Friday 21st June – From 3-5pm
Winter has arrived – which means it’s time to enjoy the replenishing rain and cosy times – and our annual Winter Solstice Lantern Walk – coming up on Friday 21st June. Come down to the Orchard from 3pm to make your own lantern, have a turn at blacksmithing, or simply catch up with friends. Our lantern walk starts at 5.30pm. Everyone welcome – entry is gold coin donation.
Sunday Dec 2nd, 3-5pm in the Orchard
Once again the Orchard and our neighbours, Hazel Orme Kindy, combine for an end of your community event and fundraiser. The Orchard shed ‘stage’ will feature local music including Voicemale, Fremantle-based bunch of blokes who will sing anything from ACDC to Georgian round dances. There will be food stalls, craft activities and spin the wheel – spin till you win.
April 29th 2018 – From 9am to 3pm
For the 3rd year we are organising a community olive (for oil) harvest in WGV with the main Sunday pick in Booyeembara’s olive grove followed by (for the first time!) a celebratory long-table lunch. See more details in the poster or register here or just come along.
Sunday April 8th 2018 3:30 – 5pm
Our second busy bee of 2018 is scheduled for Sunday April 8th 3:30 – 5pm and a seedlings sale too to raise much needed orchard funds. There will be some fruity options for your yard – banana palms, ice-cream bean and some interesting understory seedlings including yacon and river mint. The busy bee tasks will be diverse from planting understory seedlings to pruning the banana palms. All welcome.
Sunday Nov 26th 2017 2:00pm – 5.00pm
A big fundraiser event for the Kindy was shared this year with the Orchard and both sites were open for different activities. The Orchard hosted the free entertainment with an excellent lineup of live music all afternoon, a whip cracker and nature mosaic for young and old and fresh food.
Sunday Oct 22nd, 2017 3pm
The community art project is complete so time to celebrate and thanks Lynne Tinley, our local artist who led this project and created 4 separate art pieces on canvas, doors and shutters of our shed…plus some delightful magpies from Ken.
Saturday July 29th 2017 10-1pm
Everyone is welcome. Come and help us develop the Orchard vision and get some fruit and nut trees in the ground on our Samson St boundary plus some understory seedlings. Bring a digging tool and wheelbarrow if you have one.