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1 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Aug 1 @ 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 [...]	2 Community lunch (Brunswick) 12:00 Community lunch (Brunswick) @ Brunswick Uniting Church Aug 2 @ 12:00 – 13:00 Tickets The cook provides a home style, two course meal.	3 Food Not Bombs, Coburg 18:30 Food Not Bombs, Coburg @ outside of Coburg Library Aug 3 @ 18:30 – 20:30 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 [...]	4 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Aug 4 @ 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.	5 Reynard Street Community Garden working bee and lunch 10:00 Reynard Street Community Garden working bee and lunch @ Reynard Street Community Garden, Robinson Reserve Aug 5 @ 10:00 – 13:00 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 @ West Brunswick Community Garden & Food Forest, Behind Moreland Child Care Centre, Aug 5 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets No need to come every week or stay the whole time or even do any gardening, you can just come along, say hello and sit about and enjoy the view and have a cuppa. Everyone [...] Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour 11:00 Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour @ Ratio Cocoa Roasters Aug 5 @ 11:00 – 12:30 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. Carlton aperitvio food tour 17:00 Carlton aperitvio food tour @ Brunetti Classico Aug 5 @ 17:00 – 19:00 Tickets You will indulge in the Italian ‘Aperitivo’ tradition. What exactly is Aperitivo, what can you expect to eat and drink, how did it begin, how did it make its way to Melbourne? You will learn [...]	6 Coburg Farmers’ Market 08:00 Coburg Farmers’ Market @ Coburg Primary School Aug 6 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets Grafting and tree sales day 10:00 Grafting and tree sales day @ CERES Aug 6 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Purchase scion/budwood from a wide range of varieties of apples and other fruits. Purchase 2-year-old ready-to-plant apple and plum trees. The session will also include a grafting demonstration. No need to book – just turn [...] Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Aug 6 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Just outside the CERES grocery. Chinese home cooking 11:00 Chinese home cooking @ Brunswick Neighbourhood House Aug 6 @ 11:00 – 13:00 Tickets Miao will discuss traditional ingredients and cooking techniques. Afterwards, sit down together and enjoy the dishes you have created. Enrol by phone (9386 9418) or email (info@bhnc.vic.edu.au).	7 Fawkner Food Bowls get together 10:00 Fawkner Food Bowls get together @ Fawkner Food Bowls Aug 7 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Working bee, market stall and socialising. Read about the community garden. Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) 10:30 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) @ Pentridge Community Garden Aug 7 @ 10:30 – 12:30 Tickets Click here to read about the garden.
8 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Aug 8 @ 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 [...]	9 Community lunch (Brunswick) 12:00 Community lunch (Brunswick) @ Brunswick Uniting Church Aug 9 @ 12:00 – 13:00 Tickets The cook provides a home style, two course meal.	10 Food Not Bombs, Coburg 18:30 Food Not Bombs, Coburg @ outside of Coburg Library Aug 10 @ 18:30 – 20:30 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 [...]	11 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Aug 11 @ 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. Community lunch (Brunswick) 12:30 Community lunch (Brunswick) @ Brunswick Neighbourhood House Aug 11 @ 12:30 – 13:00 Tickets The Open Table crew collects surplus food and it is used to create a hearty, vegetarian meal. This event is for everyone, from those who don’t have much to those who have plenty. It’s a [...]	12 Reynard Street Community Garden working bee and lunch 10:00 Reynard Street Community Garden working bee and lunch @ Reynard Street Community Garden, Robinson Reserve Aug 12 @ 10:00 – 13:00 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 @ West Brunswick Community Garden & Food Forest, Behind Moreland Child Care Centre, Aug 12 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets No need to come every week or stay the whole time or even do any gardening, you can just come along, say hello and sit about and enjoy the view and have a cuppa. Everyone [...] Carlton aperitvio food tour 17:00 Carlton aperitvio food tour @ Brunetti Classico Aug 12 @ 17:00 – 19:00 Tickets You will indulge in the Italian ‘Aperitivo’ tradition. What exactly is Aperitivo, what can you expect to eat and drink, how did it begin, how did it make its way to Melbourne? You will learn [...]	