Do you want to get started on your home veggie garden or learn more to improve your existing garden?

Joe is an experienced food grower with a market garden plot at Mamre Homestead. He understands the conditions that impact growing in Penrith and is a brilliant educator.

You'll learn a lot in this workshop and be empowered to start growing some of your own food!

We will be covering the following topics:

Starting seeds
Preparing a garden bed
Feeding plants
Watering and irrigation
Pest management
What to grow when!

As well as covering all these essential food-growing topics, we will be planting seeds together for you to take home and add to your garden.

Please note that the same content will be covered in both workshops, so you only need to book into one.

Workshop 1:

Date: Wednesday, 19 November 2025

Time: 5pm to 7pm

Location: Mamre Homestead, 181 Mamre Rd, Orchard Hills

Workshop 2:

Date: Saturday, 22 November 2025

Time: 2pm to 4pm

Location: Mamre Homestead, 181 Mamre Rd, Orchard Hills

Tickets

Tickets to attend these workshops are offered free to our community. As tickets are limited, please ensure you can make it before booking.

If your circumstances change and you can no longer make it, please let us know asap via email at sustainabilityteam@penrith.city