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September 2019

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						1 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) 09:30 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) @ Pentridge Community Garden Sep 1 @ 09:30 – 11:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Fawkner Food Bowls get together 10:00 Fawkner Food Bowls get together @ Fawkner Food Bowls Sep 1 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Working bee, market stall and socialising. West Brunswick Community Garden seed savers meetup 10:00 West Brunswick Community Garden seed savers meetup Sep 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 Sep 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 Farm play 10:00 Farm play @ Joe’s Market Garden Sep 3 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets For families with children aged 2-4. Learn about the life of plants, animals, and their interactions with the environment, cultivating wonder and wisdom from nature play. The activities will vary with the seasons, incorporating sensory [...] Bush skills and kids farming 16:00 Bush skills and kids farming @ Joe’s Market Garden Sep 3 @ 16:00 – 17:30 Tickets For children aged 5-13. Learn about the life of plants, animals, and their interactions with the environment, cultivating wonder and wisdom from nature play. The activities will vary with the seasons, incorporating seed saving, planting, weeding, [...]	4 Food Not Bombs, Coburg 19:00 Food Not Bombs, Coburg @ outside of Coburg Library Sep 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 Sep 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.	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 Sep 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 Sep 6 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Open Table, Coburg 12:30 Open Table, Coburg @ Robinson Reserve Neighbourhood House Sep 6 @ 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 [...] Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour 14:30 Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour @ Ratio Cocoa Roasters Sep 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 Sep 7 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Sep 7 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour 12:00 Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour @ Ratio Cocoa Roasters Sep 7 @ 12:00 – 13:00 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.	8 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) 09:30 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) @ Pentridge Community Garden Sep 8 @ 09:30 – 11:00 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 Sep 8 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Organic vegetable gardening (two days) 10:00 Organic vegetable gardening (two days) @ CERES Sep 8 @ 10:00 – 15:00 Tickets This is a two day hands-on workshop designed for the beginner veggie gardener. The two days are Sunday, 8th September and Sunday, 15th September, both 10am-3pm. What you will learn: How to get the most [...] West Brunswick Community Garden communal gardening working bee 10:00 West Brunswick Community Garden communal gardening working bee Sep 8 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Fawkner Food Swap 10:30 Fawkner Food Swap @ Fawkner Food Bowls Sep 8 @ 10:30 – 12:30 Tickets
9 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Sep 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 [...] Backyard beekeeping for beginners 18:00 Backyard beekeeping for beginners @ Coburg Library Sep 9 @ 18:00 – 19:00 Tickets Morgan from 3000 acres will discuss keeping honey bees in urban Melbourne and how to help bees even if you don’t keep them. Construct a simple native bee hotel for your garden. This session is [...]	10 Farm play 10:00 Farm play @ Joe’s Market Garden Sep 10 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets For families with children aged 2-4. Learn about the life of plants, animals, and their interactions with the environment, cultivating wonder and wisdom from nature play. The activities will vary with the seasons, incorporating sensory [...] Bush skills and kids farming 16:00 Bush skills and kids farming @ Joe’s Market Garden Sep 10 @ 16:00 – 17:30 Tickets For children aged 5-13. Learn about the life of plants, animals, and their interactions with the environment, cultivating wonder and wisdom from nature play. The activities will vary with the seasons, incorporating seed saving, planting, weeding, [...]	11 Food Not Bombs, Coburg 19:00 Food Not Bombs, Coburg @ outside of Coburg Library Sep 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 Fermenting community garden produce 10:00 Fermenting community garden produce @ Reynard Street Neighbourhood House Sep 12 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Learn two basic fermenting recipes; sauerkraut (a simple sour cabbage dish) and kimchi (a spicy Korean cabbage dish) then take home your creation to ferment. Jars and ingredients provided or bring some of your own [...] SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 14 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Sep 14 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets SEEDs Garden Food Swap 11:00 SEEDs Garden Food Swap @ SEEDs Communal Garden Sep 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. Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour 12:00 Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour @ Ratio Cocoa Roasters Sep 14 @ 12:00 – 13:00 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. Open Table, Fawkner 13:00 Open Table, Fawkner @ Fawkner Senior Citizens Centre Sep 14 @ 13:00 – 14:00 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 [...]	15 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) 09:30 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) @ Pentridge Community Garden Sep 15 @ 09:30 – 11:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Fawkner Food Bowls get together 10:00 Fawkner Food Bowls get together @ Fawkner Food Bowls Sep 15 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Working bee, market stall and socialising. Food for mind and gut with Mettle + Grace 10:00 Food for mind and gut with Mettle + Grace @ CERES Sep 15 @ 10:00 – 16:00 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: [...] Mulch, manure & plant sale plus roving refills 13:30 Mulch, manure & plant sale plus roving refills @ Pentridge Community Garden Sep 15 @ 13:30 – 16:00 Tickets Pentridge Community Garden is throwing open its doors for an afternoon of fun featuring: environmentally friendly cleaning products for sale from Roving Refills (BYO container); straw & manure for sale; produce swap; plant sale; and [...] Reynard Street Community Garden (Coburg) working bee 14:00 Reynard Street Community Garden (Coburg) working bee @ Reynard Street Community Garden, Robinson Reserve Sep 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 Sep 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 Farm play 10:00 Farm play @ Joe’s Market Garden Sep 17 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets For families with children aged 2-4. Learn about the life of plants, animals, and their interactions with the environment, cultivating wonder and wisdom from nature play. The activities will vary with the seasons, incorporating sensory [...] Bush skills and kids farming 16:00 Bush skills and kids farming @ Joe’s Market Garden Sep 17 @ 16:00 – 17:30 Tickets For children aged 5-13. Learn about the life of plants, animals, and their interactions with the environment, cultivating wonder and wisdom from nature play. The activities will vary with the seasons, incorporating seed saving, planting, weeding, [...]	