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1 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Apr 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 Apr 2 @ 12:00 – 13:00 Tickets The cook provides a home style, two course meal.	3 Really Really Free Market 11:00 Really Really Free Market @ Catalyst Social Centre Apr 3 @ 11:00 – 15:00 Tickets This is a free, rescued and donated groceries market. Really Really Free Market (RRFM) is a food rescue collective based on the principles of mutual aid, which gathers and re-distributes as much food as possible [...] Food Not Bombs, Coburg 18:00 Food Not Bombs, Coburg @ Catalyst Social Centre Apr 3 @ 18:00 – 20:00 Tickets Food Not Bombs Melbourne is part of a worldwide movement that cooks and distributes vegan food to anyone and everyone, without restriction. It gathers leftover fruit and vegetables from Queen Victoria Market and elsewhere, gives [...]	4 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Apr 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. Community dinner (Fawkner) 18:00 Community dinner (Fawkner) @ Hope Cafe, St Mark's Catholic Church Apr 4 @ 18:00 – 20:00 Tickets They provide a safe, welcoming space where food is eaten and friendships are made.	5 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, Apr 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 [...]	6 Coburg Farmers’ Market 08:00 Coburg Farmers’ Market @ Coburg Primary School Apr 6 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets Beginners backyard beekeeping 10:00 Beginners backyard beekeeping @ CERES Apr 6 @ 10:00 – 15:00 Tickets Learn everything from the inner workings of a beehive to the healing properties of raw honey. You will learn how to maintain a healthy hive, discover the wonders of swarms and how to keep them [...] Feta, haloumi and mascarpone cheese making 10:00 Feta, haloumi and mascarpone cheese making @ CERES Apr 6 @ 10:00 – 16:00 Tickets You will learn all there is to know about making feta, halloumi and mascarpone, including: the cheese making process using cultures and rennet; sourcing the best quality local milk; salt-brining and dry-salting cheese; marinating feta [...] Microgreens growing 10:00 Microgreens growing @ CERES Apr 6 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets You will be walked through the process of producing microgreens. Presenter: Jess Holland, CERES’ microgreens manager. SEEDs Communal Garden open garden 10:00 SEEDs Communal Garden open garden @ SEEDs Communal Garden Apr 6 @ 10:00 – 16:30 Tickets SEEDs Communal Garden is a community garden that provides opportunities for meaningful roles, community connections and friendships for the participants of Milparinka – a community organisation that supports people who have a disability. Established in [...] Small space gardening 10:00 Small space gardening @ CERES Apr 6 @ 10:00 – 15:00 Tickets You will learn: how to maximise your small space to create an abundant oasis of food, herbs and ornamentals; and container gardening techniques and principles. Presenter: Donna Livermore. The herbal apprentice (8 sessions) 10:00 The herbal apprentice (8 sessions) @ CERES Apr 6 @ 10:00 – 15:00 Tickets On 8 consecutive weeks. The course will include the following topics: medicinal plant cultivation; introduction to plant identification and botany; understanding common ailments; herbal language and terminology; patterns of traditional western herbalism; plant chemistry basics; [...] Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Apr 6 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Just outside the CERES grocery. Awara open garden 14:00 Awara open garden @ Awara Garden Apr 6 @ 14:00 – 15:15 Tickets There will be an open garden on each of Saturdays 9th March (11am-12.15pm), 6th April (2-3.15pm), 4th May (2-3.15pm) and 1st June (2-3.15pm). Join Leila Alexandra, from Barefoot Food Gardens, on a tour of her [...]	7 Edible weeds 10:00 Edible weeds @ CERES Apr 7 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Learn about the seasonal edible weeds that thrive in Melbourne’s inner north and gain knowledge about the plants’ culinary, medicinal and ecological uses. This session will also include a demonstration, and sampling, of prepared edible [...] Fawkner Food Bowls get together 10:00 Fawkner Food Bowls get together @ Fawkner Food Bowls Apr 7 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Working bee, market stall and socialising. Read about the community garden. Indian cooking 10:00 Indian cooking @ CERES Apr 7 @ 10:00 – 15:00 Tickets Learn how to make easy, delicious and healthy vegetarian Indian recipes. At the end of the workshop, you will sit down together for a shared feast of your own making. Presenter: Aditi Daware. Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) 10:30 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) @ Pentridge Community Garden Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 9 @ 12:00 – 13:00 Tickets The cook provides a home style, two course meal. Farming for our future (ages 5 to 8) 13:00 Farming for our future (ages 5 to 8) @ CERES Apr 9 @ 13:00 – 15:00 Tickets This workshop is for children aged 5-8 years and each child must be accompanied by an adult guardian. Explore Honey Lane Organic Farm and meet some chickens. Make a recycled pot and propagate your own [...]	10 Toward zero waste (ages 5 to 8) 10:00 Toward zero waste (ages 5 to 8) @ CERES Apr 10 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets This workshop is for children aged 5-8 years and each child must be accompanied by an adult guardian. Discover the wonderful world of worms and compost. Make your own piece of recycled paper to take [...] Really Really Free Market 11:00 Really Really Free Market @ Catalyst Social Centre Apr 10 @ 11:00 – 15:00 Tickets This is a free, rescued and donated groceries market. Really Really Free Market (RRFM) is a food rescue collective based on the principles of mutual aid, which gathers and re-distributes as much food as possible [...] Food Not Bombs, Coburg 18:00 Food Not Bombs, Coburg @ Catalyst Social Centre Apr 10 @ 18:00 – 20:00 Tickets Food Not Bombs Melbourne is part of a worldwide movement that cooks and distributes vegan food to anyone and everyone, without restriction. It gathers leftover fruit and vegetables from Queen Victoria Market and elsewhere, gives [...]	11 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Apr 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) 12:00 Community lunch (Brunswick) @ Brunswick Neighbourhood House Apr 11 @ 12:00 – 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 [...] Farm to fork (ages 3 to 5) 13:00 Farm to fork (ages 3 to 5) @ CERES Apr 11 @ 13:00 – 15:00 Tickets This workshop is for children aged 3-5 years and each child must be accompanied by an adult guardian. Explore the CERES market garden and visit the chickens and bees. Learn how to turn food waste [...] Community dinner (Fawkner) 18:00 Community dinner (Fawkner) @ Hope Cafe, St Mark's Catholic Church Apr 11 @ 18:00 – 20:00 Tickets They provide a safe, welcoming space where food is eaten and friendships are made.	12 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, Apr 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 [...]	13 Coburg Farmers’ Market 08:00 Coburg Farmers’ Market @ Coburg Primary School Apr 13 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets Reynard Street Community Garden (Coburg) working bee 09:00 Reynard Street Community Garden (Coburg) working bee @ Reynard Street Community Garden, Robinson Reserve Apr 13 @ 09:00 – 12:00 Tickets Join their working bee to lend a hand and gain new skills and knowledge. A food swap is held on the same day, 10.30am-12.30pm. Click here to read about the garden. Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Apr 13 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Just outside the CERES grocery. Coburg Food and Garden Swap 10:30 Coburg Food and Garden Swap @ Reynard Street Community Garden, Robinson Reserve Apr 13 @ 10:30 – 12:30 Tickets The food swap is held at the Reynard Street Community Garden and the garden is open at the same time.	14 West Brunswick Community Garden communal gardening working bee 09:00 West Brunswick Community Garden communal gardening working bee @ West Brunswick Community Garden & Food Forest, Behind Moreland Child Care Centre, Apr 14 @ 09:00 – 13:00 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. Fawkner Food Bowls get together 10:00 Fawkner Food Bowls get together @ Fawkner Food Bowls Apr 14 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Working bee, market stall and socialising. Read about the community garden. Garden Festival (Fawkner) 10:00 Garden Festival (Fawkner) @ Fawkner Food Bowls Apr 14 @ 10:00 – 15:00 Tickets The activities will include: crop planting; plant sales; cooking demonstrations; marshmallows by the fire; messy play area; floral crafts for kids; henna and face painting; kids scavenger hunt; and lunch plates by Merri Food Hub. Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) 10:30 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) @ Pentridge Community Garden Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 16 @ 12:00 – 13:00 Tickets The cook provides a home style, two course meal.	17 Really Really Free Market 11:00 Really Really Free Market @ Catalyst Social Centre Apr 17 @ 11:00 – 15:00 Tickets This is a free, rescued and donated groceries market. Really Really Free Market (RRFM) is a food rescue collective based on the principles of mutual aid, which gathers and re-distributes as much food as possible [...] Food Not Bombs, Coburg 18:00 Food Not Bombs, Coburg @ Catalyst Social Centre Apr 17 @ 18:00 – 20:00 Tickets Food Not Bombs Melbourne is part of a worldwide movement that cooks and distributes vegan food to anyone and everyone, without restriction. It gathers leftover fruit and vegetables from Queen Victoria Market and elsewhere, gives [...]	