together and learn to save money, get creative with veggies, be more adaptable in the kitchen, and learn [...]

See David Holmgren, permaculture co-originator, deliver his latest presentation RetroSuburbia: Aussie Street. His presentation will be followed by Q&A, book signings and a meet & greet. Free but bookings essential. This presentation will be part [...]

Richard Lee, from KABUU, will teach you everything you need to know about how to successfully grow you own healthy micro greens at home. Whether you are new to growing food, live in an apartment [...]

Participants will experience: 90 minutes of hands-on cooking and creating with mostly organic and unrefined/unprocessed foods. 30 minutes plus of relaxing over a meal created during the 6-person class. A pdf of recipes and resources [...]

Incredible Edible Eltham invites you to what they believe will be the Australian premiere screening of the brand new ‘Edible Paradise’ documentary! Captured over five years as part of the Localising Food Project, Edible Paradise [...]

Enjoy 3 tasting size courses cooked by chef Bek McMillan, from Gourmet Living, who will demonstrate step by step. All recipes are included. Menu: roast Moroccan veg tart; chicken ‘salty sweet’ satay; and salted caramel [...]

What you will learn: Which produce plants are suitable to grow in small areas. Coping with shade and sun for produce growing. How to make the most of any available space for growing produce. What [...]

Presented by the winner of the 2017 World Tea Brewers Cup. Immerse yourself in the steamy world of tea, from its roots in China around 59 BC to its contemporary iterations. Discover how one plant [...]

How to prepare for a spring harvest including: garden maintenance and preparation; selecting what to plant and when to plant it; and growing spring veggies in pots. Bookings essential.

The dinner comprises share-style courses which highlight 3 ethical local producers, namely Somerset Heritage Produce, Ray-Monde Deux and The Practical Beekeeper. The evening will include a panel Q&A with the three producers. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic [...]

The classes are 3 hours of creating and 1 hour of eating mostly organic and healthy vegan food. A good part of the class’s content and style is conversational. The class is for up to [...]

Find out how to prepare your soil and which vegetables to plant in your spring garden with Diana Cotter, who has been introducing people to the benefits and delights of gardening for over 30 years.

Enjoy 3 tasting size courses cooked by chef Bek McMillan, from Gourmet Living, who will demonstrate step by step. All recipes are included. Menu: chilli beef salad; rigatoni pesto pasta; and blueberry jam tart.

What you will learn: Traditional Indigenous lifestyles and healing practices pre European settlement. Traditional ways of using various Indigenous plants for medicinal purposes. Promising new research into their potential medical applications. What you will get: [...]

What you will learn: Taste your way through the beers from The 3 Ravens range under the guidance of one of their brewery team. See behind the scenes of a fully functioning craft brewery. Learn [...]

A worm farm can be one of the best ways to dispose of food scraps and, at the same time, produce vermi-juice (worm tea) and vermicast (worm castings) for use on the garden. Learn how [...]

What you will learn: See behind the scenes of a fully functioning craft brewery. Taste your way through the The 3 Ravens range under the guidance of one of their brewery team. Learn what goes [...]

What if many of the weeds in our garden were just as edible as the vegetables we tend beside them? What if some of these free, all-too-easy-to-grow uninvited guests were so nutritionally dense that they [...]

What if many of the weeds in our garden were just as edible as the vegetables we tend beside them? What if some of these free, all-too-easy-to-grow uninvited guests were so nutritionally dense that they [...]

This is an event for local Darebin people to come together and connect while learning some new home cooking skills. All ingredients will be supplied and participants will receive tuition and a small jar of [...]

Permaculture is an organic and eco-friendly way of gardening that helps to minimise your effort in the garden while maximizing your harvest. Go along to hear Claire from Outer Eastern Permaculture Swap talk about permaculture.

They will share their favourite recipes and tips for making jams and chutneys in the Thermomix, including how to do jams with little sugar. They will also give you tips and recipes for making different [...]