13 Coburg Farmers’ Market 08:00 Coburg Farmers’ Market @ Coburg Primary School Aug 13 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Aug 13 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Just outside the CERES grocery. Open Table, Fawkner 13:00 Open Table, Fawkner @ Fawkner Senior Citizens Centre Aug 13 @ 13:00 – 14:00 Tickets Every other Saturday. It appears that there are some months when the meal doesn’t happen so check their website calendar before going. Open Table “take surplus food that would otherwise be thrown away, and turn [...] Reynard Street Community Garden (Coburg) working bee 14:00 Reynard Street Community Garden (Coburg) working bee @ Reynard Street Community Garden, Robinson Reserve Aug 13 @ 14:00 – 16:00 Tickets One of the volunteers, John, runs this monthly working bee. 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 Aug 13 @ 14:30 – 16:00 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.	14 Fawkner Food Bowls get together 10:00 Fawkner Food Bowls get together @ Fawkner Food Bowls Aug 14 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Working bee, market stall and socialising. Read about the community garden. West Brunswick Community Garden communal gardening working bee 10:00 West Brunswick Community Garden communal gardening working bee @ West Brunswick Community Garden & Food Forest, Behind Moreland Child Care Centre, Aug 14 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Their monthly communal gardening group working bee where they focus on their communal garden beds. All welcome. Click here to read about the garden. Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) 10:30 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) @ Pentridge Community Garden Aug 14 @ 10:30 – 12:30 Tickets Click here to read about the garden.
15 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Aug 15 @ 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 [...]	16 Community lunch (Brunswick) 12:00 Community lunch (Brunswick) @ Brunswick Uniting Church Aug 16 @ 12:00 – 13:00 Tickets The cook provides a home style, two course meal.	17 Food Not Bombs, Coburg 18:30 Food Not Bombs, Coburg @ outside of Coburg Library Aug 17 @ 18:30 – 20:30 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 [...]	18 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Aug 18 @ 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.	19 Reynard Street Community Garden working bee and lunch 10:00 Reynard Street Community Garden working bee and lunch @ Reynard Street Community Garden, Robinson Reserve Aug 19 @ 10:00 – 13:00 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 @ West Brunswick Community Garden & Food Forest, Behind Moreland Child Care Centre, Aug 19 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets No need to come every week or stay the whole time or even do any gardening, you can just come along, say hello and sit about and enjoy the view and have a cuppa. Everyone [...] Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour 11:00 Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour @ Ratio Cocoa Roasters Aug 19 @ 11:00 – 12:30 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. Carlton aperitvio food tour 17:00 Carlton aperitvio food tour @ Brunetti Classico Aug 19 @ 17:00 – 19:00 Tickets You will indulge in the Italian ‘Aperitivo’ tradition. What exactly is Aperitivo, what can you expect to eat and drink, how did it begin, how did it make its way to Melbourne? You will learn [...]	20 Coburg Farmers’ Market 08:00 Coburg Farmers’ Market @ Coburg Primary School Aug 20 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets DIY mushrooms 10:00 DIY mushrooms @ CERES Aug 20 @ 10:00 – 16:00 Tickets Presenter: Buttons Mira from The Mushroomery. 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 [...] Flavours of Coburg food tour 10:00 Flavours of Coburg food tour @ Coburg Library Aug 20 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets You will experience the cultural delights of 6 different countries over 8 food stops. With a mixture of sweet and savoury tastings, you will soon discover that Coburg is an ideal foodie destination for anyone [...] Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Aug 20 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Just outside the CERES grocery. North Coburg Food Swap 10:30 North Coburg Food Swap @ Parker Reserve Aug 20 @ 10:30 – 12:30 Tickets	21 Cheddar cheese making 10:00 Cheddar cheese making @ CERES Aug 21 @ 10:00 – 17:00 Tickets What you will learn: how to make your own cheddar cheese; how to make ricotta cheese; and about different cheeses. Presenters: Janet Clayton and Charlene Angus from Cheeselinks. Fawkner Food Bowls get together 10:00 Fawkner Food Bowls get together @ Fawkner Food Bowls Aug 21 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Working bee, market stall and socialising. Read about the community garden. Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) 10:30 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) @ Pentridge Community Garden Aug 21 @ 10:30 – 12:30 Tickets Click here to read about the garden.
