Festival of Forgotten Skills A Celebration at Fair Harvest 426 Carters Rd Margaret River 4 Sunday December 16th 10am – 4pm Free Event…. A day to enjoy forgotten and under-utilised skills. Bring your family and a picnic for a good old fashioned day out. Tea, coffee and snacks available. Bring a drink and … Read more
Cob oven with clay from the dam. Its been beautiful watching the cob oven emerge from clay from the dam. Em (one of our interns) has been busily collecting rocks clay and sand from around the farm and forming this gorgeous oven. We had a roast beef (from the paddock) and some sourdough bread from … Read more
New Wicking Beds Just in Time for Summer Veggies What used to be the junk yard was transformed today into a circle of wicking beds. We have so much kikuyu here that creating new garden beds is always a challenge, this is one of the reasons we’ve opted for the fully enclosed system … Read more
Our first Swap shuffle share day was so much fun we decided we’d better have more. This is a casual community day where seeds plants and produce come out to be swapped and shared over a cup of tea. Don’t worry if you arrive with nothing….just be prepared to go home with something that … Read more
To much produce but not quite enough to sell? Margaret River Seed Savers has expanded to include Swap Shuffle Share so bring along anything you have too much of in your garden and see what you go home with, also feel free to bring recipes and home made produce. We meet once every 2 months n … Read more
Thanks to everyone that came along to our fundraising party, thanks to everyone that made music, food, fun and donated to our burnt garden fund. Thanks to Jeremy and his team for propagating such a great selection of plants, and thanks to those who turned up on Saturday to choose a selection for their garden, … Read more
Learn how to Grow Fish and Veggies at the same time with Tony Carruthers Due to the huge success of our last Aquaponics course Tony is coming back to teach a second one. During one full day of learning Tony took us through the theory and practice of Aquaponics. We learnt about different fish species … Read more
Thanks to everyone that donated so generously and to the Tube Nursery we now have 800 plants ready to be distributed and planted for anyone whose garden was affected by the fires. We invite anyone who needs plants or who who would like to help plant them to come over on Saturday July the 14th … Read more
Congratulations to everyone that had a part in our first ever Permaculture Design Certificate It was a huge couple of weeks full of learning and friendship, music and food. We made use of our new building for the first time ever (the builders have moved back in now to finish the job) and the old … Read more
Sustainable Orchard Management with Peter Coppin Saturday July 21st 2012 Peter Coppin is a leading horticulturist and arboriculturist who is “Dedicated to promoting sustainable practices and healthy landscapes.” Peter will be offering a series of workshops on sustainable orchard management the first of which will focus on deciduous trees and vines. By the end of … Read more