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 […]
Join me for an edible fungi adventure Let's spend a few hours sharing fungi foraging identification skills & fungi facts We will drink hot coffee and tea, and eat scrumptious cake as we talk all things fungi. Then let's cook together and feast on fungi with garlic, balsamic vinegar, oil, thyme and a little butter. […]
Soap making is a rare & very beautiful trade. Learn to make beautiful handmade soap, using readily available kitchen tools, and extract essential oil and hydrosol from oil rich botanicals.There is a strong history of soap making in our local area, and although soap has been made from as early as 3000BC, its relevance is […]
Australian wildflowers are very beautiful and I want you to meet one... it's called Blue Devil. And I want you to bring one, I want you to bring a wildflower of your own, in the form of a special human who you'd like to get to know better. We are going to meet and greet […]
Salami is an extraordinary food with extraordinary flavour and is a superbly clever way to 'preserve' meat. It is quite fascinating really that salami is a fermented food in the way that kimchi, yogurt and cheese are. Meat is minced, mixed with salt, pepper, spices and delicious wine, then emulsified. The mince is packed tightly […]