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    Workshop and tour dates are listed here and also on our calendar page.

at Peppermint Ridge Farm & Cornucopia
Living Heritage Centre we are inspiring a sustainable future with experiences for all your senses!

  • We are passionate about our unique Australian environment. Since 1996, we have been offering a range of experiences designed to excite and inspire.
  • Located at Tynong North, 75km south-east of Melbourne, Peppermint Ridge Farm and Cornucopia Living Heritage Centre are designed to showcase sustainability. We have had over 6000 visitors attending one of our sustainability workshops or enjoying a bushfood lunch.
  • You can choose to attend one of our advertised workshops and tours or contact us to organise your own event. Both sites are also available for hire for your next work or private function.bushfood cooking school new in 2012
  • Our motto is TASTE - LEARN - SEE. At each workshop (listed below and in our calendar) we make sure all of these are covered.
  • Take a virtual tour of Peppermint Ridge Farm and Cornucopia Living Heritage Centre.
  • Reduce your carbon footprint by using V/Line (train) to Peppermint Ridge Farm and road shuttle service to and from Tynong station (see carbon calculator)

2012 Program

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our consultancy service

Our consultancy service provides a wide range of services in environmental land management, community development projects and property design. Please contact us for further information on how we can assist you with your next project.

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Bookings & enquiries

All workshops, events and tours must be booked and payment made prior to the event. Please read our terms and conditions.

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cornucopia & our logo

  • read about our logo, the legend of cornucopia and the horn of plenty
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Macadamia Nuts and Warragul Greens

taste

  • discover the unique flavour of Australian Bushfood
  • relax in beautiful rural surroundings
  • graze on organic food
  • organise your own group or be part of one of our events
Bushfood Gardening

learn

  • build your skills for sustainable living at the living classroom@ Peppermint Ridge Farm
  • enrol in one of our practical workshops
  • attend one of the new bushfood cooking school classes (special rates for all 3)
Wood Fired Oven

see

  • take a tour of the Cornucopia Living Heritage Centre & Peppermint Ridge Farm
  • educational tours also available for schools, TAFE, community groups and universities
ACTIVITIES SUCH AS... ACTIVITIES SUCH AS... ACTIVITIES SUCH AS...
  • Native Foods Showcase
  • Native Bushfood Tasting
  • Bushfood Grazing
  • Garden Tour & Afternoon Tea
  • Organic Vegetable Growing Workshops
  • Native Bushfoods for your Backyard Workshops
  • Bushfood Cooking School Classes:
    - Woodfired Oven Pizza
    - Mains with Spice!
    - Wild Desserts
  • Cornucopia Living Heritage Centre Native Bushfoods & Garden Tour
  • Cornucopia Australis Exhibition
  • Garden Tour & Afternoon Tea
check our calendar
check our calendar
check our calendar
tours
Vasili's Garden Show Visit

recent tours

We have been busy with a range of groups visiting. All have enjoyed the guided tours and delicious bush food flavoured lunches. Groups include:

  • Probus Club of Olinda - view photos
  • Vasili's Garden Show visit - view photos
  • Melbourne Travel Club
  • Jones Lang LaSalle - Sustainability tour - view report & photos
  • Maroondah Secondary College
  • Mirboo North Secondary College
Beaconhills College Vege Garden

Native bush food garden design

Indigenous Food Garden Designs and incursions include:

  • At Beaconhills College, Pakenham Victoria after constructing the garden Julie taught students about planting and maintaining their new vegetable garden. Peppermint Ridge Farm offers a service to schools in creating and teaching students about vegetable gardens. See photos opposite.
bush food

links to recent research

  • Health Benefits of Australian Native Foods - An evaluation of health-enhancing compounds read more
  • Functional Properties of Australian Bushfoods read more
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plant NURSERY & farm products

  • Our own fresh free range eggs – personally thank the chook who laid your eggs!
  • Seasonal organic vegetables and fruit
  • Fresh Organic Bush Foods – Lemon Myrtle, Aniseed Myrtle, Native Spinach, Native Mints (3 varieties) and much more
  • Bush Food Plants
  • Bush Food Recipe Book
  • Peppermint Ridge Farm Organic Eucalyptus Oil
  • Organic Yarra Valley Olive Oil
  • Peppermint Ridge Farm Organic Hay (square bales)
  • Organic composted manures and potting mix for your new vegetable garden
Bush Food

recent Articles

  • Beaconhills College - Letter of thanks from Food Technology teacher for Year 11 Indigenous Foods Workshop
  • Recent articles for Gippsland Country Living by Julie include:
    - Bush Foods For Your Backyard

    - What does your Garden Grow?
  • Julie talks to The Weekly Times reporter Sarah Hudson in an article "Sustainability as a way of life at Peppermint Ridge Farm"
  • Julie discusses activities at Peppermint Ridge Farm in a recent article in The AGE titled "Food tourists demanding a hands-on experience"

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