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Apollo Bay Edible Garden Trail

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25.01.2022 Look whos coming to the Edible Garden Trail! Were thrilled to welcome the wonderful Costa Georgiadis to Apollo Bay next week - hell be spending a whole morning hanging out with the kids in the schools kitchen garden program and then joining us for some excellent food and conversation at Hello Coffee on Friday night. Hes going to stick around to join in the Edible Garden Trail tours and fun at the Apollo Bay community garden on Saturday 24th November. We cant wait! Tickets and full program are available online at www.ediblegardentrail.com.au or from Galapagos bookstore in Apollo Bay.

25.01.2022 Woot! The Blue Mountains edible garden trail is this weekend, get along for some gardening goodness if youre in that neck of the woods :)

24.01.2022 Its all happening today at the Apollo Bay community garden! Were setting up at the entrance with tickets, books, open garden maps, and amazing food courtesy of the year 7 and 8 kids at the school. Join us for a tour at 10.30, 1.30, and 3.30 and you might meet Costa! We still have a handful of tickets for the Edible Weeds Walk at 10am, Growing Great Spuds at 1pm, and Backyard Composting at 2.30pm.... There are 7 beautiful, productive open gardens to visit today around town and the hills with more opening tomorrow. Full program is online at www.ediblegardentrail.com.au - see you down there!

24.01.2022 If you missed out on tickets to our sell-out opening night at Hello Coffee, never fear - you can listen back to the conversations with Costa, Nick and Kirsten from Milkwood, and Annie Raser-Rowland thanks to Apollo Bay Radio! We talked community, gardening, regaining traditional food cultures, and small-scale farming with our fantastic guests from the edible garden trail weekend.

24.01.2022 KITCHEN GARDEN COOKING CLASS Explore, harvest, cook, and eat! Join kitchen garden expert Nattie Murray for a relaxed, hands-on class exploring how to use local, seasonal produce in your daily cooking. Participants will harvest, prepare, and eat a delicious vegetarian feast using fresh veggies and herbs from the schools kitchen garden. This class is aimed at adults but kids are welcome too! ... The Kitchen Garden Experience runs from 11am til 2pm this Sunday 25th November. Tickets are just $30 (lunch included) and most dietary restrictions can be catered for. Book online at www.ediblegardentrail.com.au

22.01.2022 Were excited for our open gardens program! On Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th November a bunch of Apollo Bay gardeners will be opening their productive backyards to visitors. Theres veggie gardens, orchards, native edibles, chooks, bees, herbs, and all kinds of interesting design ideas, varieties, and techniques. The community garden and school kitchen garden will also be open with guided tours, workshops, and delicious food prepared by the year 7 and 8 students as a fundra...iser for the kitchen garden program. Open garden tickets are just $10 for the whole weekend, and under-18s and volunteers are free. Full program and tickets are online at www.ediblegardentrail.com.au or purchase at Galapagos bookstore in Apollo Bay. See you there!

21.01.2022 Grow it local! We had such a good time putting on the first edible garden trail, were going to do it again in 2020. Weve pencilled in the 27th-29th of November for another weekend of workshops, tours and open gardens around Apollo Bay - we cant wait :) Well be looking for lots of locals to get involved, so if you have time to help out, a great idea for a gardening workshop or a guest speaker, or youd like to invite the community into your veggie patch or home orchard please get in touch. Its a wonderful weekend to share your gardening expertise and be inspired by all the abundant, delicious produce being grown in our wonderful community!

20.01.2022 Our opening night Dig In at Hello Coffee was just fantastic - we shared beautiful locally grown food prepared by Liz, Reuben, and Jodie, and had excellent chats with Costa, Annie Raser-Rowland, Nick and Kirsten from Milkwood, Jack Pascoe, and Dav Rees. Real food, inspiring conversation, wonderful atmosphere - thanks to everyone who came and made it a great night! You can listen back to the three conversations on the night, kindly recorded by Bob Knowles for Apollo Bay Radio:... https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-dp2c6-a06169

20.01.2022 Produce swaps are back on at the Apollo Bay community garden tonight (Thursday) at 5.30pm - bring along some of that summer abundance to share :)

20.01.2022 Theres a super fun gig coming up with Formidable Vegetable at the Apollo Bay community garden! See you there on Wednesday 20th Feb :)

19.01.2022 Its not too early to make a start in the garden - now is a great time to sow some veggie seedlings indoors and plant potatoes. Heres a planting guide for August in Apollo Bay - happy gardening!