18 Playgroup in the garden (Fawkner) 10:00 Playgroup in the garden (Fawkner) @ Fawkner Food Bowls Apr 18 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets For children of all ages. Harvest and eat produce, water the plants, make art with flowers, dig in the soil or see how many ladybugs you can find. Read about the community garden. SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Apr 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. Community dinner (Fawkner) 18:00 Community dinner (Fawkner) @ Hope Cafe, St Mark's Catholic Church Apr 18 @ 18:00 – 20:00 Tickets They provide a safe, welcoming space where food is eaten and friendships are made.	19 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, Apr 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 [...] No waste cook club 18-25 years 12:00 No waste cook club 18-25 years @ Schoolhouse Studios Apr 19 @ 12:00 – 14:00 Tickets On Fridays, midday-2pm. For those aged 18-25. Each week, you will cook and share a vegetarian meal with others using donated surplus food. In so doing, you will learn different recipes and cooking skills, including: [...]	20 Coburg Farmers’ Market 08:00 Coburg Farmers’ Market @ Coburg Primary School Apr 20 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets Flavours of Coburg food tour 10:00 Flavours of Coburg food tour @ Coburg Library Apr 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 [...] Organic vegetable growing 10:00 Organic vegetable growing @ CERES Apr 20 @ 10:00 – 15:00 Tickets The workshop is a mix of classroom presentations and practical exercises, giving you a chance to get your hands dirty on a real working farm. You will learn to: build healthy soils; work with the [...] Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Apr 20 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Just outside the CERES grocery. North Coburg Food Swap 10:30 North Coburg Food Swap @ Parker Reserve Apr 20 @ 10:30 – 12:30 Tickets	21 Sourdough bread baking 09:00 Sourdough bread baking @ CERES Apr 21 @ 09:00 – 17:00 Tickets You will: make a variety of different breads, gaining the skills and confidence to make your own at home; enjoy some of your own handmade pizza for lunch; and take home some leaven to get [...] Fawkner Food Bowls get together 10:00 Fawkner Food Bowls get together @ Fawkner Food Bowls Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Sustainable gardening (8 sessions) 10:00 Sustainable gardening (8 sessions) @ CERES Apr 23 @ 10:00 – 14:00 Tickets 8 sessions, each 10am-2pm. This course will introduce you to the basics of horticulture, permaculture and organic gardening. The 8 sessions will cover: intro to sustainable gardening and permaculture principles; soils and their preparation; composting, [...] Composting – a different approach with Diana Cotter 11:15 Composting – a different approach with Diana Cotter @ Fawkner Senior Citizen Centre Hall Apr 23 @ 11:15 – 12:15 Tickets Diana Cotter will introduce you to the concept of compost bins and worm farms, what happens inside them and how to keep bacteria and worms happy. Learn about different types of compost bins to suit [...] Community lunch (Brunswick) 12:00 Community lunch (Brunswick) @ Brunswick Uniting Church Apr 23 @ 12:00 – 13:00 Tickets The cook provides a home style, two course meal.	24 Introduction to horticulture and garden design (10 sessions) 09:30 Introduction to horticulture and garden design (10 sessions) @ Sussex Neighbourhood House Apr 24 @ 09:30 – 11:30 Tickets On consecutive Wednesdays, starting 24th April, 9.30-11.30am. This course will cover: site assessment; garden design and biodiverse establishment; prioritising food and medicinal plants; ecosystem dynamics; soil health; plant care and propagation; pest control; crop rotation; [...] Urban food gardening (10 sessions) 09:30 Urban food gardening (10 sessions) @ Warr Park Food Forest, Brunswick Neighbourhood House Apr 24 @ 09:30 – 13:30 Tickets On Wednesdays, starting 24th April, 9.30am-1.30pm. The course will cover such topics as: growing in pots, raised beds, wicking beds and no-dig gardens; site analysis and design considerations; re-generating soil health and fertility; seasonal planning [...] Really Really Free Market 11:00 Really Really Free Market @ Catalyst Social Centre Apr 24 @ 11:00 – 15:00 Tickets This is a free, rescued and donated groceries market. Really Really Free Market (RRFM) is a food rescue collective based on the principles of mutual aid, which gathers and re-distributes as much food as possible [...] Food Not Bombs, Coburg 18:00 Food Not Bombs, Coburg @ Catalyst Social Centre Apr 24 @ 18:00 – 20:00 Tickets Food Not Bombs Melbourne is part of a worldwide movement that cooks and distributes vegan food to anyone and everyone, without restriction. It gathers leftover fruit and vegetables from Queen Victoria Market and elsewhere, gives [...]	