Apple Pruning with Guytons, Soap Making with Honorlea, Art Workshops with Jo Ogier - these are the next workshops to be held at the Community Nursery. See details in the Workshops Section of this website.
Posted: 23 June 2017
The freezing cold frost created a winter wonderland for us to explore. After doing handprints in the frost we
spotted the last remaining apples in the orchard before checking out the vegetable beds (including the biggest carrot you’ve ever seen!), berry houses and worm farm. The hens were fed and then it was time for kai for us. A walk around the pond ended with lots of cold hands and feet, which were warmed back in the education centre with stamping games and the spider puzzle. A great morning of winter exploration. Bronwyn
Posted: 22 June 2017
A wonderful turn out of families celebrated Matariki through shared kai, stories and art! It was a mild evening to come together around the fire for a story before cooking our marshmallow and chocolate stuffed bananas in the embers. They were yummy! The cloud cover meant the glow in the dark stars on the ceiling of the education centre again came in useful so that we could star spot, before creating our own night sky art. We finished the evening by presenting a Matariki themed birthday cake to Lloyd Esler and then going on a night walk with Lloyd to the sounds of frogs and morepork (the fogs were real, the morepork a soft toy squeaking!).
The evening continued with more shared food, real mulled wine replacing the fruit punch and the traditional swede carving! It is still a wondrous thing to turn out the lights and see the swedes transformed into glowing lanterns. We look forward to the new season with great anticipation.
Bronwyn and Chris
Posted: 22 June 2017
2 July 2017 - Apple Pruning with Guytons - 2 sessions 10am-noon and 1pm-3pm at Southland Community Nursery, Otatara. Learn all about heritage apple varieties, the Southland Open Orchard project, how to recognise a fruiting spur and all about rootstock, equipment and techniques needed for pruning and do some hands on pruning at Rances. Subsidised by the Community Nursery - Only $5 per person - Bookings Essential – 12 people per session – first come first served - contact [Enable JavaScript to view protected content]
Posted: 6 June 2017
Another very successful workshop was held at the weekend making lip balms, salt scrubs, bath salts and moisturising bars from natural materials. The cold didnt put off the enthusiastic participants and everyone benefited from Honerleas wealth of knowledge and experience as well as taking away the products made on the day. People keep asking me how we can run these courses for as little as $50 - the answer is that the Community Nursery is sponsoring the workshops, supported by a funding grant from the ILT Foundation. So thanks to the funders, to Honorlea and to everyone who has attended workshops so far. The Natural Body Products workshops will take a short winter break and then we will have more workshops from August to December, and the next will be making soaps. If you want to express interest and go on an email list for future natural body product workshops email Honorlea [Enable JavaScript to view protected content]
Posted: 22 May 2017