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November 2019

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				1 Behind the bar – Hargreaves Hill beer 17:30 Behind the bar – Hargreaves Hill beer @ Nillumbik Cellars Nov 1 @ 17:30 – 19:30 Tickets Hargreaves Hill are a brewery in Lilydale. Taste their beers at Nillumbik Cellars – free to attend, free to taste, and no bookings required. Cook Indian by the creek 18:30 Cook Indian by the creek @ Private address Nov 1 @ 18:30 – 20:30 Tickets Menu: aloo tikki (potato, peas and dahl plus spices); and vegetarian korma. Cook Indian by the creek came into existence with the idea of breaking the myth that Indian cooking is complex and difficult to [...]	2 St Andrews Market 09:00 St Andrews Market @ Corner of Kangaroo Ground/St Andrews and Heidelberg/Kinglake Roads Nov 2 @ 09:00 – 15:00 Tickets Dogs not permitted. Thrive working bee (Diamond Creek) 13:00 Thrive working bee (Diamond Creek) @ Thrive Community Garden Nov 2 @ 13:00 – 15:00 Tickets Regular working bee. Everyone welcome. Click here to read about the garden.	3 Hurstbridge Market 08:30 Hurstbridge Market @ Hurstbridge Market Nov 3 @ 08:30 – 13:00 Tickets Entry is $2 and all proceeds go to the CFA, the market’s community partner. Eltham Farmers’ Market 09:00 Eltham Farmers’ Market @ Eltham Mall Nov 3 @ 09:00 – 13:00 Tickets
4 Nillumbik Garden Club 19:00 Nillumbik Garden Club @ Metzner Hall, St Vincent's Care Services Nov 4 @ 19:00 – 22:00 Tickets First Monday of every month except for January and December. At all meetings, doors open 7pm for a 8pm start. There will be plants for sale, raffles, door prizes and supper. 2018 topics 1 Oct: [...]	5 Hurstbridge Sow & Grow Garden Club 19:15 Hurstbridge Sow & Grow Garden Club @ Hurstbridge Community Hub Nov 5 @ 19:15 – 21:15 Tickets First Tuesday of every month except for January. 2019 Speakers and topics 5 Feb: John Ferris on edible landscapes. 5 Mar: Kathleen Tants on wees and weed control. 2 Apr: Brendan Curtis on zoo horticulture. [...]	6	7 Living & Learning Nillumbik Community Veggie Garden 09:30 Living & Learning Nillumbik Community Veggie Garden @ Nillumbik Living & Learning Centre Nov 7 @ 09:30 – 11:00 Tickets Feel free to drop by to have a look at the garden, to find out more and to meet the garden coordinator, Trevor. Click here to read about the garden. Garden of Plenty Community Garden (Greensborough) working bee 10:00 Garden of Plenty Community Garden (Greensborough) working bee @ Diamond Valley Library Nov 7 @ 10:00 – 11:00 Tickets Are you a keen gardener but don’t have the space you need? Meet other volunteer gardeners to share tips and ideas, contributing to the maintenance of the community garden. Plant, harvest and dig to your [...]	8 Cook Indian by the creek 18:30 Cook Indian by the creek @ Private address Nov 8 @ 18:30 – 20:30 Tickets Menu: chicken biryani with raita. Cook Indian by the creek came into existence with the idea of breaking the myth that Indian cooking is complex and difficult to nail. In each session, they will share [...]	9 St Andrews Market 09:00 St Andrews Market @ Corner of Kangaroo Ground/St Andrews and Heidelberg/Kinglake Roads Nov 9 @ 09:00 – 15:00 Tickets Dogs not permitted. Greensborough Food Swap 10:00 Greensborough Food Swap @ Diamond Valley Library - food garden Nov 9 @ 10:00 – 11:00 Tickets Thrive working bee (Diamond Creek) 13:00 Thrive working bee (Diamond Creek) @ Thrive Community Garden Nov 9 @ 13:00 – 15:00 Tickets Regular working bee. Everyone welcome. Click here to read about the garden.	10 Eltham Farmers’ Market 09:00 Eltham Farmers’ Market @ Eltham Mall Nov 10 @ 09:00 – 13:00 Tickets Arthurs Creek Mechanics Institute’s 31st annual garden walk 09:30 Arthurs Creek Mechanics Institute’s 31st annual garden walk @ Arthurs Creek Mechanics Institute Hall Nov 10 @ 09:30 – 17:30 Tickets 5 gardens to visit. Light lunches and Devonshire teas available. Various art/craft items to purchase including Jane Annois pottery. Plants also available for purchase. Purchase tickets at the hall on the day. All proceeds will [...]
