Join the regular participants at Willowview Centre in Collingwood to help pick olives and then join the group to learn how to preserve them. To recognise your efforts you'll get to taste some of last year's olive oil and help the centre participate in this year's Olives to Oil festival.

Last year Willowview staff and volunteers picked 26kgs of olives from the tree at the building's entrance, as a result Willowview got 2.6 litres of oil to share with their participants.

Willowview Centre is a Commonwealth Home Support Programs (CHSP) funded social support group, offering social and recreational programs and activities for older adults 65+ in Yarra. Our programs and activities are planned by professional staff members in consultation with group participants. We aim to strengthen participants’ physical and mobility levels, increase mental stimulation, while socializing and meeting other people.

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Please note that this is an event for Naarm/Melbourne gardeners only. If you live outside this area, please contact your council to find out what free sustainable gardening events are available locally.

If you have any access or support questions or requirements in order to participate fully (eg. interpreter), please let us know at least two weeks prior to the event and we will be pleased to assist you. Photos will be taken at this event, but there is an option to opt out on the day.

This My Smart Garden event is proudly presented by Yarra City Council on the land of Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung of the Kulin nation. My Smart Garden pays our respect to Elders past, present and emerging and acknowledges that First Nations peoples have cared for Country sustainably for tens of thousands of years.

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