19.01.2022 Garden Tours! One of the highlights of the Edible Garden Trail will be a tour of Otway Herbs at 2pm on Sunday 25th November. This is a such a good opportunity to learn about (and taste) the incredible diversity of culinary herbs grown by Ken and Judi Forrester in their beautiful garden and nursery in the hills above Apollo Bay. Not to be missed for our local chefs and foodies. Regular tours of the Apollo Bay community garden and school kitchen garden will also run throughout ...the weekend, and The Green Acre market garden will be open for a tour on the afternoon of Saturday 24th (bookings essential). Tours are included in the $10 open gardens ticket (volunteers and under-18s free) available online at www.ediblegardentrail.com.au or from Galapagos bookstore in Apollo Bay. See you there!

18.01.2022 It's not too early to make a start in the garden - now is a great time to sow some veggie seedlings indoors and plant potatoes. Here's a planting guide for August in Apollo Bay - happy gardening!

17.01.2022 "One of the most exciting weekends of accessibility and pure community connection Ive seen in all my travels" - Costa Georgiadis We loved this interview with Costa - thanks Bob and Liz for a great conversation - well worth a listen!

16.01.2022 Spring into the garden this weekend! Here's some great planting advice for September from Apollo Bay community gardener Shelly Pascoe. We are looking forward to the rest of this series - it's all about local growers sharing their veggie gardening expertise for our cool-temperate coastal region :)

16.01.2022 Volunteers needed! Are you coming to the Edible Garden Trail? Can you spare any time on the weekend of 24th and 25th November to help out? It will be a really fun, relaxed community event, and we need people to help with the tickets and info desk at the community garden, take photos at the various open gardens and tours, and assist with set up for workshops. Vollies will receive a complimentary open gardens ticket and we may be able to squeeze you into a workshop!... Please message us or contact Ngaira Smith on [email protected] if youre available and willing :) Thanks to Great Ocean Road Regional Tourism Ltd for the photo!

15.01.2022 Are you a seed-saver? If you're already saving your own herb and veggie seeds or if you'd like some help getting started, please join us for a demo and skill-share at 4pm this Sunday at the Apollo Bay community garden on Costin Street. Seed-saving is a great way to save money in the veggie patch, preserve rare and locally-adapted varieties, and build community with other gardeners. Seed-saving and seed-sharing go hand-in-hand! It's part of the afternoon gathering which incl...udes a produce swap from 2pm (ongoing for the afternoon - bring your excess fruit, veggies, herbs, flowers, plants and seeds to trade), 2.30pm tour of the community garden, afternoon tea made by the school's kitchen garden program, a gardener roundtable and Q&A at 3pm, and seed-saving and summer fruit-tree pruning demos at 4pm. Free entry, all welcome. Hope to see you there! See more

14.01.2022 Costa took an amazing video at Otway Health in Apollo Bay with Lou DiCecco yesterday - this will bring a smile to your face!

14.01.2022 Great to have Bruce Pascoe back in Apollo Bay for the seafood festivals conversations event!

14.01.2022 The open gardens program is not to be missed this weekend! There are 10 beautiful, productive edible gardens in Apollo Bay and the surrounding Otway ranges that are open to visitors. Theres veggie gardens, orchards, native edibles, chooks, bees, herbs, and all kinds of interesting design ideas, varieties, and techniques. Its a great chance to chat to other growers in the community and get some inspiration for your own garden! The community garden and school kitchen garden a...re open with guided tours, workshops, and delicious food. You can find tickets, information, and pick up a printed open gardens map at the entrance Apollo Bay community garden on Costin St (next to the school). Open garden tickets are just $10 for the whole weekend, and under-18s and volunteers are free. Full program is online at www.ediblegardentrail.com.au/open-gardens/ See you there!

12.01.2022 Time to get your tomato seed in!

11.01.2022 Vote #1 for Costa!

10.01.2022 Great advice on coffee grinds in the garden from Gardening Australia!

10.01.2022 Dont forget to grab your tickets for permaculture co-founder David Holmgren in Apollo Bay on Sunday 22nd March - its coming up quick! It is a catered event (courtesy of the excellent Nattie Murray) so there will be no ticket sales on the door. Tickets are just $15, purchase online here: https://events.humanitix.com/retrosuburbia or at the Southern Otway Food Coop on Tuesdays :)

10.01.2022 We were so lucky and delighted to have Costa Georgiadis Official join us for our first Edible Garden Trail over the weekend. He came all the way from Sydney for our local community gardening event - he visited our school and had lunch with the kitchen garden students, went to a protest against oil drilling at the harbour, planted tomatoes with the residents at Otway Health, spoke at our Friday night launch, went to open gardens, joined tours, spoke on the radio, took a milli...on photos, entertained our shuttle bus, and just generally made it a magic weekend for everyone with his enthusiasm and incredible energy. It was also wonderful to hear him sing the praises of our dedicated volunteers and staff in the school kitchen garden program, community garden, and the beautiful Otway Health garden, and have them acknowledged for their really important contribution to our community. Thanks Costa, we cant wait to have you back again!!