11	12 Indian cooking – Punjabi (two sessions) 18:30 Indian cooking – Punjabi (two sessions) @ Hurstbridge Community Hub Nov 12 @ 18:30 – 20:30 Tickets This is a two-session workshop, with the two sessions being on Tuesday, 12th November and Tuesday, 26th November, both 6.30-8.30pm. Tutor Taariq Hassan. Learn how to cook a healthy North West Indian vegetarian meal from [...]	13	14 Living & Learning Nillumbik Community Veggie Garden 09:30 Living & Learning Nillumbik Community Veggie Garden @ Nillumbik Living & Learning Centre Nov 14 @ 09:30 – 11:00 Tickets Feel free to drop by to have a look at the garden, to find out more and to meet the garden coordinator, Trevor. Click here to read about the garden. Garden of Plenty Community Garden (Greensborough) working bee 10:00 Garden of Plenty Community Garden (Greensborough) working bee @ Diamond Valley Library Nov 14 @ 10:00 – 11:00 Tickets Are you a keen gardener but don’t have the space you need? Meet other volunteer gardeners to share tips and ideas, contributing to the maintenance of the community garden. Plant, harvest and dig to your [...]	15 Cook Indian by the creek 18:30 Cook Indian by the creek @ Private address Nov 15 @ 18:30 – 20:00 Tickets Menu: chicken methi masala. Cook Indian by the creek came into existence with the idea of breaking the myth that Indian cooking is complex and difficult to nail. In each session, they will share their [...]	16 St Andrews Market 09:00 St Andrews Market @ Corner of Kangaroo Ground/St Andrews and Heidelberg/Kinglake Roads Nov 16 @ 09:00 – 15:00 Tickets Dogs not permitted. Bee hive tour 10:30 Bee hive tour @ Rivers of Yarrambat Nov 16 @ 10:30 – 12:30 Tickets Your tour, led by Nathan Stewart, a professional Doreen-based beekeeper from Maya ‘Xala Honey, will include suiting up in protective gear, lighting a bee smoker, and spending two hours as real life beekeeper. Initially, Nathan [...] Farm tour and garlic harvest 10:30 Farm tour and garlic harvest @ Sugarloaf Produce Nov 16 @ 10:30 – 12:00 Tickets Sugarloaf Produce is a small non-certified organic farm located in Strathewen. Learn how they grow vegetables, fruit, mushrooms and eggs without the use of synthetic chemicals, and how they produce compost using a mixture of [...] Thrive working bee (Diamond Creek) 13:00 Thrive working bee (Diamond Creek) @ Thrive Community Garden Nov 16 @ 13:00 – 15:00 Tickets Regular working bee. Everyone welcome. Click here to read about the garden. Farm tour and Spring planting 14:00 Farm tour and Spring planting @ Sugarloaf Produce Nov 16 @ 14:00 – 15:30 Tickets Sugarloaf Produce is a small non-certified organic farm located in Strathewen. Learn how they grow vegetables, fruit, mushrooms and eggs without the use of synthetic chemicals, and how they produce compost using a mixture of [...] Thrive Food Swap 14:00 Thrive Food Swap @ Thrive Community Garden Nov 16 @ 14:00 – 15:00 Tickets	17 Eltham Community Craft and Produce Market 08:30 Eltham Community Craft and Produce Market @ Eltham Community Craft & Produce Market Nov 17 @ 08:30 – 12:30 Tickets Specialising in stallholders that produce quality homemade, homegrown and handcrafted products, or selling fresh and tantalising produce. The Eltham Community Craft and Produce Market is, and has been, a place where the local people can [...] Eltham Farmers’ Market 09:00 Eltham Farmers’ Market @ Eltham Mall Nov 17 @ 09:00 – 13:00 Tickets Introduction to permaculture (two sessions) 10:00 Introduction to permaculture (two sessions) @ Edendale Nov 17 @ 10:00 – 16:00 Tickets A two-session workshop, with the two sessions being on the 17th and 24th November, each 10am-4pm. Facilitator: Donna Livermore. Developed by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, permaculture (permanent agriculture) is a whole system approach to [...] St Andrews Food and Plant Swap 10:00 St Andrews Food and Plant Swap @ A Local Baker Nov 17 @ 10:00 – 11:00 Tickets