25 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee 10:00 SEEDs Garden Club (Brunswick) working bee @ SEEDs Communal Garden Apr 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. Community dinner (Fawkner) 18:00 Community dinner (Fawkner) @ Hope Cafe, St Mark's Catholic Church Apr 25 @ 18:00 – 20:00 Tickets They provide a safe, welcoming space where food is eaten and friendships are made. Kombucha brewing workshop 19:00 Kombucha brewing workshop @ The Good Brew Company Apr 25 @ 19:00 – 23:00 Tickets Learn how to brew your own kombucha. Plus, receive your own kombucha SCOBY starter kit to create your own brew.	26 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, Apr 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 [...] No waste cook club 18-25 years 12:00 No waste cook club 18-25 years @ Schoolhouse Studios Apr 26 @ 12:00 – 14:00 Tickets On Fridays, midday-2pm. For those aged 18-25. Each week, you will cook and share a vegetarian meal with others using donated surplus food. In so doing, you will learn different recipes and cooking skills, including: [...]	27 Coburg Farmers’ Market 08:00 Coburg Farmers’ Market @ Coburg Primary School Apr 27 @ 08:00 – 13:00 Tickets Greek cooking 10:00 Greek cooking @ CERES Apr 27 @ 10:00 – 14:00 Tickets You will learn how to prepare traditional dishes that you would expect to eat in the kitchen of a Greek family home. You will prepare all the meals together and then enjoy your feast. Presenter: [...] Traditional wooden spoon carving 10:00 Traditional wooden spoon carving @ CERES Apr 27 @ 10:00 – 16:00 Tickets Learn the traditional craft of carving your own kitchen utensils using specialised carving knives and your hands. From a piece of sustainably sourced native timber, carve spoons, butter spreaders, spatulas or spurtles from a piece [...] Urban Orchard Food Swap 10:00 Urban Orchard Food Swap @ CERES Apr 27 @ 10:00 – 12:00 Tickets Just outside the CERES grocery. Edible weeds walk 10:30 Edible weeds walk @ Precise location to be given upon booking Apr 27 @ 10:30 – 12:30 Tickets This walk will take place twice on the day, at 10.30am and at 1.30pm. What if many of the weeds in our garden were just as edible as the vegetables we tend beside them? What [...] Edible weeds walk 13:30 Edible weeds walk @ Precise location to be given upon booking Apr 27 @ 13:30 – 15:30 Tickets This walk will take place twice on the day, at 10.30am and at 1.30pm. What if many of the weeds in our garden were just as edible as the vegetables we tend beside them? What [...]	28 West Brunswick Community Garden garden and gather 09:00 West Brunswick Community Garden garden and gather @ West Brunswick Community Garden & Food Forest, Behind Moreland Child Care Centre, Apr 28 @ 09:00 – 13:00 Tickets They do a lot of gathering and eating, and a bit of gardening! All welcome. Click here to read about the garden. Fawkner Food Bowls get together 10:00 Fawkner Food Bowls get together @ Fawkner Food Bowls Apr 28 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets Working bee, market stall and socialising. Read about the community garden. Fermenting at home 10:00 Fermenting at home @ CERES Apr 28 @ 10:00 – 13:00 Tickets You will learn the basics of making your own sauerkraut, fermented seasonal vegetables and kombucha plus how to use fermented products in day-to-day life. You will take home your own jars of vegetables to ferment [...] Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) 10:30 Pentridge Community Garden open session (Coburg) @ Pentridge Community Garden Apr 28 @ 10:30 – 12:30 Tickets Click here to read about the garden. Merri Corner Community Garden (Brunswick East) open garden / working bee 11:00 Merri Corner Community Garden (Brunswick East) open garden / working bee @ Merri Corner Community Garden Apr 28 @ 11:00 – 13:00 Tickets 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 Apr 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 Apr 30 @ 12:00 – 13:00 Tickets The cook provides a home style, two course meal.

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May 22, 2022 at 11:49

Oh wowza fantastic thank you for the calender!
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