🌿🎨 Dive into Nature's Palette: Botanical Printing Workshop for Kids! 🌸✨

Calling all young artists and nature enthusiasts! Join us for a hands-on adventure where creativity blooms and imagination takes root!

Learn printing techniques using natural materials gathered around Beelarong Community Farm. Experiment with different techniques to transfer intricate designs from nature onto paper.

We will make cards and bookmarks on beautiful paper and apply the craft to a ready-made, fabric, draw-string bag as well. You will take home your one-of-a-kind prints, each telling a unique story of your journey through the garden.

Whether you're a budding artist or a curious explorer, this workshop is designed for all skill levels.

All materials and morning tea provided. We will be using paints so wear old clothes or bring an apron.

Cost: $25 per child - from 4yo and upwards
An adult must be in attendance.

Bookings essential on Humanitix as places are limited: https://events.humanitix.com/botanical-printing-workshop-for-kids

Get ready for our next Farmgate sale and stock up for your Easter celebrations! We'll be at the farm on Saturday 23rd March from 9am to 12pm.

Our delicious jams and marmalades on offer this month include Rosella Jam; Brazilian Cherry & Apple Jam; Jaboticaba & Apple Jam; Jaboticaba & Starfruit Jam; Lime & Passionfruit Chunky Marmalade; Peach Jam; Pineapple Jam; Pink Grapefruit & Chunky Pear Marmalade; Plum Jam; Strawberry & Apple Jam and a few starfruit variations: Starfruit & Apple Jam; Starfruit & Ginger Jam and Starfruit & Passionfruit Jam.

Our chutneys are perfect for sandwiches, curries or to accompany a tasty cheese: Brazilian Cherry & Choko Chutney; Green Mango & Choko Chutney; Special Green Tomato Chutney; Sweet Mustard Pickles; Tangy Starfruit & Green Mango Chutney.

We will also have our ever popular Lemon Butter and Lemon & Passionfruit Butter.

Most preserves are now $7 whilst lemon butter and its variants will be $9 per 250g jar. Card and cash accepted.

As always, we’ll also have a selection of hand crafted items including peg bags, tissue holders, floor mop turtles, microwave bowl cosies, napkin holders, scrunchies, timber wood turned pens, as well as beautiful cards showcasing local landmarks.

Do not forget to bring back your jars and fabric bonnets from preserves bought at the farm, they will be reused!

After a well earned rest, our jam makers have been busy preparing for our first Farmgate sale of 2024 with some old favourites and some new combinations on offer. Don’t miss it - Saturday 24 February starting at 8am until 11am.

After keeping our prices steady for 2 years, we’ve made the hard decision to raise them due to increasing costs. Most preserves will now be $7 whilst lemon butter and its variants will be $9 per 250g jar.

This month we have some delicious artisan jams: Jaboticaba and Apple; Brazilian Cherry and Apple; Starfruit and Ginger; Starfruit and Passionfruit; Jaboticaba and Starfruit; Peach; Pineapple; Strawberry and Apple; and the interesting SAM Jam, a blend of South American fruits grown at Beelarong such as acerola, Brazilian cherry, Grumichama, and jaboticaba. You won’t find this anywhere else!

We have one Marmalade available: Pink Grapefruit and Pear Chunky Marmalade

Also a selection of chutneys and relish to enhance your sandwiches or curries or cheeses: Brazilian Cherry and Choko Fruit Chutney; Green Mango and Choko Chutney; Lime and Passionfruit Chunky Chutney; Special Green Tomato Chutney; Mustard Pickles and Tomato Relish.

And finally, the ever popular Lemon Butter and Lemon and Passionfruit Butter which some people devour by the spoonful.

We’ll also have a selection of hand crafted items.

And as always, do not forget to bring back your jars and fabric bonnets from preserves bought at the farm, they will be reused!

There are many ways to paint rocks.
This workshop explores some ideas to get children started with rock painting.

All materials and rocks for the workshop are supplied.

Cost: $20 per child - from 4yo and upwards
An adult must be in attendance.

We will be using paints so best to bring an apron or wear your “craft suitable" clothes.