22 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Aug 22 @ 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 [...]	23 Community lunch (Brunswick) 12:00 Community lunch (Brunswick) @ Brunswick Uniting Church Aug 23 @ 12:00 – 13:00 Tickets The cook provides a home style, two course meal.	24 Food Not Bombs, Coburg 18:30 Food Not Bombs, Coburg @ outside of Coburg Library Aug 24 @ 18:30 – 20:30 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 [...]	25 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Aug 25 @ 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.	26 Reynard Street Community Garden working bee and lunch 10:00 Reynard Street Community Garden working bee and lunch @ Reynard Street Community Garden, Robinson Reserve Aug 26 @ 10:00 – 13:00 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 @ West Brunswick Community Garden & Food Forest, Behind Moreland Child Care Centre, Aug 26 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets No need to come every week or stay the whole time or even do any gardening, you can just come along, say hello and sit about and enjoy the view and have a cuppa. Everyone [...] Carlton aperitvio food tour 17:00 Carlton aperitvio food tour @ Brunetti Classico Aug 26 @ 17:00 – 19:00 Tickets You will indulge in the Italian ‘Aperitivo’ tradition. What exactly is Aperitivo, what can you expect to eat and drink, how did it begin, how did it make its way to Melbourne? You will learn [...]	27 Coburg Farmers’ Market 08:00 Coburg Farmers’ Market @ Coburg Primary School Aug 27 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Aug 27 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Just outside the CERES grocery. Open Table, Fawkner 13:00 Open Table, Fawkner @ Fawkner Senior Citizens Centre Aug 27 @ 13:00 – 14:00 Tickets Every other Saturday. It appears that there are some months when the meal doesn’t happen so check their website calendar before going. Open Table “take surplus food that would otherwise be thrown away, and turn [...] Reynard Street Community Garden (Coburg) working bee 14:00 Reynard Street Community Garden (Coburg) working bee @ Reynard Street Community Garden, Robinson Reserve Aug 27 @ 14:00 – 16:00 Tickets One of the volunteers, John, runs this monthly working bee. 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 Aug 27 @ 14:30 – 16:00 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.	28 Fawkner Food Bowls get together 10:00 Fawkner Food Bowls get together @ Fawkner Food Bowls Aug 28 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Working bee, market stall and socialising. Read about the community garden. Veggies in desserts 10:00 Veggies in desserts @ CERES Aug 28 @ 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; and foods that can build and protect your gut microbiome and clear brain fog. [...] Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) 10:30 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) @ Pentridge Community Garden Aug 28 @ 10:30 – 12:30 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. West Brunswick Community Garden garden and gather 11:00 West Brunswick Community Garden garden and gather @ West Brunswick Community Garden & Food Forest, Behind Moreland Child Care Centre, Aug 28 @ 11:00 – 15:00 Tickets They do a lot of gathering and eating, and a bit of gardening! All welcome. Click here to read about the garden.
29 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Aug 29 @ 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 [...]	30 Community lunch (Brunswick) 12:00 Community lunch (Brunswick) @ Brunswick Uniting Church Aug 30 @ 12:00 – 13:00 Tickets The cook provides a home style, two course meal.	31 Food Not Bombs, Coburg 18:30 Food Not Bombs, Coburg @ outside of Coburg Library Aug 31 @ 18:30 – 20:30 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 [...]

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Lisa says:

May 22, 2022 at 11:49

Oh wowza fantastic thank you for the calender!
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