09.01.2022 Apollo Bay Veggie Planting Guide mid-April As we head into late autumn the window of opportunity to plant most winter veggies has closed. You can still put in... a few quick growing greens and herbs, but now is the time to concentrate on crops that over-winter and produce in spring. Mid-April is the ideal time to plant both garlic and broad beans in Apollo Bay. If you cant source certified seed garlic for planting, any quality Australian organic garlic bulbs will do. Dont bother with imported garlic the bulbs will have been treated with toxic fungicides and preservatives to inhibit growth. I prepare my clay soil with plenty of compost, pelleted chook poo, and a sprinkle of gypsum. The bulbs are divided into individual cloves a few hours before planting and soaked in a weak sea-sol solution to aid quick root development. I plant each clove 3-5cm deep and at a 15cm spacing in the bed. They will sprout within a week or two and grow steadily over winter, finally bulbing up in late spring when the days lengthen. If you want nice big garlic bulbs its vital to plant them in full sun and to keep them weed free. A thick straw mulch will suppress weeds, but if you have a slug problem its better to top-dress your bed with a layer of compost and stay on top of your hand-weeding. There are hundreds of interesting garlic cultivars grown in Australia; my current favourites are Otway Pink, Red Creole, Spanish Roja, and an unnamed artichoke variety saved by my mum, originally from a lady called Pam in Marengo. Broad beans can be planted in early spring, but you get bushier plants and more generous yields from an autumn-planted crop. They are best direct sown, unless you have bush rats, in which case start them in trays indoors and transplant when they have a couple of sets of leaves. The plants get enormous so give each one 20-30cm of space in the row. They have a rapid growth spurt in late winter so make sure to give them some support they will blow over in a strong wind. I grow a crimson-flowered heirloom variety which is both beautiful and delicious. The seeds were recovered from Norfolk Island, where they were first planted by convicts in 1788. What Im planting right now: Direct seeding in the garden: garlic, broad beans, harukei turnips, rocket, mizuna, radishes, coriander Starting from seed in the greenhouse: lettuce, spinach, bok choi, tatsoi Transplanting as seedlings: lettuce, broccoli, broccolini, kale, fennel, spinach, radicchio, napa cabbage, bok choi, parsley Many online seed companies have experienced a 10-fold increase in sales over the last few weeks, and some have had to close sales because they cannot meet demand. Before purchasing ask friends and neighbours to share seeds, there will be plenty to go around in various collections in the community. If you do need to buy online, I recommend Green Harvest, Lambley Nursery, 4season Seeds, and Seed Freaks. Happy gardening!

08.01.2022 Karen Xins' garden has all the things that make the Otways so special, spectacular views, salty winds and beautiful rolling hills. She gives us insight on how she faced the challenges of gardening on a slope, and how to protect veggies from the salt and wind. From prototype to productive garden, have a look at her awesome set-up. Please find this months planting calendar at the end of the video.

06.01.2022 Today was more fun than you could poke a stick at :) We had some classic Apollo Bay drizzle but gardeners are a hardy bunch and the workshops and tours were wonderful! Thanks to everyone who came, and were ready to do it all again tomorrow. Theres still a few tickets left to workshops Herbs in the Kitchen Garden with Judi Forrester at 10am, Salad Greens Year Round at 11am, and Radical Seed Saving at 12.30pm. The kids are cooking up a storm again (the food today was phenomenal) - there will be cakes and slices, sausage sizzle, and homemade pumpkin soup. See you at the community garden between 10am and 5pm!

06.01.2022 Produce Swap next weekend! Do you have excess fruit, veggies, herbs, flowers, seeds, plants, eggs, honey, preserves, or any other produce spare from your garden? Join us at the Apollo Bay community garden on Costin St next Sunday 28th from 2pm to swap produce with other local growers. It's part of the afternoon's gathering which includes a 2.30pm tour of the community garden, afternoon tea made by the school's kitchen garden program, a gardener roundtable and Q&A at 3pm, and seed-saving and summer fruit-tree pruning demos at 4pm. Free entry, all welcome. Hope to see you there!

