Whitehorse calendar of events

Anna, the Urban Nanna, will help you find and identify a range of edible fruits, greens and flowers found in ‘wild’ urban spaces across Victoria. You will learn about the basic principles and protocols of foraging, and then move on to plant specifics. You will observe and interact with many types of fruit trees, edible green weeds and useful flowers. You will examine examples of trees bearing late summer fruit, and also be shown the physical features you can use to correctly identify useful trees even when they’re not fruiting. You will discuss the types of locations where you can hunt for wild edibles in the future, and finally how to safely prepare and enjoy eating many of the foods we find.

Overall, there will be around 1-2km of walking over grassy terrain involved.

Gold coin donation.

Anna, the Urban Nanna, will help you find and identify a range of edible fruits, greens and flowers found in ‘wild’ urban spaces across Victoria. You will learn about the basic principles and protocols of foraging, and then move on to plant specifics. You will observe and interact with many types of fruit trees, edible green weeds and useful flowers. You will examine examples of trees bearing late summer fruit, and also be shown the physical features you can use to correctly identify useful trees even when they’re not fruiting. You will discuss the types of locations where you can hunt for wild edibles in the future, and finally how to safely prepare and enjoy eating many of the foods we find.

Overall, there will be around 1-2km of walking over grassy terrain involved.

Each Sunday night, a different local club, business, or church group provides and serves a meal to people in the Mitcham community.

Learn about flours and how they interact with other ingredients. Learn a variety of techniques and textures to create many different types of biscuits from shortbreads, to fancy petit fours, wedged with ganache and dipped in chocolate. They will cover shelf life, storage, freezing and nutritional input. They will include gluten free, dairy free and nut free recipes. You will take home 1kg of assorted biscuits made in the class plus their recipes.

This all day program is highly interactive and includes a live hive opening on the following Saturday (25th February, 10.30am-12.30pm) as well as other hands-on skill building exercises. The background instruction includes equipment selection and bee biology in addition to details of the Apiary and Biosecurity Codes of Practice. Included in the course fee are a comprehensive handbook and a copy of the textbook The Australian Beekeeping Manual, 2nd Ed. (which retails at $60).

Anna, the Urban Nanna, will help you find and identify a range of edible fruits, greens and flowers found in ‘wild’ urban spaces across Victoria. You will learn about the basic principles and protocols of foraging, and then move on to plant specifics. You will observe and interact with many types of fruit trees, edible green weeds and useful flowers. You will examine examples of trees bearing late summer fruit, and also be shown the physical features you can use to correctly identify useful trees even when they’re not fruiting. You will discuss the types of locations where you can hunt for wild edibles in the future, and finally how to safely prepare and enjoy eating many of the foods we find.

Overall, there will be around 1-2km of walking over grassy terrain involved.

Organised by Whitehorse Urban Harvest. For the latest updates, see their Facebook page.

Organised by Whitehorse Urban Harvest. For the latest updates, see their Facebook page.

The weather is going to get cooler soon, but what should you do next? How can you ensure that those big fat pumpkins will keep for most of the year? What is ‘green manure’ and why would you want it? Now is the time to get started on your cool season veg.

Each Sunday night, a different local club, business, or church group provides and serves a meal to people in the Mitcham community.

Learn how to create handmade chocolates from start to finish using your creative influences to make unique flavours and shapes. They will cover flavour combinations, ganache based flavours, nut pralines, enrobing methods and finishes. You will take home all you make in the workshop along with the recipes and an instruction booklet.

Join them amongst the former and grafted apple trees at Strathdon House to learn all the ins & outs, and cuts & trims that produce healthy, bountiful fruit trees. Deciduous fruit trees are traditionally pruned in winter but in Melbourne’s temperate climate, trees don’t go fully dormant so winter pruning just encourages tall whippy growth that will have to be pruned-off anyway.

Learn how to brew your own kombucha with advice from the skilled brewing team at The Good Brew Company.

Each Sunday night, a different local club, business, or church group provides and serves a meal to people in the Mitcham community.

Learn about flours and how they interact with other ingredients. Learn a variety of techniques and textures to create many different types of biscuits from shortbreads, to fancy petit fours, wedged with ganache and dipped in chocolate. They will cover shelf life, storage, freezing and nutritional input. They will include gluten free, dairy free and nut free recipes. You will take home 1kg of assorted biscuits made in the class plus their recipes.

Not held in January.

Each Sunday night, a different local club, business, or church group provides and serves a meal to people in the Mitcham community.

Learn about flours and how they interact with other ingredients. Learn a variety of techniques and textures to create many different types of biscuits from shortbreads, to fancy petit fours, wedged with ganache and dipped in chocolate. They will cover shelf life, storage, freezing and nutritional input. They will include gluten free, dairy free and nut free recipes. You will take home 1kg of assorted biscuits made in the class plus their recipes.

Gold coin donation.

Each Sunday night, a different local club, business, or church group provides and serves a meal to people in the Mitcham community.

Organised by Whitehorse Urban Harvest. For the latest updates, see their Facebook page.

Organised by Whitehorse Urban Harvest. For the latest updates, see their Facebook page.

Each Sunday night, a different local club, business, or church group provides and serves a meal to people in the Mitcham community.

Each Sunday night, a different local club, business, or church group provides and serves a meal to people in the Mitcham community.

Not held in January.

Each Sunday night, a different local club, business, or church group provides and serves a meal to people in the Mitcham community.

Gold coin donation.

Each Sunday night, a different local club, business, or church group provides and serves a meal to people in the Mitcham community.

Learn about flours and how they interact with other ingredients. Learn a variety of techniques and textures to create many different types of biscuits from shortbreads, to fancy petit fours, wedged with ganache and dipped in chocolate. They will cover shelf life, storage, freezing and nutritional input. They will include gluten free, dairy free and nut free recipes. You will take home 1kg of assorted biscuits made in the class plus their recipes.

Organised by Whitehorse Urban Harvest. For the latest updates, see their Facebook page.

Organised by Whitehorse Urban Harvest. For the latest updates, see their Facebook page.

Each Sunday night, a different local club, business, or church group provides and serves a meal to people in the Mitcham community.

Each Sunday night, a different local club, business, or church group provides and serves a meal to people in the Mitcham community.

Learn about flours and how they interact with other ingredients. Learn a variety of techniques and textures to create many different types of biscuits from shortbreads, to fancy petit fours, wedged with ganache and dipped in chocolate. They will cover shelf life, storage, freezing and nutritional input. They will include gluten free, dairy free and nut free recipes. You will take home 1kg of assorted biscuits made in the class plus their recipes.

Each Sunday night, a different local club, business, or church group provides and serves a meal to people in the Mitcham community.

Not held in January.

Each Sunday night, a different local club, business, or church group provides and serves a meal to people in the Mitcham community.

Gold coin donation.