Bookings essential on Humanitix as places are limited: https://events.humanitix.com/rock-painting-workshop-for-kids

All Farm members & their families are invited to join a relaxing & enjoyable evening on Saturday 25th November to celebrate another year of abundant vegetable growing.

Enjoy delicious hand-made, wood fired pizzas with all the toppings provided. If you have a preference for particular toppings, you are very welcome to bring them along. Gareth will seamlessly add them too.

BYO drinks. Dessert and salads provided.

RSVP to president@beelarong.org.au

This will be our last Farmgate sale of the year, don’t miss out!

We will have delicious jams and preserves, handcrafted items and plants.

Keep an eye on our Facebook page for all the details!

Learn printing techniques using natural materials gathered around Beelarong Community Farm.
We will make cards, bookmarks and gift tags on beautiful card and apply the craft to a ready-made, fabric, draw-string bag as well.

There will also be an option to create your own Christmas cards.

All materials provided. Please bring an apron to protect your clothing.

Cost: $25 per person. All welcome.

Bookings essential on Humanitix as places are limited: https://events.humanitix.com/botanical-printing-workshop

Learn the basics of keeping backyard chickens.

This 1.5 – 2 hour interactive workshop will cover all the basics of keeping chickens, housing, breeds, health, and nutrition. We will have a veterinarian to answer your questions. Children will get to pat and hold chickens, and everyone leaves with the knowledge and confidence to begin keeping their own flock and producing their own free-range eggs.

Learn about the benefits of backyard chickens, what you need to consider before getting backyard chickens, Councils rules and requirements, the different types of henhouses, watering and feeding options, the different breeds of chickens and how to look after your flock.

Chooks not only provide fresh eggs, they are a friendly addition to a backyard and can turn your kitchen scraps into fertilizer.

Cost: $10 per person or $35 for a family. All welcome.

Bookings essential on Humanitix as places are limited: https://events.humanitix.com/keeping-backyard-chickens-xwdaejb8

Our October Farmgate sale is on Saturday 28 October from 9.00am to 12 noon.
Jams for sale this month are: Tomato Jam; Strawberry & Apple Jam; Tomato & Passionfruit Jam; Jaboticaba Jam; and Starfruit & Ginger Jam.
Our Chutneys and Relishes: Bringal Pickle; Spicy Starfruit Chutney; Sweet Mustard Pickle; Tangy Citrus & Starfruit Chutney; Tangy Starfruit & Sweet Potato Chutney; Tangy Citrus Chutney; Tangy Pink Grapefruit & Pear Chutney; and Tomato Relish.
To add to your breakfast toast: Pink Grapefruit & Passionfruit Marmalade; Orange Marmalade; Lime Marmalade; Cumquat Marmalade; and Citrus Jelly Marmalade.

All preserves above are $6 per jar.
We also have Lemon Butter as well as Passionfruit & Lemon Butter - $8 per jar.
Card and cash accepted.
As well as preserves, we have a variety plants on offer - succulents, herbs, and others.
We will also have a wonderful display of craft items made by our craft group, including crochet topped tea-towels, reusable bags for pest exclusion or for produce, aprons for adults and children.

We have special greeting cards made by our member Dianne, featuring local scenes, plants, or animals.
Finally, do not forget to bring back your jars and fabric bonnets from preserves bought at the farm, they will be reused!

Worm Farming & Black Soldier Fly Larvae Composting, with Brian ‘The Worm Man’

This 1-1.5 hour workshop will be of keen interest to gardeners and waste warriors alike.
Learn how to generate beneficial soil conditioners from your organic waste – even meat and fish! All while reducing your waste to landfill.
And also, what can you do if you have too much waste to treat onsite?
Learn about the future of waste reduction and how it can help safeguard our food security.
Find out what companies are just about to do, that will make them absolutely millions upon millions of dollars, with our waste…

Have you ever wondered:
• What is The NEXT BIG THING on the Waste Diversion bucket list?
• How can we save our world from the environmental disaster that is our food waste and organics disposal crisis?
• How we are going to discourage and divert mass organic waste land fill disposals?
• How can we save ocean fish, while producing valuable nutrients for our soils, supply resources to other industries and so that people won’t go hungry in the future?
• Have you ever wondered how to turn food waste back into protein rich food for chickens, fishing or other pet food?

