Calendar of local events

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Given the current coronavirus crisis, it is unlikely that many, if any, of these events will actually be happening.

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All events All once-off events (Cooking, Everything else, Free) Community gardens Food swaps Free meals Markets Farmers’ markets Garden clubs

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						1 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) 09:00 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) @ Pentridge Community Garden Mar 1 @ 09:00 – 12:30 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Fawkner Food Bowls get together 10:00 Fawkner Food Bowls get together @ Fawkner Food Bowls Mar 1 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Working bee, market stall and socialising. Triple cream brie cheese 10:00 Triple cream brie cheese @ CERES Mar 1 @ 10:00 – 16:00 Tickets What you will learn: How to make your own triple cream brie and gourmet feta cheeses. How to make ricotta cheese. About different cheeses. Presenters: Janet Clayton and Charlene Angus from Cheeselinks. West Brunswick Community Garden seed savers meetup 10:00 West Brunswick Community Garden seed savers meetup Mar 1 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden.
2 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Mar 2 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets 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 [...]	3	4 Food Not Bombs, Coburg 19:00 Food Not Bombs, Coburg @ outside of Coburg Library Mar 4 @ 19:00 – 21:00 Tickets 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 [...]	5 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Mar 5 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets 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. The herbal apprentice (7 sessions) 10:00 The herbal apprentice (7 sessions) @ CERES Mar 5 @ 10:00 – 15:30 Tickets On 7 consecutive Thursdays from 5th March to 16th April, each 10am-3.30pm. Presenters: The Perma Pixie and Willow Herb-nerd. You will learn essential gardening practices, techniques of germination and cultivation, harvesting, drying and storing plant [...] Sourdough workshop – yeasted breads 19:00 Sourdough workshop – yeasted breads @ East Coburg Neighbourhood House Mar 5 @ 19:00 – 21:00 Tickets This session is an easy introduction to making bread at home. It will look at making basic yeasted breads, including white, wholemeal and multigrain sandwich loaves. It will include a demonstration, samples to taste, and [...]	6 Reynard Street Community Garden working bee and lunch 10:00 Reynard Street Community Garden working bee and lunch @ Reynard Street Community Garden, Robinson Reserve Mar 6 @ 10:00 – 12:30 Tickets A small group of gardening volunteers meets every Friday at 10 am and works until 12:30 pm when they break for a free community lunch! They incorporate produce from the garden into these weekly community [...] West Brunswick Community Garden weekly meetup 10:00 West Brunswick Community Garden weekly meetup Mar 6 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour 14:30 Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour @ Ratio Cocoa Roasters Mar 6 @ 14:30 – 15:30 Tickets 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.	7 Coburg Farmers’ Market 08:00 Coburg Farmers’ Market @ Coburg Primary School Mar 7 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets Complete urban farmer (14 sessions) 09:00 Complete urban farmer (14 sessions) @ CERES Mar 7 @ 09:00 – 15:00 Tickets Each course is 14 sessions over a period of a few months. Presenters: Justin Calverley and Donna Livermore. The topics to be covered will include: permaculture, chook care, bee keeping, propagating, seed saving and community [...] Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Mar 7 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Open Table, Fawkner 13:00 Open Table, Fawkner @ Fawkner Senior Citizens Centre Mar 7 @ 13:00 – 14:00 Tickets Every other Saturday. 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 [...]	8 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) 09:00 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) @ Pentridge Community Garden Mar 8 @ 09:00 – 12:30 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Merri Corner Community Garden (Brunswick East) open garden / working bee 10:00 Merri Corner Community Garden (Brunswick East) open garden / working bee @ Merri Corner Community Garden Mar 8 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. West Brunswick Community Garden communal gardening working bee 10:00 West Brunswick Community Garden communal gardening working bee Mar 8 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Fawkner Food Swap 10:30 Fawkner Food Swap @ Fawkner Food Bowls Mar 8 @ 10:30 – 12:30 Tickets
