Calling all green thumbs: Creative Harvest, West Gippsland's beloved open food garden weekend, is back from January 28-29. This time, it'll feature 15 private food-producing gardens ranging from small suburban backyards to large family farms, as well as 30 artists and creatives across a variety of crafts.
"Creative Harvest is a celebration of sustainability and community and a showcase for West Gippsland's creative movers and shakers," says Kristy Plumridge, the chair of the Creative Harvest committee. "We aim to demonstrate how simple it is to start or expand your own thriving food garden – in your kitchen window box, small backyard or on a large lifestyle block."
Over the weekend, you can chat with and learn from beekeepers, winemakers, jam makers, jewellers, mosaic makers, painters, printmakers and sculptors, and taste some of Gippsland's finest food and drink offerings. Four hands-on workshops will also be on offer, and visitors can buy tickets to learn skills like hot composting, preserving, fermenting, dye extraction and growing veggies from seed.
Weekend passes start at $28 for seniors, $33 for adults and $60 for families, and individual entry tickets start at $10. For more information and to purchase tickets, head to the Creative Harvest website.
