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Private Tours of ORTO Permaculture Farm

ORTO Straw Eco Farm 100 Allisons Road, Blampied, Vic, Australia

This 1.5 hr tour is perfect for anyone who wants to build a passive solar home & permaculture garden, includes a welcome platter & drinks. Join me! The ticket price is for two people. Purchase multiple tickets for larger groups. Call me on 0487, 063 745, to arrange a date. Ask us questions about how […]

$189.00

Musica Della Vita! Italian Songs, Viola da Gamba & Baroque Viola Duets

ORTO Straw Eco Farm 100 Allisons Road, Blampied, Vic, Australia

Musica Della Vita - Music for Life!  An afternoon of sublime Italian music and seasonal fare including hot and cool drinks, at our beautiful farm ORTO. Join, Myfanwy Hunter, Doreen Ooi and me Mara Ripani for this Song and Baroque music performance. Concert Program Songs of Lucilla Galeazzi, reimagined for voice and viola da gamba […]

Sold Out $30.00

SALT, FAT, ACID, HEAT : How to Cook for Beginners

ORTO Straw Eco Farm 100 Allisons Road, Blampied, Vic, Australia

A stunning cooking class inspired by the work of Samin Nosrat , who has written a book with this title. I was so excited to see this publication. We will be a group of six and I will provide a nurturing environment from which to learn. I will show you how: the way we cut […]

Fermenting, Drying & Preserving for Beginners

ORTO Straw Eco Farm 100 Allisons Road, Blampied, Vic, Australia

What you will learn I love foraging, I love growing and I want to make the very most of what I find and what I grow. Preserving for beginners offers all the skills needed to preserve the taste of summer, the cool of winter and the red of autumn. This class is jam packed with […]

Sourdough Bread Class

ORTO Straw Eco Farm 100 Allisons Road, Blampied, Vic, Australia

This is a 100% hands on class for four people. You will make & take home two loaves of bread. Orto Loaf & Chocolate Savoury Bread. Extremely important to arrive at 8am & NO later :) Learn to make sourdough, it is easy to do. And you don’t need a perfect schedule to make one […]

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Make soap, extract essential oil, & hydrosol

ORTO Straw Eco Farm 100 Allisons Road, Blampied, Vic, Australia

Soap making is a rare & very beautiful trade. What you will learn Learn to make beautiful handmade soap at home using readily available kitchen tools. And learn to extract essential oil and hydrosol from various plants through distillation. Class Detail We will make oil and hydrosol from seasonal plant material, either lavender, eucalyptus, rosemary, or some other […]

Garlic! We love you! Harvest & Braid & Lunch

ORTO Straw Eco Farm 100 Allisons Road, Blampied, Vic, Australia

Garlic you make everything taste good. You are used to flavour krauts, stir fries, sauces, stews. You are rubbed on toast to create bruschetta, crushed into oil to make mayonnaise, stuffed into poultry to flavour chicken, or slow fermented to make black garlic. We love you! Let's harvest garlic together and I will teach you […]

How to make liqueurs for you or as gifts

ORTO Straw Eco Farm 100 Allisons Road, Blampied, Vic, Australia

Liqueurs are very simple to make and the flavour profiles possible are endless. Liqueurs are so delicious that they must be made in moderation otherwise it might be hard to leave the house. Come and make liqueurs with me. I will provide all ingredients & introduce you to the following techniques: Maceration Tincture Extraction We […]

Make a seasonal summer wreath

ORTO Straw Eco Farm 100 Allisons Road, Blampied, Vic, Australia

It's summer! Woooo hooooo! And the garden is bountiful once more! Soak yourself in its golden light as we harvest indigenous grasses, wildflowers and fragrant plant clippings to make a summer solstice wreath. You will take home a wreath made by you, using flowers and grasses of your choice grown here at ORTO Farm and […]