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Enjoy time away from the city for a mini weekend sabbatical at
Heronswood House & Garden, 105 Latrobe Parade, Dromana over the weekend of
Sat 29 Feb and Sun 1 Mar from 9am to 5pm for the delicious
Heronswood Harvest Festival hosted by
The Diggers Club. Get back to basics and celebrate homegrown harvests at the home of heirloom seeds. Be inspired to grow your own food and flowers in the stunning setting of
Heronswood Historic House and Gardens.
Activities abound with
Heronswood Garden guided tours,
Kitchen Garden guided tours, the famous
Tomato Taste Test, lunch on the pool lawn and
Kids Activities on the Sunday from 11am to 2pm. Enjoy a special menu of fresh, seasonal produce created by the
Fork to Fork restaurant team. Entry to the
Festival is
FREE to
Diggers Club Members and kids under 16, and $10 for non-members. However, if you join on the day, you'll receive a free gift. Why not
join ahead online and get in for
FREE.
Free mini-workshops are on offer if you'd love to know tips and tricks about growing garlic, or berries for your backyard. Learn more about cut flowers from garden to vase. Unfortunately, spending a few hours with an incredible
father and son team is all
SOLD OUT. Lucky for those who will be at a masterclass learning to preserve the Italian Way with father and son duo
Dr Pietro Demaio and Dr Sandro Demaio.
However, if you're a member of The Diggers Club, you can purchase the
Preserving The Italian Way by Pietro Demaio book for $39.95. A best-seller among members and a bible for many, traditional Italian preserving methods and recipes are included for everything from eggplants to olives, grappa to ricotta. Written with typical Italian passion and filled with a rich collection of recipes mixed with childhood memories and anecdotes from his travels, it's a 268-page softcover reprinted in 2011.
Console yourself with
live music and a seasonal lunch or snack on the pool lawn by the historic house. The
Festival menu includes a delicious
Heronswood classic like the vegetable tart, plus gourmet BBQ sausages, roast heirloom vegetable salad, buckwheat & tabouleh salad, potato pesto salad, and garden cucumber, tomato & leafy greens. For the sweet tooth, there's a selection of housemade sweets such as rhubarb apple cake, flourless orange cake, chocolate brownie slice and fresh-baked berry muffins. Delicious enough to make you salivate just reading about it.
Ridge Estate Olive Oil will be showcasing its award-winning extra virgin olive oil & olives and
Trofeo Estate Winery will offer tastings of their premium sustainably produced wine range. Enjoy the beautiful surrounds and delicious offerings with a program that runs as follows.
10am - Kitchen Garden Tour
11am & 2pm - Kitchen Garden
11am-2pm - Tomato Taste Test
11am-2pm - Little Diggers Kids Activities (SUNDAY ONLY)
11.30am - Tips and Tricks to Growing Garlic free mini-workshop
1.30pm - Berries for your Backyard free mini-workshop
3pm - Cut Flowers, Garden to Vase free mini-workshop
holds lots of wonderful events throughout the year in various states and they're already lined up till July this year. Check it all out on their
event page. Plan to be at the
Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 25-29 March 2020 at the
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens to see their famous pumpkin display. The
Summer Garden 2020 Magazine is out now and if you're a member, you can browse their new shoppable magazine
HERE. Being a
member is really worthwhile as you reap a lot of
member exclusives. Their
website is blooming with
activities,
recipes, interesting content and more for the garden lover, so pay it a visit. If you're looking for the perfect
wedding destination, they do that too at
St Erth in Blackwood, Victoria.
