Harvest Day Out is a celebration of Lanyon Homestead’s Autumn kitchen garden, and sustainable food and growing practices. GROW – PRESERVE– SUSTAIN - the day will include a range of workshops, demonstrations, talks, tours, market stalls, music and food offerings.

Harvest Day Out promotes activities that have sustained generations of people. Many of the methods and practices of the past such as preserving, pickling, seed saving and gardening practices are being embraced once again as people choose to take better care of themselves and the environment.

Entry by donation to the gardens and market stalls. Ticket bookings required for tours, talks and workshops (paid and free). The Barracks Cafe opens from 8.30am.

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TICKETED WORKSHOPS, TALKS & TOURS

Free Demonstration: Making Jams and Other Preserves | 10.15am – 11.00am
Talk: Ngunawal Six Seasons | 10.30am – 11.30am | $25 Adults $20 Conc
Kids’ Workshop: Making Clay Seed Pod Animals |10.30am–12.00pm | Children $35
Workshop: Ikebana with Upcycled Materials | 2.30pm – 3.30pm| Adults $30 Conc $25
Workshop: Beginner’s Guide to Home Composting | 11.00am –12.00pm | $15 Adults
Free Tour: A Garden through Time with Lanyon’s Head Gardener | 11.00am – 12.00pm, 1.30pm – 2.30pm
Free Talk: Mapping the Past | 11.00am – 11.43am, 1.00pm - 1.30pm, 3.00pm – 3.30pm
Workshop: Bush Animal Weaving | 12.00am – 2.00pm | $75 Adults $45 Conc / children
Talk: Communities making Climate-Cooling Microforests | 12.30pm – 1.15pm | $20 Adults
Free Lanyon Homestead Entry | 10.30am – 3.00pm (last entry)

Click here to book into a workshop, talk or tour.

FOOD & MARKET STALLS

Face Painting |10.00am – 2.00pm
Food Trucks and Ice Cream Van | 10.00am – 4.00pm
Market Stalls | 10:00am - 4:00pm

MUSIC

Cool Jazz at the Homestead | 10.30am-11.30am and 1.30pm-2.30pm | Free | Homestead veranda and garden

The amazing Wayne Kelly, Australia's leading jazz pianist, will bring you soulful melodies, jazz, blues, and pop tunes on piano and vocal, providing a perfect atmosphere for the Harvest Day Out.

Rockabilly with The Fuelers | 12.30pm – 2.30pm | Free | Barracks Café

Country? Rockabilly? Cabaret? Swing? It doesn’t matter what you call it, they’re sure to put a smile on your dial at the Harvest festival.

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