The Nursery will open for the ‘Last Sunday of the Month Sale Day’.

The Nursery will be closed on Monday 21 April Easter Monday Public Holiday, and will reopen on Tuesday at 9am.

'Reading the Soil: A half day workshop' with Agricultural Scientist, Chris Alenson, followed by lunch

Chris will lead us on paddock walks on two Bellarine farms with different soil types and farming operations to dig up some soil, discuss the soil management, look at the visual indicators & discuss soil tests and how to read them. 

We'll start on the black volcanic "self-mulching" clay of Mt Bellarine, where we'll visit the Harpur's property running sheep for fat lambs. 

10am - 10:30 am     Gather, morning tea and welcome

10:30 – 11:30         Paddock walk & talk

11:30 – 12:00         Travel to our second property, featuring sandy soil. Address to be confirmed.

12 – 1 pm              Paddock walk and talk 

1pm                      Lunch in the paddock.

Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/reading-the-soil

Chris Alenson will join us to share his knowledge on soils and it’s impact on sustainable agriculture. Copies of his book ‘Deep Time and the Implications for a Sustainable Agriculture’ will be on sale.

Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/understanding-soils-with-chris-alenson

This talk will be followed by a paddock walk on the Thursday 10 April.

Marcus Hill Hall, cnr of Bellarine Highway and Banks Rd, Marcus Hill

The Nursery will open for the ‘Last Sunday of the Month Sale Day’.

A part of Taste the Bellarine event series, meet three local growers & tour their farms, harvesting as you go, to create a vegetable ferment with ferment connoisseur, Patrick Meaney - Farm to Ferment. with Patrick Meaney (Farm to Ferment) & growers, James McLennan (Farm My School), Riona Seehusen (Bellagreen Organics) & Cameron Matthews (Bellarine Fungi) Start in the vegetable beds at Farm My School, where James McLennan will share their work connecting the school community with local food production. From there Bellarine Landcare will guide you through the Basin Reserve, a precious patch of bush, and a significant site for Wadawurrung people. Then a short walk to Bellagreen & Bellarine Fungi. Riona Seehusen will guide you through this no-dig market garden & you can harvest more vegetables for your ferment. Cameron Matthews grows mushrooms here, and you’ll be blown away by the magic of fungi. And finally, Patrick Meaney will guide you through an hour long 'basics of fermenting' workshop, exploring the fundamentals of fruit & vegetable transformation. Spice up your ferment with Shire House Farm produce. Take home the jar of ferment you’ve prepared.

Address: Starting at Farm My School, Bellarine Secondary College, Peninsula Drive, Drysdale

There are two sessions starting at 11 am and 12 noon.

Bookings: Farm to Ferment Workshop

Find out about other Taste the Bellarine events at Belllarine Farm Gate website here

This workshop is part of our Landholder Stewardship Project funded through a Victorian Landcare Grant

Walk at 'Wirilda By The Lake' with the Spry family & Dr Paul Carnell.

Join the Sprys for a walk across their magnificent property on Lake Victoria, and hear from Dr Paul Carnell from Blue Carbon Lab, who will share the research findings about the importance of saltmarsh for carbon storage.

Address: 592 - 670 Shell Rd, Point Lonsdale

The Nursery will be closed on Monday 10 March for the Public Holiday, and will reopen on Tuesday at 9am.

BLG will have a display at the Bellarine Agricultural Show. If you are able to help out for an hour or two please contact us here

Portarlington Recreation Reserve, Boat Rd, Portarlington

We had to stay closed on the last Sunday of February due to total fire ban so the Nursery will open twice in March - on the first Sunday and last Sunday. See you there :)

Sustainable Farms will present a workshop near Colac on Farm Dams, how and why to enhance them through fencing them off and planting them out. Details to be confirmed.

The Nursery will open for the ‘Last Sunday of the Month Sale Day’.

PLEASE NOTE STEVE’S PRESENATION HAS BEEN DEFERRED, but the Clifton Springs Coastcare meeting will go ahead.

Steve Murphy: “What the first settlers saw - the land under First Nations management prior to European Settlement”. This is a Clifton Springs Curlewis Coastcare Group Event but everyone is welcome. For more info contact: cscecoastcare@gmail.com or check out their Facebook page.

Springdale Neighbourhood Centre, 17 - 21 High St, Drysdale, 3222

Join us for a picnic & iNaturalist nature ramble at Gateway Sanctuary. Learn how to identify plants and animals using iNaturalist, an easy to use app, which helps us understand the plants and animals with whom we share this beautiful land. Members of the Geelong Field Naturalist Club will join us to assist as iNaturalist guides.

We’ll start with a walk and finish off with a picnic. Bring a picnic dinner, drinks, and a rug to sit on (picnic tables also on site). All welcome. Register here and we’ll send you instructions for starting out with iNaturalist.

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS INSTEAD OF THE MONTHLY MEETING AT MARCUS HILL HALL. All welcome.

130 - 168 Melaluka Rd, Leopold

The Nursery will be closed on Monday 27 January for the Public Holiday, and will reopen on Tuesday at 9am.

The Nursery will close for the year, and will reopen on Monday 6th of January.

Come and celebrate another year of caring for community and this beautiful land on which we live.

BBQ dinner provided. BYO drinks, crockery, cutlery, glasses.

Marcus Hill Hall, cnr Banks Rd and Bellarine Highway, Marcus Hill.

Wadawurrung man, Ash Skinner will be leading a cultural walk through Indented Head Woodland, a Nature Reserve managed by City of Greater Geelong. Numbers limited, registration here. (add link)

Join the Friends of Mannerim Memorial Indigenous Garden for a low-key Remembrance Service, followed by refreshments.