Newsletter Archive

You knew it would have to be hydrangeas at this time! Hello everyone, Here we are again! Another year… A friend asked me this week how many it's been since I began (with Kitchen Gardening Days) the round of events and workshops here at Glenmore House, to which I...

Lavender harvest Decenber 2023, image Bonnie Robertson Hello everyone, Well...summertime has arrived, marking the end of one helluva workshop and event-full year! I can't pretend I'm not relieved at the prospect of downing the event-prep timetable and taking a...

Hello everyone, As the event and workshop year draw to a close, how I look forward to winding up with one to launch us into a reverie of summer dreaming...of lapping waves, billowing sails and exotic ports, when RICHARD & MATILDA DUMAS regale us next...

Crop rotation…a time of bounty and transition… Hello everyone, It's at this time of year the kitchen garden has me in a whirl of excitement! With bountiful baskets contributing a profusion of produce to the kitchen bench, seasonal crop rotation ensures energetic...

A single Mutabilis rose bathed in early evening sunlight in the Dairy post Sofra… Hello everyone, What a whirl the post-winter season has been so far, the garden revealing daily treasure as the sequence of seasonal events, workshops and distillations come and...

Hello everyone, How super excited I am to invite you to join RICHARD & MATILDA DUMAS here on FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER for a presentation and conversation about their extraordinary sailing adventure: A YEAR on EL ORO. What a way I...

'everything will be beautiful in the end, and if it's not beautiful, it is not the end', India Flint Hello everyone, Confounding! No matter how many workshops INDIA FLINT has run here over the years, when it comes to describing what is likely to...

Sofra…a collection of recipes alongside stories, culture and community Hello everyone, I'm delighted to invite you to join me, alongside new authors KARIMA and SIVINE of SUNDAY KITCHEN to celebrate their just released book SOFRA on the...

As petals wither and drop, newly pollinated blossom reveals tiny apricots in the making... Hello everyone, Whilst visions like this may have me dreaming ahead (think warm, sun-ripened, rosy-cheeked fruit) I am truly delighting in the present, as each new leaf and...

Following a thoughtful garden path, with Colleen Southwell, The Garden Curator Hello everyone, What a treat I have in store for gardeners-to-be, gardeners-at-heart and/or old-hand gardeners who are bound to enjoy the opportunity to immerse in some well conceived,...

All set for Sunday's Thankful for Soil lunch... Hello everyone, How delighted I am to see and hear first hand responses from yesterday's Thankful for Soil event. The most repeated word peeps have mentioned is that they feel energised as a result...

The Stones. Central Victoria Hello everyone, How excited I am to invite you to a very special event that's been in the wings for awhile...there have just been some logistics and arm-twisting involved! At last though, we have a date for what I know will be a...

Matthew Evans features in Thankful for Soil Hello everyone, How very excited I am to invite you to THANKFUL FOR SOIL on SUNDAY 18 AUGUST: a double screening of two FILMS, LUNCH and a CONVERSATION. You often hear me mention my...

I've graduated to two bottle sizes,10 & 35ml…across three Botanical Waters… Hello again everyone, Now the winter days are here, I really am playing catch-up on all the things that have been waiting in the wings! Whilst I was delighted to draw your attention to...

A new colour, longer length...spring is looking good from here!Image Bonnie Eleanor Hello everyone, I know many of you have been hanging out for a dress update...and I'm so sorry that it's taken me this long to find an opportunity to get around to doing...

Your memory would improve by 50% if you could quiet the chatter inside your head…Allan Parker OAM Hello everyone, I thought to take this opportunity of drawing your attention to an unusual kind of event for here; to let you know that in the future I just may drop...

Cherie in her fabulous Barossa kitchen…image Lean Timms Hello everyone, To welcome the early winter season, I'm really excited to invite you to A PLANT-BASED FARMHOUSE WORKSHOP with CHERIE HAUSLER on SUNDAY 02 JUNE. I realise we've enjoyed...

Conquer this once and for all with the Queen of Sourdough, Holly Davis (captured in this instance making sourdough foccacia!) Hello everyone, It occurs to me that from time to time, we're all inclined to attend a workshop as an utter newbie to the topic at hand -...

A veritable hive of activity... Hello everyone, I think you all know by now how I'm inclined to be impetuous: when it comes to a good and timely idea I simply cannot resist!  Prompted entirely by the kitchen garden itself which is simply humming along...