18	19	20	21 Living & Learning Nillumbik Community Veggie Garden 09:30 Living & Learning Nillumbik Community Veggie Garden @ Nillumbik Living & Learning Centre Nov 21 @ 09:30 – 11:00 Tickets Feel free to drop by to have a look at the garden, to find out more and to meet the garden coordinator, Trevor. Click here to read about the garden. Garden of Plenty Community Garden (Greensborough) working bee 10:00 Garden of Plenty Community Garden (Greensborough) working bee @ Diamond Valley Library Nov 21 @ 10:00 – 11:00 Tickets Are you a keen gardener but don’t have the space you need? Meet other volunteer gardeners to share tips and ideas, contributing to the maintenance of the community garden. Plant, harvest and dig to your [...] Tomato planting 11:00 Tomato planting @ Diamond Valley Library Nov 21 @ 11:00 – 12:00 Tickets Join Kathleen to learn how to plant and best care for your tomatoes to ensure a bumper crop.	22	23 St Andrews Market 09:00 St Andrews Market @ Corner of Kangaroo Ground/St Andrews and Heidelberg/Kinglake Roads Nov 23 @ 09:00 – 15:00 Tickets Dogs not permitted. Thrive working bee (Diamond Creek) 13:00 Thrive working bee (Diamond Creek) @ Thrive Community Garden Nov 23 @ 13:00 – 15:00 Tickets Regular working bee. Everyone welcome. Click here to read about the garden. Home composting workshop 14:00 Home composting workshop @ Edendale Nov 23 @ 14:00 – 16:30 Tickets Learn how composting, worm farming and the use of particular plants can naturally improve your soil. Discover how to compost and worm farm effectively for the best results. Understand how recycling your household and garden [...] Eikellegimaa NGO evening and film screening 17:00 Eikellegimaa NGO evening and film screening @ Edendale Nov 23 @ 17:00 – 20:00 Tickets Hear about life in the Estonian countryside, living close to nature. They will introduce their little NGO and their activities past and future in promoting sustainable living and environmental awareness. Food forests, organic seed banks, [...]	24 Eltham Farmers’ Market 09:00 Eltham Farmers’ Market @ Eltham Mall Nov 24 @ 09:00 – 13:00 Tickets Eltham Food Swap 09:30 Eltham Food Swap @ Car park, top of the Eltham Town Mall Nov 24 @ 09:30 – 10:30 Tickets Look for the large white ‘Local Food Connect’ marquee at the Farmers’ Market. Go along with your homegrown fruit and veggies, favourite seasonal recipes, spare jam jars, homemade labelled preserves, etc, and share and network [...] Tomato training session at KABUU 13:00 Tomato training session at KABUU @ KABUU farm and nursery Nov 24 @ 13:00 – 17:00 Tickets You are invited to a hands-on tomato training session at the KABUU urban farm. The session will include adding some additional purlins to the frames of the poly tunnels above each row of tomatoes, attaching [...]
25	26	27	28 Edible Hub meetup (Hurstbridge) 09:30 Edible Hub meetup (Hurstbridge) @ Hurstbridge Community Hub Nov 28 @ 09:30 – 11:00 Tickets Anyone is welcome to attend and no ongoing commitment to the garden is required. Click here to read about the garden. Living & Learning Nillumbik Community Veggie Garden 09:30 Living & Learning Nillumbik Community Veggie Garden @ Nillumbik Living & Learning Centre Nov 28 @ 09:30 – 11:00 Tickets Feel free to drop by to have a look at the garden, to find out more and to meet the garden coordinator, Trevor. Click here to read about the garden. Garden of Plenty Community Garden (Greensborough) working bee 10:00 Garden of Plenty Community Garden (Greensborough) working bee @ Diamond Valley Library Nov 28 @ 10:00 – 11:00 Tickets Are you a keen gardener but don’t have the space you need? Meet other volunteer gardeners to share tips and ideas, contributing to the maintenance of the community garden. Plant, harvest and dig to your [...]	29 Cook Indian by the creek 18:30 Cook Indian by the creek @ Private address Nov 29 @ 18:30 – 20:30 Tickets Menu: chicken tikka / paneer tikka; chicken kebab / veg kebab; chick peas salad. Cook Indian by the creek came into existence with the idea of breaking the myth that Indian cooking is complex and [...]	30 St Andrews Market 09:00 St Andrews Market @ Corner of Kangaroo Ground/St Andrews and Heidelberg/Kinglake Roads Nov 30 @ 09:00 – 15:00 Tickets Dogs not permitted. Demonstrating effective blackberry control techniques 10:00 Demonstrating effective blackberry control techniques @ St Andrews Pony Club Nov 30 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Nillumbik Council and the Victorian Blackberry Taskforce invite you to a demonstration of effective blackberry control techniques including mechanical, chemical and drone demonstrations, planning and resources. The event will be followed at midday by a [...] Thrive working bee (Diamond Creek) 13:00 Thrive working bee (Diamond Creek) @ Thrive Community Garden Nov 30 @ 13:00 – 15:00 Tickets Regular working bee. Everyone welcome. Click here to read about the garden. Sourdough bread and pumpkin damper making 13:30 Sourdough bread and pumpkin damper making @ Macleod Organic Community Garden Nov 30 @ 13:30 – 14:30 Tickets Terry Wesselink will demonstrate how to manage your sourdough starter and make bread using the pizza oven. Bring along a sterile jar, as for jam making, with a hole in the lid to take home [...]

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