06.01.2022 We only have a handful of tickets left for our evening event at Hello Coffee! Its going to be a great night of conversation about food, gardening, and foraging with some of our special guests for the weekend including Kirsten Bradley and Nick Ritar of Milkwood Permaculture, and Annie Raser-Rowland (author of The Weed Foragers Handbook and The Art of Frugal Hedonism). Yummy local produce platters are included and drinks at the bar, tickets are just $25 or $90 for a table of 4 :)

06.01.2022 A great foraging activity for to do with the kids these school holidays!

05.01.2022 Beekeeping field day coming up in Apollo Bay on Feb 24th - itll be really interesting to see a number of different hive designs, and a great opportunity to connect with other beekeepers in the community. Only a few tickets left!

05.01.2022 Spring has sprung...If you're growing in Apollo Bay this is a great time to plant onions, potatoes, peas, carrots, leafy greens, and start seedlings indoors for planting out in October. Happy gardening!

05.01.2022 Costa has been super generous with his support for our edible garden trail in Apollo Bay - take a minute to vote Costa Georgiadis Official for Gold www.tvweeklogieawards.com.au

05.01.2022 The Edible Garden Trail is this weekend! Its going to be a fantastic opportunity to connect with local growers, and we really hope the weekend inspires people to get their gardens growing and eat more locally grown foods. There are some great gardens to visit! Drop into the community garden on Saturday and Sunday to grab an open gardens map and program, have some delicious food cooked by the students at the school, and take a tour or a workshop. ... Open garden tickets are $10 (under-18s and volunteers are free). The Apollo Bay Community Garden will be open from 10am to 5pm on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th November. See you there! www.ediblegardentrail.com.au

04.01.2022 It takes a village! Were less than two weeks out from the inaugural Apollo Bay edible garden trail and we want to thank our wonderful local sponsors and supporters whove made the event possible. We kicked things off earlier this year with a generous grant from the Colac Otway Shire community grants program; since then weve been sponsored by the Otways & Coast Permaculture Group, Transition Apollo Bay, Southern Otway Food Coop, and the Apollo Bay News Sheet. Great Ocean Roa...d Regional Tourism Ltd kindly let us use their amazing original photos, and the staff at Apollo Bay P-12 College have been hugely supportive. Were also very grateful to Lynne at Galapagos Bookstore who has generously sold tickets for us over the last two months and been a delight to work with. What a lovely community we live in! Big thanks from the organising group Jodie, Dav, Craig, Shelly, Liz, Ngaira, and Nattie :)

03.01.2022 We had a great time at Hello Coffee last night for our opening event Dig In - excellent conversations about food and community with Costa, Nick Ritar, Kirsten Bradley, Annie Raser-Rowland, Jack Pascoe, and Dav Rees - with a beautiful spread of locally produced food. Thanks to everyone who came and made it a fantastic night!

02.01.2022 Nattie and the year 7 and 8 kids have cooked up an amazing spread of cakes, muffins, and biscuits for the community garden today, and theyre about to fire up the bbq! Drop in for some yummy food, a workshop, or a tour at 10.30, 1.30, and 3.30! See you there!

02.01.2022 Get your gardening gloves on! Here in the Otways September is an ideal time to start planning your kitchen garden. See what local gardener Shelly Pascoe is planting this month.

02.01.2022 We had a fantastic day of workshops and tours at the Apollo Bay community garden today, learning about herbs, salad greens, seed saving, and no-dig gardening. Almost all our workshops this weekend were at capacity, and the enthusiasm and energy everyone brought to the event was just amazing. Thanks Apollo Bay, this was a real community effort and we had a great time!

01.01.2022 Have you got your Edible Garden Trail tickets yet? Tickets have been selling super fast and about a third of the program is already booked out...but we still have a few spaces left in the edible weeds walk with Annie Raser-Rowland (which is going to be excellent), and tickets to some great hands-on workshops at the community garden including backyard composting, growing great spuds, salad greens year round, seed saving, herbs in the kitchen garden, and abundant backyard gard...ening with Geelong-based permaculture teacher Ben Shaw. Most workshop tickets are just $10! You can buy tickets at Galapagos bookstore in Apollo Bay until close of business Thursday, and online at www.ediblegardentrail.com.au until Friday night. On Saturday and Sunday youll be able to pick up tickets and a printed program in person at the information/ticketing desk at Apollo Bay community garden entrance. Were looking forward to it!

01.01.2022 Gardens are a good place to be in difficult times and keeping busy with tasks such as tending tomatoes is a way to find consolation, writes Penny Woodward.