18 Food Not Bombs, Coburg 19:00 Food Not Bombs, Coburg @ outside of Coburg Library Sep 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 Sep 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. Open Table, Brunswick 12:30 Open Table, Brunswick @ Brunswick Neighbourhood House Sep 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 [...]	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 Sep 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 Sep 20 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Open Table, Coburg 12:30 Open Table, Coburg @ Robinson Reserve Neighbourhood House Sep 20 @ 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 [...] Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour 14:30 Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour @ Ratio Cocoa Roasters Sep 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 Sep 21 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets North Coburg Food Swap 10:00 North Coburg Food Swap @ Parker Reserve Sep 21 @ 10:00 – 12:30 Tickets Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Sep 21 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour 12:00 Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour @ Ratio Cocoa Roasters Sep 21 @ 12:00 – 13:00 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. Royal Melbourne Oktoberfest 12:00 Royal Melbourne Oktoberfest @ Royal Exhibition Building Sep 21 @ 12:00 – 23:30 Tickets Royal Melbourne Oktoberfest will see lederhosen-clad partygoers shouting Prost from the top of their lungs. The Royal Exhibition Building will play host to a traditional Oktoberfest event, with German oompah bands, folk dancing, on-stage comps [...] Beekeeping workshop 14:00 Beekeeping workshop @ Bee Sustainable Sep 21 @ 14:00 – 16:30 Tickets What you will learn: Bee behaviour. The various major items that make up a bee hive and how to construct them. The major tasks in hive management. What you will get: A wooden beehive frame [...]	22 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) 09:30 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) @ Pentridge Community Garden Sep 22 @ 09:30 – 11:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Fawkner Food Bowls get together 10:00 Fawkner Food Bowls get together @ Fawkner Food Bowls Sep 22 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Working bee, market stall and socialising. SEEDs Communal Garden bush garden planting 10:00 SEEDs Communal Garden bush garden planting @ SEEDs Communal Garden Sep 22 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Lygon Street Nursery have donated some natives that will form the foundation of the SEEDs Communal Garden street-accessible bush garden. Help plant them out and then join them for a picnic lunch. Click here to [...] West Brunswick Community Garden garden and gather 11:00 West Brunswick Community Garden garden and gather Sep 22 @ 11:00 – 15:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden.
23 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Sep 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 Farm play 10:00 Farm play @ Joe’s Market Garden Sep 24 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets For families with children aged 2-4. Learn about the life of plants, animals, and their interactions with the environment, cultivating wonder and wisdom from nature play. The activities will vary with the seasons, incorporating sensory [...] Bush skills and kids farming 16:00 Bush skills and kids farming @ Joe’s Market Garden Sep 24 @ 16:00 – 17:30 Tickets For children aged 5-13. Learn about the life of plants, animals, and their interactions with the environment, cultivating wonder and wisdom from nature play. The activities will vary with the seasons, incorporating seed saving, planting, weeding, [...]	25 Junior urban farmer – from ages 5 to 12 (two day) 09:15 Junior urban farmer – from ages 5 to 12 (two day) @ CERES Sep 25 @ 09:15 – 12:30 Tickets The course is across two days, on Wednesday, 25th September and Thursday, 26th September, both 9.15am-12.30pm. What you will learn: Discover how to grow healthy organic herbs and veggies. Take a close look soils and [...] Food Not Bombs, Coburg 19:00 Food Not Bombs, Coburg @ outside of Coburg Library Sep 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 Junior urban farmer – from ages 5 to 12 (two day) 09:15 Junior urban farmer – from ages 5 to 12 (two day) @ CERES Sep 26 @ 09:15 – 12:30 Tickets The course is across two days, on Wednesday, 25th September and Thursday, 26th September, both 9.15am-12.30pm. What you will learn: Discover how to grow healthy organic herbs and veggies. Take a close look soils and [...] SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Sep 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. Tomato talk, book sales & signing 19:00 Tomato talk, book sales & signing @ Pachamama Wholefoods + Kitchen Sep 26 @ 19:00 – 20:00 Tickets Go along to hear some tomato growing tips from Karen Sutherland. Learn how to prepare your soil properly, when and how to protect your plants, and the pros and cons of various pruning and training [...]	27 Reynard Street Community Garden working bee and lunch 10:00 Reynard Street Community Garden working bee and lunch @ Reynard Street Community Garden, Robinson Reserve Sep 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 Sep 27 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden.	28 Coburg Farmers’ Market 08:00 Coburg Farmers’ Market @ Coburg Primary School Sep 28 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets Lygon Street Community Garden (Brunswick East) working bee 10:00 Lygon Street Community Garden (Brunswick East) working bee @ Lygon Street Community Garden Sep 28 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Sep 28 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Coburg Food Swap 11:00 Coburg Food Swap @ Reynard Street Community Garden, Robinson Reserve Sep 28 @ 11:00 – 12:00 Tickets Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour 12:00 Ratio Cocoa Roasters behind the scenes chocolate factory tour @ Ratio Cocoa Roasters Sep 28 @ 12:00 – 13:00 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) 09:30 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) @ Pentridge Community Garden Sep 29 @ 09:30 – 11:00 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Fawkner Food Bowls get together 10:00 Fawkner Food Bowls get together @ Fawkner Food Bowls Sep 29 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Working bee, market stall and socialising.
30 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Sep 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 [...]

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