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POSTPONED: Veggie Bags for Mother's Day
May
2
10:30 AM10:30

POSTPONED: Veggie Bags for Mother's Day

Come join us in decorating a cotton veg storage bag for Mum! To celebrate the mothers in our community, we’re welcoming children to a workshop that celebrates the bounty of the season, living joyful sustainability, and celebrating mothers! Together mothers and children will harvest delicious carrots on the farm, and then children will get to paint a cotton vegetable storage bag to keep veggies fresh in the fridge.

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MAKE - IT SERIES KIDS // ZERO WASTE CHRISTMAS TREASURES
Dec
14
10:30 AM10:30

MAKE - IT SERIES KIDS // ZERO WASTE CHRISTMAS TREASURES

Come make beautiful handmade ornaments from salt dough. Not only does working with dough strengthen children’s fine motor skills, it also contributes to focus and calm. In this workshop your child will have the opportunity to make three salt dough ornaments, impressed with patterns from pinecones and leaves.

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WINTER SOLSTICE LANTERN FARM WALK // FARM OPEN DAY
Jun
22
4:30 PM16:30

WINTER SOLSTICE LANTERN FARM WALK // FARM OPEN DAY

Join us on our Farm Open Day to celebrate the winter solstice and the turning of the seasons with our family-friendly lantern-making session. We’ll gather to craft paper lanterns and then light them up as the sun sets for a ceremony and twilight nature walk through the farm on the longest night of the year.

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SEED RAISING + PAPER POT MAKING // FARM OPEN DAY
Jun
22
2:00 PM14:00

SEED RAISING + PAPER POT MAKING // FARM OPEN DAY

This family-friendly workshop with the Pocket City Farms team will get you started in the art of making your own paper pots and growing your own seedlings from seed. Learn the best techniques and mediums before heading home with your seedling to get your family patch growing.

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FARM OPEN DAY
Jun
22
11:00 AM11:00

FARM OPEN DAY

Ever wondered exactly what we do? How to get involved? How you can support the local food and urban farming movement? Join our team for a farm open day on the winter solstice, to find out more about what Pocket City Farms does, and the many, many ways you can get involved on your local community urban farm!

Join a workshop, crop swap, farm tour, the winter solstice lantern farm walk, share a meal at the pot luck dinner, or simply come by our stall to chat to us about community and education programs, or to pick up some veg.

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CREATURE GARDENS
Apr
13
10:00 AM10:00

CREATURE GARDENS

In this hands-on workshop, kids will have the opportunity to create their own living play garden filled with edible plants and natural materials along with bunnies, chicks, fairies, dinosaurs and other miniature creatures. Children will take home their own creations to continue the magic and fun interactive play at home.

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MAKE SERIES FOR KIDS! // FABRIC PRINTING PRODUCE BAGS
Dec
8
11:00 AM11:00

MAKE SERIES FOR KIDS! // FABRIC PRINTING PRODUCE BAGS

Join our Christmas gift workshop series – this one’s for the kids! They’ll have the chance to get crafty, printing using potato stamps onto reusable calico produce bags to take home and gift their loved ones. Calico produce bags are a great alternative to plastic at the super market, and also help keep your veggies fresh in the fridge. And who doesn't love potato stamps!?

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