Community Olive Harvest and Long Table Lunch April 29th 9am - 3pm
For the 3rd year we are organising a community olive (for oil) harvest in WGV with the main Sunday pick in Booyeembara's olive grove followed by (for the first time!) a celebratory long-table lunch. See more details in the poster or register here or just come along
Busy Bee & Sapling + Seedlings Sale - April 8th 3:30 - 5pm
Our second busy bee of 2018 is scheduled for Sunday April 8th 3:30 - 5pm and a seedlings sale too to raise much needed orchard funds. There will be some fruity options for your yard - banana palms, ice-cream bean and some interesting understory seedlings including yacon and river mint. The busy bee tasks will be diverse from planting understory seedlings to pruning the banana palms. All welcome.
Summer Fiesta - an Orchard - Kindy Partnership Sunday Nov 26th, 2017 2-5pm
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A big fundraiser event for the Kindy was shared this year with the Orchard and both sites were open for different activities. The Orchard hosted the free entertainment with an excellent lineup of live music all afternoon, a whip cracker and nature mosaic for young and old and fresh food.
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3rd Birthday and Shed Artwork Community Celebration Sunday Oct 22nd, 2017 3pm
The community art project is complete so time to celebrate and thanks Lynne Tinley, our local artist who led this project and created 4 separate art pieces on canvas, doors and shutters of our shed...plus some delightful magpies from Ken.
BIG Winter Planting Day - Saturday July 29th 10-1pm
Everyone is welcome. Come and help us develop the Orchard vision and get some fruit and nut trees in the ground on our Samson St boundary plus some understory seedlings. Bring a digging tool and wheelbarrow if you have one.
Winter Solstice Lantern Walk and Shared Feast - Sullivan Hall June 20th
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Come & celebrate the longest night of the year with friends, family and neighbours as we light the Valley for the 5th Annual Winter Solstice Lantern Walk on Tuesday 20th June.
Lantern making at Sullivan Hall for all ages and skills will be happening from 3.30pm so come down & get creative. You can pick from a kid friendly, beautifully simple paper and string option, or be a bit more ambitious with bark, recycled rope fibre & sticks! Starting from Sullivan Hall we'll walk together at 6pm before having a shared feast from 6.30pm. Bring a plate of your favourite food to share. Four on Six will be playing whilst we feast and delighting us with their incredible Gypsy Jazz inspired tunes. |
Creating Glorious Home Compost Saturday May 20th 2:30 -4pm
Led by experienced home composter, Zoe Williamson, learn how to hot and cold compost your vegie scraps at home, while getting some hands on experience in our Orchard .
All About Olives Workshop April 1st, 2017 2-4pm
In this month as the olives ripen, we are putting on an afternoon workshop on olives for oil and olive curing and marinating, presented by Teresa with family and friends. Learn about the humble olive and watch demos of how to get the best out of them.
Flicks in the Hall - Sullivan Hall Friday night March 24th 6:30pm
Set aside Friday night March 24th in your calendar for the Orchard's second Flicks in the Hall. The movie is the British comedy, Grow Your Own, that was inspired by a real project in Liverpool that connected refugees with community gardens. Watch the trailer here. Rated M (coarse language).
The movie will be followed by tea, coffee and cake and a dance on Sullivan's sprung floors!
The movie will be followed by tea, coffee and cake and a dance on Sullivan's sprung floors!
Feb 25th, 2017: First of our 2017 workshops - Understanding Drip Irrigation
Thanks to a sponsorship grant from the City of Fremantle, we are pleased to run a series of workshops starting with this practical session, led by retic expert and WGV local, David Jenkins.
October 23rd Learn to Love your Citrus Workshop
Starting at 1 Fisher St, fruit tree expert Peter Coppin will take participant through the ropes of maintaining a healthy, productive citrus tree in your backyard, treating common diseases and insect attack through to how to plant and establish a tree as we plant the citrus grove in the orchard together. Also time to ask Peter some general fruit tree questions.
June 25th, 2016 Winter Solstice Lantern Parade and Community Feast
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This annual lantern parade at the darkest time of the year is now coupled with a community feast at Sullivan Hall. Bring a lantern to the orchard between 4:30 and 5:30 and join the parade or join the welcoming party at Sullivan Hall and bring a dish for a shared dinner from 6:30 to the sounds of live music.
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May 14th, 2016 Hullabaloo - Community Planting Day and much more
Join us on May 14th Saturday morning from 9am for our big planting Hullabaloo!
Activities for young and old, live music and a bake sale!
Activities for young and old, live music and a bake sale!
April 2016 Olive Picking Weekend in WGV and nearby reaps 35 Litres of Olive Oil
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Well done to the harvesting team and a big thank you to Teresa and Peter who coordinated our first olive pick and took the load to be pressed.
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Flicks in the Hall & Orchard Raffle Fundraiser November 2015
Sullivan Hall was transformed with couches and soft lighting for a showing of "The Castle" followed by a dance.
Many thanks to the local Fremantle businesses that supported us through the raffle and donations to our evening in the Hall that raised much needed funds.
Many thanks to the local Fremantle businesses that supported us through the raffle and donations to our evening in the Hall that raised much needed funds.
Winter Solstice Planting and Lantern Parade June 2015
After a week's postponement we got delightful mid-winter day for planting of the freshly prepared tropical zone (only for the trees to be stolen two weeks later, but we won't dwell on this!), some lantern making led by our WGV Playgroup partners to the gentle sounds of live music from Tony Saxophoney. It culminated with a brisk lantern parade through the orchard and Valley Park as darkness descended.
Orchard Launch - Spring Jam Event - Sunday November 2nd 2014 3:30-5:30pm
The Orchard had its official launch as part of the Fremantle Festival on Sunday November 2nd 2014 3:30 - 5:30pm. There was music, mexican icypoles and tortillas, jam making and tasting plates, a welcome to country celebration and the planting of the first 3 trees.
Fruit Tree Survey
We got a terrific response to our fruit tree survey and we thank you all for participating.
The top fruit trees in order were: Avocado (65% of respondents) Fig Mulberry Lemon Lime Mango Passionfruit Plum Macadamia Mandarin Blueberry Quondong Pecan Grapes Orange Banana Fejoa Papaya Gooseberries ...
The results are being incorporated into the selection of fruit trees for the community orchard, along with expert advice on fruit tree choices and siting. We'll keep you posted how this and how you can get involved.
The top fruit trees in order were: Avocado (65% of respondents) Fig Mulberry Lemon Lime Mango Passionfruit Plum Macadamia Mandarin Blueberry Quondong Pecan Grapes Orange Banana Fejoa Papaya Gooseberries ...
The results are being incorporated into the selection of fruit trees for the community orchard, along with expert advice on fruit tree choices and siting. We'll keep you posted how this and how you can get involved.