Then join this workshop!

Cost: $25 per person. All welcome.

Bookings essential on Humanitix as places are limited: https://events.humanitix.com/worm-farming-and-black-soldier-fly-larvae-composting

The Annual General Meeting of Beelarong Community Farm Association Inc. will be held on Sunday, October 8, 2023, Corner York & Beverley Streets, Morningside QLD, commencing at 3:00 pm.

Find here the following documents: Notice and agenda of the 2023 AGM, Nomination form for election of office bearers to the Management Committee, Proxy Appointment Form, Eligibility criteria for election to Management Committee. The Minutes of the 2022 AGM can be found here.

Send the completed forms as an attachment to secretary@beelarong.org.au  

If you intend to nominate for election to the Management Committee, please note that the nomination form must reach the Secretary by 3pm on Sunday, September 24, 2023.

Fermented food is yummy and good for you too.
Learn how to make tangy sauerkraut, spicy kimchi and fermented fruit paste.

Participants will get a chance to help make the foods and taste them. Recipes will also be handed out so you can do it again at home! 

You will be surprised how easy and cheap the whole process can be. Now is the time to get started!

Cost: $25 per person. All welcome.

Bookings essential on Humanitix as places are limited: https://events.humanitix.com/fermented-food

Join Kate Wall to learn more about the soil in your garden. Great soil makes growing great plants easy. It is also essential if we wish to create a resilient garden able to cope with weather extremes. 

Kate will guide us through a variety of soil improvement methods and help us to know which method might be most suited to our own gardens. Soil improvement does not need to be expensive and product driven (although it can be!), and depending on the plants you wish to grow, may not even be necessary. 

Bring along a jar of soil from your garden to learn more about what you have and what changes might be needed to turn it into the soil you want. 

Healthy soil of any sort will require soil biology – life in the soil. Kate will cover this critical aspect of creating healthy soils, and how to use those microbes, working together with our plants, to turn our own backyards into a working carbon sink.

Kate will have copies of her books, Working With Weeds and Earth Repair Gardening for sale at the workshop. Her book Gardening After A Flood is a free ebook available for download from her website. 

Cost: $25 per person. All welcome.

Bookings essential on Humanitix as places are limited: https://events.humanitix.com/earth-repairs-workshop

Our Farmgate sale is on Saturday September 30th from 9.00am to 12 noon.  

Jams for sale this month: Mulberry & Apple; Native Raspberry & Apple; Tomato Jam; Fruit Salad Jam; Native Raspberry & Chilli Jam; Tomato & Passionfruit Jam

Our Chutneys and Relishes: Tomato Relish; Spicy Starfruit Chutney; Chunky Choko Chutney; Pink Grapefruit & Pear Chutney; Starfruit & Sweet Potato Chutney; Citrus & Starfruit Chutney; Sweet Mustard Pickle; Passionfruit & Pear Chutney; and our Brinjal Pickle -it goes wonderful with Indian food.

To add to your breakfast toast: Cumquat Marmalade; Lime Marmalade; Orange Marmalade; Three-fruit Marmalade; Grapefruit Marmalade and Orange & Lemon Marmalade

All preserves above $6 per jar.

As a special treat we have Lemon Butter $8 per jar.  

Card and cash accepted.

As well as preserves, we are focussing on having a variety of edible and permaculture plants for sale, and a wonderful collection of succulents.

We’ll also have a wonderful display of craft items made by our craft group, including crochet topped tea-towels, reusable bags for pest exclusion or for produce, aprons for adults and children.  We have special greeting cards made by our member Dianne, featuring local scenes, plants or animals.

Finally, don't forget to bring back your jars and fabric bonnets from preserves bought at the farm, they will be reused!

Special Bug Investigation with Brian ‘The Worm Man’

Use illuminated magnifying glasses to investigate bugs, worms and cool things!

This activity is educational and interesting. The children will see & learn about:
♦ LIVE stick insects (that children can HOLD briefly)
♦ LIVE worms, LIVE worm cocoons
♦ LIVE beneficial composting bugs
♦ Dig & Discover LIVE Worms
♦ Dig & Discover Plastic Bugs – Can You Find Them?

