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School Excursions for Food Studies Students

Peppermint Ridge Farm is available for school excursions focusing on Australian native foods.

Students enjoy our signature ‘Taste & Tour’ experience with a native food garden tour and a native foods cooking class. The hands-on experience gets everyone involved in making a shared table lunch.

Julie can also attend schools to provide cooking classes and demonstrations along with presentations on native foods that relates to the new Food Studies curriculum.

About Julie Weatherhead

Julie Weatherhead is a native food plant specialist. She has over 20 years experience in growing and cooking with Australia’s unique edible plants. Her research has focused particularly on the nutritional, environmental and culinary properties of these foods.

Julie is an ecologist and environmental scientist and also a  keen gardener and cook who enjoys incorporating the delicious flavours of Australia’s native foods into culinary delights for the table.

With husband Anthony Hooper, she runs the Living Classroom at Peppermint Ridge Farm, which includes the Schoolhouse and the Cornucopia Living Heritage Centre at Tynong North in Victoria.

Julie and Anthony have led workshops at Peppermint Ridge since 1996, teaching others about native foods, organic vegetable gardening and sustainable land management. She has recently published Australian Native Food Harvest: a guide for the passionate cook and gardener, which details her research gathered over 20 years.

Contact

Email us at prfinfo@dcsi.net.au or call at (03) 5942 5850 to discuss.

HIGHLIGHTING

  • Native Creative Cooking School Saturday February 27 2021 $150.00
  • Tour and Taste Event Sunday March 21 2021 $90.00 – $100.00
  • Tour and Taste Event Sunday April 25 2021 $90.00 – $100.00

NEWS FROM THE FARM

Our new Australian spice dukkah is now available. After lots of trials, we are really pleased with the finished product. Finger limes, lemon myrtle, mountain pepper and native celery add a unique set of flavours that enhance the traditional dukkah recipe. Place your Order Here

We are busy with lots of garden maintenance including mulching and establishing new beds of mountain pepper and lemon myrtle.

GIFT VOUCHERS

Purchase gift vouchers for tour and taste events, cooking classes, native food plants, or workshops. Contact Us to arrange gift vouchers.

Australian Native Food Harvest by Julie Weatherhead
Australian Native Food Harvest: a guide for the passionate cook and gardener. Purchase online now!

AUSTRALIAN NATIVE FOOD PLANTS

Julie’s presentations provide an opportunity to learn more about Australia’s wonderful native food plants:

  • plants that grow best in your garden
  • growing and propagating them
  • use them in everyday cooking

We do a lot of presentations at Libraries. We also attend a number of field days, garden expos and festivals across Victoria.

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Peppermint Ridge Farm acknowledges the Kulin Nation of peoples as the first inhabitants
and the traditional custodians of this land where we live, learn and work.

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