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 information and is focused […]
This is really fun. Liqueurs are very simple to make and the flavours you can play with endless. They 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 information and is focused […]
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 […]
BALLARAT BEGONIA FESTIVAL EVENT AT Robert Clark Centre, Ballarat Botanical Gardens Gardens are extremely beautiful spaces and crucial to our well-being. Cities and regional towns thrive when gardens are grown as large tree canopies provide much needed shade in summer. When gardens are established on mass in urban areas, they play a vital role in […]
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 information and is focused […]
This is a 100% hands on class for 7 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 […]
I love these seasonal events! And I looove chestnuts! Join me & I will take you to harvest chestnuts & I'll show you how to easily prize them from their spiky burrs. We will meet here at ORTO Farm and then a drive to a property laden with chestnut trees. You must wear strong walking […]