Spring Fruities - Preserving Native Fruits

Nature Festival South Australia 2026 Event

We might know about fruit canning or bottling stone fruits and pomes, but can we bottle and jam our native fruits? This workshop will explore the Fowlers Vacola method of water-bathing fruits, and we'll dabble in making spreads and brined native fruits.

We provide everything, ingredients, equipment, jars and aprons, and we will have a shared meal at the end of the workshop. The methods used are similar to how we traditionally preserve fruits from orchard varieties.

Come for some chatter, try some new flavours and hopefully not cut your fingers. NB: we also bring bandaids.