Come and see the Town Hall Veggie Patch – a vibrant display of flowers, herbs and vegetables. Learn how edible plants can be grown in small spaces simply and easily to provide a variety of produce for your own kitchen. Talk to the experts on how to successfully grow food in your own backyard!
Read MoreWorm farming is a great way to reduce your household food waste. It is easy to do and creates nutritious plant food for your garden. Join Richard Thomas, Director of Wormlovers, for a talk on the different types of worm farms, practical worm farm management, and vermiculture outputs including 'worm juice' and how to use it.
Read MoreLearn about keeping bees in your own backyard. Join Peter Dyer from ‘Backyard Honey’ as he shares his many years of experience as a bee keeper in Melbourne. Peter will walk you through the essential information you should know before considering keeping bees at home. You will also have a chance to watch live bees in action in Peter’s demonstration hive.
Read MoreBring the children down for a fun morning of stories, craft, planting and play. Join a sustainability-related story time, craft activity, nature play, park rangers visit, pop up library and a nature treasure hunt.
Read MoreLearn about life in the Backyard Honey bee-hive with this informative and detailed demonstration held by the expert urban apiarists, Backyard Honey.
Read MoreThe Melbourne Youth Food Movement crew are heading out to visit Day's Walk Farm to get some valuable hands-on farming experience with Paul and his team.
Read MoreVisit us at Pocket City Farms at Camperdown Commons for our monthly swap.
Read MoreIn this workshop Kat will introduce you to her covey of quails and discuss their food and housing needs, including tips and tricks to reduce maintenance.
Read MoreLearn simple ways to reduce food waste and save you time and money with this presentation by Food Know How.
Read MoreAccomplished author, Bruce Pascoe provides compelling evidence from early explorer diaries that suggest that systems of food production and land management have been blatantly understated in modern retellings of early Aboriginal history.
Read MoreCan a mass mobilisation of suburban gardening bring on resilient and sustainable food systems?
Read MoreA feature event of the Sustainable Living Festival Big Weekend, Sustain presents the: Food History & Future Forum with Andrea Gaynor Associate Professor of History at The University of Western Australia, Bruce Pascoe Author Dark Emu & MC Nick Rose, Sustain: The Australian Food Network.
Read MoreIn this workshop you can expect to learn everything from the inner workings of a bee hive to the healing properties of raw honey; how to maintain a healthy hive; to the wonders of swarms and how to keep them in check.
Read MoreOn banks of the Yarra River, in the heart of Melbourne, over 200 farmers, backyard growers and Melbourne foodies will share the fruits of their labour in one massive locally grown and foraged feast. Fresh seasonal delights will tantalise taste buds in support of local food security.
Read MoreSTARWARD Whisky’s Russell Stubbs returns to the Sustainable Living Festival in 2017 to explore how craft industries are heading toward sustainable futures.
Read MoreFrom the creators of The Clean Bin Project, Just Eat It looks at the issue of waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge.
Read MoreJoin Nick Ritar and Milkwood Permaculture for an intensive weekend of permaculture design theory and action. You will leave this course with a solid grounding of how you can apply permaculture principles in your home, garden, apartment or farm. You’ll also be in an informed position to further your journey into permaculture design. The course will give you a comprehensive overview of how to apply pro-active, sustainable design techniques to your immediate environment â...
Read MoreThis workshop will teach you the background of our Australian native bush tucker, how to identify species, as well as how to grow, care for, propagate and harvest bush foods. You'll also have the chance to taste test some of our local species and learn how to use them in your cooking or for medicinal use at home.
Read MoreDo you want to meet singles who share a passion for farming/ gardening?? You might meet the lover or the friend of your dreams!!!
Read MorePart of the City of Melbourne's Love Food Hate Waste program and Sustainable Living Festival, you'll get great recipes using fresh, seasonal produce from Queen Victoria Market, handy food-saving tips and lots of delicious taste testing.
Read MoreJoin Permaculture Victoria for a day of grafting, fruit tree design, edible weed walks and much more.
Read MorePark Rangers will be setting up their trailers to show you how to construct various types of bee hotels for Melbourne's native bee populations. Come along and learn about the world of bees.
Read MoreJoin in this fun and innovative storytelling event and hear from local legends making change in the community. Bookings essential.
Read MoreFair Food is Australia’s first feature-length documentary that tells the story of our farmers, social entrepreneurs and communities pioneering new approaches to food production, marketing and distribution.
Read MorePart of the Sustainable Living Festival, this event is a special edition of 'Canopy', a quarterly discussion forum that brings people together to share information and ideas for greening our cities. Bookings essential.
Read MoreCome along to our Summer Planting Workshop in partnership with Richmond Community Learning Centre and Lynette from The Cubby House. Kids will get to pot up their own plant to take home. All materials provided. Age 3+.
Read MoreFareShare Kitchen Garden will be opening its gates to the public as part of the Urban Agriculture Series for the 2017 Sustainable Living Festival.
Read MoreFarmer Incubator presents their annual GARLIC FIESTA! held this year at Seeds Communal Garden in Brunswick
Read MoreThis event will be led by Adrian Price, who for seven years was ‘Tidy Towns’ judge for the state of Queensland.
Read MoreJoin Kat Lavers as she takes you through her award winning small-scale urban permaculture site in the Melbourne suburb of Northcote. Registration's capped at 25 so get in quick to avoid missing out!
Read MoreCome and meet our dedicated and diverse group of volunteers for the first working bee of 2017 at the Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre garden and learn some skills while giving us a hand in the garden!
Read MoreJoin Monique in this hands-on group passata making experience in the lead up to CERES Fair Food’s Crowdsaucing Day. Monique will show you how to make your very own sauce just how Italians do it at home every summer, creating a production line of tasks for everyone to join in on.
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