They will also be able to look at Bugs encased in resin and learn how to be and make Bug Catchers.

Cost: $25 per child - from 5yo and upwards (younger siblings are welcome)
An adult must be in attendance.

Bookings essential on Humanitix as places are limited: https://events.humanitix.com/bug-investigation-and-nature-discovery-workshop-for-kids

Beeswax wraps are an eco-friendly, sustainable, and safe alternative to plastic cling wrap.
They can be used to wrap food, bowls, and much more! Even better, they are washable, reusable, and won’t tear.

In this fun, hands-on workshop, you will learn how to make your own beeswax wraps.
We also cover how to use them, and how to take care of them so they last a long time.

You will take home 3 beeswax wraps.
All materials provided.

Cost: $40 per person. All welcome.

Bookings essential on Humanitix as places are limited: https://events.humanitix.com/beeswax-food-wraps

Our next Farmgate sale is on Saturday 26th August from 9.00am to 12 noon. This is our last farmgate sale before Father's Day on Sunday 3rd September. Our preserves make great gifts!

Jams for sale this month include: Mixed Berries & Apple Jam; Jaboticaba, Apple & Ginger; Tomato & Passionfruit; Jaboticaba & Apple Jam; and Fruit Salad Jam.

Our Chutneys and Relishes on offer are: Tomato Relis; Spicy Starfruit Chutney; Pink Grapefruit & Pear Chutney; Starfruit & Sweet Potato Chutney; Citrus & Starfruit Chutney; Tangy Citrus Chutne; and Mandarin Chutney.

To add to your breakfast toast choose between: Cumquat Marmalade; Lime Marmalade; Orange Marmalade; Three-fruit Marmalade; Grapefruit Marmalade; Orange & Lemon Marmalade; Citrus Marmalade Jelly; and for early birds a few Mandarin Marmalade.

All preserves above are $6 per jar.

As a special treat we have Lemon Butter at $8 per jar.

Card and cash accepted.

As well as preserves, we are focussing on having a variety of edible and permaculture plants for sale, perfect for your green thumb Dad!

We’ll also have a wonderful display of craft items made by our craft group, including crochet topped tea-towels, reusable bags for pest exclusion or for produce, aprons for adults and children. And remember to get Dad a special card made by our member Dianne, featuring local scenes, plants or animals!

Finally, don't forget to bring back your jars and fabric bonnets from preserves bought at the farm, they will be reused!

Learn printing techniques using natural materials gathered around Beelarong Community Farm.
We will make cards, bookmarks and gift tags on beautiful card and apply the craft to a ready-made, fabric, draw-string bag as well.

All materials provided. Please bring an apron to protect your clothing.

Cost: $25 per person. All welcome.

Bookings essential on Trybooking as places are limited: https://www.trybooking.com/CKFHE

Our next Farmgate sale is on this coming Saturday 29th July from 9.00am to 12 noon.

We have some interesting jams for sale this month including a batch of Tomato & Chilli Jam; Tomato & Passionfruit Jam; Jaboticaba & Apple; Starfruit, Ginger & Passionfruit Jam. We also have a small quantity of two new varieties - Mandarin & Lime Jelly; Mandarin, Lime & Passionfruit Jelly. Finally, the last of our special Rosella Jam until next season!

Our Chutneys and Relishes include: Sweet Mustard Pickle; Tomato Relish; Tangy Choko & Starfruit Chutney; Starfruit & Sweet Potato Chutney; Starfruit Chutney; Citrus & Starfruit Chutney; Tangy Citrus Chutney; Mandarin Chutney. New this month, we have a batch of Lemon Relish.

For your breakfast toast, choose between: Grapefruit Marmalade; Orange & Lemon Marmalade; Orange Marmalade; Cumquat Marmalade; Mandarin Marmalade; and Lime Marmalade. New this month, Three-fruit Marmalade; and Citrus Marmalade Jelly.

All preserves above $6 per jar.

As a special treat we have Lemon Butter and Preserved Lemons $8 per jar.

Card and cash accepted.

As well as preserves, we are focussing on having a variety of edible and permaculture plants for sale.