Participants will experience: 90 minutes of hands-on cooking and creating with mostly organic and unrefined/unprocessed foods. 30 minutes plus of relaxing over a meal created during the 6-person class. A pdf of recipes and resources [...]

When you combine the expertise of a master cheese maker (Giorgio Linguanti, from That’s Amore Cheese) together with that of a food and wine matching expert (Anthony Nania), you have the recipe for a really [...]

Enjoy 3 tasting size courses cooked by chef Bek McMillan, from Gourmet Living, who will demonstrate step by step. All recipes are included. Menu: roast tomato tart; spring vegetable curry; and lemon curd Eton mess.

What you will learn: Pruning – formative and maintenance of new and established fruit trees. Also, selection and planting of new fruit trees. Winter fruit tree maintenance practices for pest and disease prevention, control and [...]

In a 45 minute ‘parent-free zone’, children aged 6–12 years can learn from their chocolatiers how to make their very own chocolate creations. Includes personalised badge, chef’s hat and apron, graduation certificate plus take home [...]

This workshop will help you to reduce food waste at home. You will cook a vegetarian lunch together and learn to save money, get creative with veggies, be more adaptable in the kitchen, and learn [...]

Spring is approaching. Learn how to sow seeds and take cuttings for your Summer garden. Participants will make their own seed raising mix, sow five different vegetables punnets and make four different herb cuttings to [...]

Take home two mycelium mushrooms kits, one pre-made and another on waste coffee grounds that you make yourself in the workshop. This workshop will give you the skills to grow your own mushrooms at home [...]

What if many of the weeds in our garden were just as edible as the vegetables we tend beside them? What if some of these free, all-too-easy-to-grow uninvited guests were so nutritionally dense that they [...]

What if many of the weeds in our garden were just as edible as the vegetables we tend beside them? What if some of these free, all-too-easy-to-grow uninvited guests were so nutritionally dense that they [...]

It’s again time to gather the City of Whittlesea farming community together, celebrate a successful year and look forward to a fruitful Spring ahead. Enjoy an evening of local food and wine, conversation and music. [...]

Learn how to create an edible forest garden in this hands-on workshop. You will be actually implementing a forest garden, getting your hands in the soil. You will learn: Assessing the site of your food [...]

Help support the Wurundjeri Tribe and Friends of Panton Hill Bushland Reserve System to restore the entrance to Bunjil Reserve and create a cultural education trail. The site will be re-vegetated with indigenous food, fibre [...]

The classes are 3 hours of creating and 1 hour of eating mostly organic and healthy vegan food. A good part of the class’s content and style is conversational. The class is for up to [...]

Learn about the best composting system for your home and how to care for it. Also learn about how to improve an existing compost system to make sure you get the best end-product for your [...]

A monthly (last Wednesday of the month) gathering of like-minded people who enjoy chatting about all things garden, in particular productive gardening. Set in the Heide I kitchen garden, join them for a chat and [...]

Our weather is becoming warmer with more frequent dry spells and extreme heat events and even a relatively short stretch of hot weather can quickly destroy all your hard work. Now is a great time [...]

5 sessions on consecutive Thursdays, from 30th August to 27th September, each 10.30am-4.30pm. You will: Create your own take home mushroom grow kit. Grow oyster mushrooms on coffee grounds and waste paper. Understand how mycelium [...]

What you will learn: Growing espaliered fruit trees. Different techniques to make the most of all available space for espalier. Improve your general gardening skills. What you will get: Detailed notes on the topic. Discount [...]

Join The Kitchen Whizz for an interactive class where they will be showcasing seasonal Winter produce in an intimate environment, learning how to cook the recipes as well as enjoying a three course meal whilst [...]

Enjoy 3 tasting size courses cooked by chef Bek McMillan, from Gourmet Living, who will demonstrate step by step. All recipes are included. Menu: grilled asparagus bruchetta; rose harissa chicken ragu; maple sugared banana tart.