9 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Mar 9 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets 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 [...]	10	11 Food Not Bombs, Coburg 19:00 Food Not Bombs, Coburg @ outside of Coburg Library Mar 11 @ 19:00 – 21:00 Tickets 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 [...]	12 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Mar 12 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets 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.	13 Reynard Street Community Garden working bee and lunch 10:00 Reynard Street Community Garden working bee and lunch @ Reynard Street Community Garden, Robinson Reserve Mar 13 @ 10:00 – 12:30 Tickets A small group of gardening volunteers meets every Friday at 10 am and works until 12:30 pm when they break for a free community lunch! They incorporate produce from the garden into these weekly community [...] West Brunswick Community Garden weekly meetup 10:00 West Brunswick Community Garden weekly meetup Mar 13 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour 14:30 Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour @ Ratio Cocoa Roasters Mar 13 @ 14:30 – 15:30 Tickets 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.	14 Coburg Farmers’ Market 08:00 Coburg Farmers’ Market @ Coburg Primary School Mar 14 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets Food for mind and gut 10:00 Food for mind and gut @ CERES Mar 14 @ 10:00 – 15:00 Tickets What you will learn: Foods which make your brain brighter. How to incorporate brain powering foods easily into your daily diet. Foods that can build and protect your gut microbiome and clear brain fog. Presenter: [...] Growing and cooking with bushfoods 10:00 Growing and cooking with bushfoods @ CERES Mar 14 @ 10:00 – 15:00 Tickets 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 [...] Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Mar 14 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets SEEDs Garden Food Swap 11:00 SEEDs Garden Food Swap @ SEEDs Communal Garden Mar 14 @ 11:00 – 12:00 Tickets SEEDs is a communal garden, that grows natural networks, skills, mutual opportunities, friendships, organic food and community for all who are involved in it. Passata making workshop 13:00 Passata making workshop @ Reynard Street Neighbourhood House Mar 14 @ 13:00 – 16:00 Tickets Learn to make passata, a staple in Mediterranian cuisine. Book by phone (9386 7128) or email (admin@rsnh.org.au). Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour 13:00 Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour @ Ratio Cocoa Roasters Mar 14 @ 13:00 – 14:00 Tickets 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.	15 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) 09:00 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) @ Pentridge Community Garden Mar 15 @ 09:00 – 12:30 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Fawkner Food Bowls get together 10:00 Fawkner Food Bowls get together @ Fawkner Food Bowls Mar 15 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Working bee, market stall and socialising. Reynard Street Community Garden (Coburg) working bee 14:00 Reynard Street Community Garden (Coburg) working bee @ Reynard Street Community Garden, Robinson Reserve Mar 15 @ 14:00 – 16:00 Tickets One of the volunteers, John, runs this monthly working bee.
16 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Mar 16 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets 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 [...]	17	18 Food Not Bombs, Coburg 19:00 Food Not Bombs, Coburg @ outside of Coburg Library Mar 18 @ 19:00 – 21:00 Tickets 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 [...]	19 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Mar 19 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets 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. Cooking for one 10:30 Cooking for one @ Coburg Library Mar 19 @ 10:30 – 11:30 Tickets Paris Jay will show you basic skills on reading food labels and deciphering confusing marketing messages to make the best choice for you. You will learn simple ideas and tips for cooking for one person [...] Open Table, Brunswick 12:30 Open Table, Brunswick @ Brunswick Neighbourhood House Mar 19 @ 12:30 – 13:30 Tickets 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 [...] Sourdough workshop – sourdough bread 19:00 Sourdough workshop – sourdough bread @ East Coburg Neighbourhood House Mar 19 @ 19:00 – 21:00 Tickets This session will talk about making and maintaining a starter. It will include a demonstration, samples to taste, and notes to take home. It is intended for the home cook using a domestic oven.	20 Reynard Street Community Garden working bee and lunch 10:00 Reynard Street Community Garden working bee and lunch @ Reynard Street Community Garden, Robinson Reserve Mar 20 @ 10:00 – 12:30 Tickets A small group of gardening volunteers meets every Friday at 10 am and works until 12:30 pm when they break for a free community lunch! They incorporate produce from the garden into these weekly community [...] West Brunswick Community Garden weekly meetup 10:00 West Brunswick Community Garden weekly meetup Mar 20 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour 14:30 Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour @ Ratio Cocoa Roasters Mar 20 @ 14:30 – 15:30 Tickets 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.	21 Coburg Farmers’ Market 08:00 Coburg Farmers’ Market @ Coburg Primary School Mar 21 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets Kevin Heinze GROW Autumn Fair and Open Day (Coburg) 09:00 Kevin Heinze GROW Autumn Fair and Open Day (Coburg) @ Peppertree Place Mar 21 @ 09:00 – 15:00 Tickets This event will showcase their nursery, where a wide variety of perennials, succulents, herbs, fruit trees and vegetable seedlings will be available for purchase. The open day is also an opportunity for prospective participants, their [...] North Coburg Food Swap 10:00 North Coburg Food Swap @ Parker Reserve Mar 21 @ 10:00 – 12:30 Tickets Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Mar 21 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Vegan cheese making 10:00 Vegan cheese making @ CERES Mar 21 @ 10:00 – 16:00 Tickets What you will learn: How to make your own vegan cheese. How to make vegan milks, creamy spreads and dairy-free desserts. Presenter: Nase Supplitt. Open Table, Fawkner 13:00 Open Table, Fawkner @ Fawkner Senior Citizens Centre Mar 21 @ 13:00 – 14:00 Tickets Every other Saturday. 