We’ll also have a wonderful display of craft items made by our craft group, including crochet topped tea-towels, reusable bags for pest exclusion or for produce, aprons for adults and children. And don’t forget to pick up a card made by our member Dianne, featuring local scenes.

There are many ways to paint rocks. This workshop explores some ideas to get children started with rock painting.

All materials and rocks for the workshop are supplied.

Cost: $20 per child - from 4yo and upwards
An adult must be in attendance.

We will be using paints so best to bring an apron or wear your “craft suitable" clothes.

Bookings essential on Trybooking as places are limited: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1070516

Our next Farmgate sale is on Saturday 24th June 9am to 12 noon.

Many of our preserves this month are made with fruit harvested from our Food Forest. An opportunity to try something different - just ask our sales team!

We have a wide variety of jams this month: our special Rosella Jam; Jaboticaba Jam; Jaboticaba & Apple; Jaboticaba & Ginger; Starfruit, Ginger & Passionfruit Jam. We also have a small quantity of three new varieties - Mandarin & Lime Jelly; Mandarin, Lime & Passionfruit Jelly; and Mandarin Jelly.

Our Chutneys and Relishes: Sweet Mustard Pickle; Tomato Relish; Tangy Choko & Starfruit Chutney; Starfruit & Sweet Potato Chutney; Starfruit Chutney; Citrus & Starfruit Chutney; and a spicy Brinjal Pickle that goes so well with Indian food.

For your breakfast toast: Grapefruit Marmalade; Orange & Lemon Marmalade; Orange Marmalade; Cumquat Marmalade; Mandarin Marmalade; and Lime Marmalade.

All preserves above $6 per jar.

As a special treat we have Lemon Butter and Preserved Lemons $8 per jar.

Card and cash accepted.

As well as preserves, we are focussing on having a variety of edible and permaculture plants for sale.

We’ll also have a wonderful display of craft items made by our craft group, including crochet topped tea-towels, reusable bags for pest exclusion or for produce, aprons for adults and children. And don’t forget to pick up a card made by our member Dianne, featuring local scenes.

Beeswax wraps are an eco-friendly, sustainable, and safe alternative to plastic cling wrap.
They can be used to wrap food, bowls, and much more! Even better, they are washable, reusable, and won’t tear.

In this fun, hands-on workshop, you will learn how to make your own beeswax wraps.
We also cover how to use them, and how to take care of them so they last a long time.

You will take home 3 beeswax wraps.
All materials provided.

Cost: $40 per person. All welcome.

Bookings essential on Trybooking as places are limited: https://www.trybooking.com/CFTVX

Our next Farmgate sale is on Saturday 27th May 9.00am to 12 noon!

We have a wide variety of jams this month, mostly with fruit from our own Food Forest: our special Rosella Jam; Jaboticaba Jam; Jaboticaba & Apple; Starfruit & Ginger; Jaboticaba & Ginger; and we have Starfruit in Syrup as a topping for your ice cream.

Our Chutneys and Relishes: Starfruit Chutney; Sweet Mustard Pickle; Tomato Relish; Tangy Choko & Starfruit Chutney; Eggplant & Capsicum Chutney; and a spicy Brinjal Pickle that goes so well with Indian food.

If you follow “River Cottage”, we have a batch of “Glutney”, a delicious chutney made using Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s recipe.

For your breakfast toast: Grapefruit Marmalade; Mandarin Marmalade; and Lime Marmalade.

All preserves above $6 per jar.

As a special treat we have Lemon Butter $8 per jar.

Card and cash accepted.

As well as preserves, we are focussing on having a variety of edible and permaculture plants for sale.

We’ll also have a wonderful display of craft items made by our craft group, including crochet topped tea-towels, reusable bags for pest exclusion or for produce, aprons for adults and children. And don’t forget to pick up a card made by our member Dianne, featuring local scenes.

In this hands-on workshop (total 10 people) you get to create your own hanging planters using sphagnum moss, twine and suitable plants and take them home with you.

These unusual planters look great in your home and are very easy to make.
All materials provided.

Cost: $25 per person. All welcome.

Bookings essential on Tryboooking as places are limited: https://www.trybooking.com/CFTVW

Fermented food is yummy and good for you too.
Learn how to make tangy sauerkraut, spicy kimchi and fermented fruit paste.

