Ayelet from Israel is our teacher! Woo hooo! This class is both hands on and a demonstration class. Ayelet will demonstrate how to make a sweet pastry and a savoury pastry. Then you will make one pastry each: some of you will make pastry for savoury tarts and others will make pastry for sweet tarts. […]
I love these seasonal events! And I looove chestnuts! Join me and I will take you to harvest chestnuts, and 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 the extremely talented Ilka White in this very informative Natural Dyeing Class. Discover some of nature’s hidden sources of colour! For thousands of years plants have been used to dye fibre and fabric and a beautiful natural palette is still available today without the need for harmful chemicals. Local weeds or kitchen off-cuts can […]
Join me for an edible fungi foraging adventure in Hepburn. This is how I'd like this day to work. I'd like to spend a few hours with you, sharing fungi foraging identification skills, facts and photos of wild edibles at my farm ORTO, for these skills are important if you want to fall in love […]
Learn to make sourdough, it is easy to do. And you don’t need a perfect schedule to make one or two. You don’t need to fit in with it, it can fit in with you. Sure it won’t always be perfect but it will always taste good. I will teach you to make your own […]
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 seasonal herb or foliage. This class will be divided between two […]
Join me for an edible fungi foraging adventure in Hepburn. This is how I'd like this day to work. I'd like to spend a few hours with you, sharing fungi foraging identification skills, facts and photos of wild edibles at my farm ORTO, for these skills are important if you want to fall in love […]
Date with a wildflower & lunch. A Victorian wildflower introduction & planting event. This event is an opportunity to have a date with a difference. I'd love for you to invite someone you want to get to know better, whether that be a friend or a potential romantic partner. We will start with a tour of […]
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 […]
Learn to make sourdough, it is easy to do. And you don’t need a perfect schedule to make one or two. You don’t need to fit in with it, it can fit in with you. Sure it won’t always be perfect but it will always taste good. I will teach you to make your own […]