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 [...] Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour 13:00 Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour @ Ratio Cocoa Roasters Mar 21 @ 13:00 – 14:00 Tickets 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.	22 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) 09:00 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) @ Pentridge Community Garden Mar 22 @ 09:00 – 12:30 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Pentridge straw and manure fundraiser 09:00 Pentridge straw and manure fundraiser @ Pentridge Community Garden Mar 22 @ 09:00 – 16:00 Tickets Pentridge Community Garden is hosting a straw and manure sale, with all profits going back into the garden. Click here to read about the garden. Fawkner Food Bowls get together 10:00 Fawkner Food Bowls get together @ Fawkner Food Bowls Mar 22 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Working bee, market stall and socialising. West Brunswick Community Garden garden and gather 11:00 West Brunswick Community Garden garden and gather Mar 22 @ 11:00 – 15:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Mozzarella and ricotta cheesemaking workshop 12:00 Mozzarella and ricotta cheesemaking workshop @ Bee Sustainable Mar 22 @ 12:00 – 14:30 Tickets What you will learn: How to coagulate milk using acid and rennet. How to stretch and shape mozzarella. How to make whole milk ricotta. What you will get: Recipes and the essential techniques of cheesemaking. [...]
23 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Mar 23 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets 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 [...]	24	25 Food Not Bombs, Coburg 19:00 Food Not Bombs, Coburg @ outside of Coburg Library Mar 25 @ 19:00 – 21:00 Tickets 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 [...]	26 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Mar 26 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets 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.	27 Introduction to therapeutic horticulture workshop 09:30 Introduction to therapeutic horticulture workshop @ PepperTree Place Mar 27 @ 09:30 – 13:00 Tickets This workshop will cover the history and rationale of therapeutic horticulture, the importance of nature for our well-being, some practical tips and how to design a program using therapeutic horticulture principles. The workshop will be [...] Reynard Street Community Garden working bee and lunch 10:00 Reynard Street Community Garden working bee and lunch @ Reynard Street Community Garden, Robinson Reserve Mar 27 @ 10:00 – 12:30 Tickets A small group of gardening volunteers meets every Friday at 10 am and works until 12:30 pm when they break for a free community lunch! They incorporate produce from the garden into these weekly community [...] West Brunswick Community Garden weekly meetup 10:00 West Brunswick Community Garden weekly meetup Mar 27 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour 14:30 Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour @ Ratio Cocoa Roasters Mar 27 @ 14:30 – 15:30 Tickets 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.	28 Coburg Farmers’ Market 08:00 Coburg Farmers’ Market @ Coburg Primary School Mar 28 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets Feta, halloumi and ricotta cheesemaking workshop 09:00 Feta, halloumi and ricotta cheesemaking workshop @ Bee Sustainable Mar 28 @ 09:00 – 12:30 Tickets What you will learn: The fundamentals of fermenting milk. Coagulating milk using both starter cultures and rennet. Cutting, draining and moulding curds. What you will get: Recipes and notes. A tasting of the cheeses made. [...] Lygon Street Community Garden (Brunswick East) working bee 10:00 Lygon Street Community Garden (Brunswick East) working bee @ Lygon Street Community Garden Mar 28 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Mar 28 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Coburg Food Swap 11:00 Coburg Food Swap @ Reynard Street Community Garden, Robinson Reserve Mar 28 @ 11:00 – 12:00 Tickets Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour 13:00 Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour @ Ratio Cocoa Roasters Mar 28 @ 13:00 – 14:00 Tickets 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.	29 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) 09:00 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) @ Pentridge Community Garden Mar 29 @ 09:00 – 12:30 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Fawkner Food Bowls get together 10:00 Fawkner Food Bowls get together @ Fawkner Food Bowls Mar 29 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Working bee, market stall and socialising. Click here to read about the garden.
30 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Mar 30 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets 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 [...]	31 Waste, organic recycling and life cycle analysis 10:00 Waste, organic recycling and life cycle analysis @ CERES Mar 31 @ 10:00 – 16:00 Tickets Presenter: Lauren Kaszubski. Topics to be covered will include: how to reduce your waste, 4Rs; e-waste & life cycle analysis; organic recycling & food waste; simple actions, big impacts; litter and plastics; waste campaigns and [...]

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