You will be surprised how easy and cheap the whole process can be. Now is the time to get started!

Cost: $25 per person. All welcome.

Bookings essential on Trybooking as places are limited: https://www.trybooking.com/CFTVU

Our next Farmgate sale is on this coming Saturday 29th April 9.00am to 12 noon. With Mother’s Day just around the corner, this is the ideal opportunity to buy a gift for the special woman in your life.

We have a wide variety of jams this month, mostly with fruit from our own Food Forest: Jaboticaba Jam; Jaboticaba & Apple Jam; Starfruit & Ginger; Jaboticaba & Passionfruit; Brazilian Cherry & Starfruit; Rosella Jam; and we have Starfruit in Syrup as a topping for your ice cream.

Our Chutneys and Relishes: Starfruit Chutney; Sweet Mustard Pickle; Tomato Relish; Tangy Green Tomato Chutney; and a spicy Brinjal Pickle that goes so well with Indian food.

If you follow “River Cottage”, we have a batch of “Glutney”, a delicious chutney made using Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s recipe.

For your breakfast toast: Grapefruit Marmalade; Mandarin Marmalade; Lime Marmalade; and Lime & Finger Lime Marmalade.

All preserves above $6 per jar.

As a special treat we have Lemon Butter; Indian Lime Pickle and Preserved Lemons $8 per jar.

Card and cash accepted.

As well as preserves, we have a range of edible and permaculture plants for sale, and a couple of ornamentals that would be great as gifts.

We’ll also have a wonderful display of craft items made by our craft group, and cards made by our member Dianne.

Learn printing techniques using natural materials gathered around the garden.

We will make cards and bookmarks on beautiful paper and apply the craft to fabric items as well.

We will be using paints so wear old clothes or bring an apron.

Cost: $25 per child - from 4yo and upwards
An adult must be in attendance.

Bookings essential on Trybooking as places are limited: https://www.trybooking.com/CFTVF

Beelarong Community Farm's Great Easter Egg Hunt will take place on Saturday 8 April! 🐇

Open to children aged 1 to 10 years old. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Join one of our two sessions:
- Session 1 : from 1 to 2pm
- Session 2 : from 2 to 3pm

Places are limited to 20 children per session so please register as soon as possible on Trybooking: https://www.trybooking.com/CGUGF

This is a free event sponsored by White Lady Funerals Morningside.

Create your own mini-terrarium using new and re-cycled materials to take home.

All materials will be provided. However, you may bring your own glass container, small shells and small pebbles to add to your terrarium garden if you wish.

You will also learn the art of Rock Painting.

We will be using paints so wear old clothes or bring an apron.

Cost: $25 per child - from 4yo and upwards
An adult must be in attendance.

Bookings essential on Trybooking as places are limited: https://www.trybooking.com/CFTUU

An interesting variety of jams this month and the first Rosella Jam of the season. Plus Starfruit & Ginger; Brazilian Cherry & Apple; Plum Jam; Brazilian Cherry and Starfruit; Peach & Starfruit. We also have Starfruit in Syrup as a topping for your ice cream.

Our Chutneys and Relishes: Starfruit Chutney; Tomato Relish; Sweet Mustard Pickle; Tomato & Brazilian Cherry Chutney; Spicy Eggplant and Capsicum Chutney; and a new variety - Zucchini Pickle.

For your breakfast toast: Orange Marmalade; Mandarin Marmalade; and Lime Marmalade.

All preserves above are $6 per jar.

As a special treat we have Lemon Butter; Indian Lime Pickle and Preserved Lemons $8 per jar.

Card and cash accepted.

As well as preserves, we are focussing on having a variety of edible and permaculture plants for sale.

We’ll also have a wonderful display of craft items made by our craft group, including crochet topped tea-towels, reusable bags for pest exclusion or for produce, and aprons for adults and children. And don’t forget to pick up a card made by our member Dianne, who has been working on new designs over the summer break.

This month we’ll have a small selection of locally crafted cot quilts. All proceeds from the sale of the quilts are given to the Mater Mothers’ Hospital Foundation.

Don't forget to bring your jars and fabric tops back. They will be thorougly washed and reused.