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The 15th Annual

Riverton

Heritage

Harvest

Festival

23rd & 24th March 2024

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Welcome!
The 15th Annual Riverton Heritage Harvest Festival was held in Riverton on the weekend of the 23rd and 24th March 2024.

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We had a fantastic weekend of workshops, demonstrations, good food & good company! 

Over the festival weekend there were more than 24 workshops, teaching skills that included: fermenting foods, caring for fruit trees, making sourdough bread, harakeke weaving, and darning your gardening clothes (and much, much more)! 

 

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Thank you so much to everyone who came and helped us make it a great weekend.

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Look out for our Bountiful Backyards Workshop Weekend in early October!

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Here's a little about what we got up to in 2024:

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Friday 22nd March

9am Pre-festival workshops Book here 

4pm - 5pm Community Forest Garden tour + apple picking - Location: behind 175 Palmerston Street

6pm Harvest Pot-luck Dinner: Bring a plate of food to share - Location: Fleck's Hall, Palmerston Street

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Saturday 23rd March

9.30am Workshop sessions begin Book here - Location: Aparima College

10am - 4pm Festival Hall open - Location: Riverton Primary School

4pm - 5pm Riverton Community Orchard Park tour + apple picking - Location: Castle Street

6pm Harvest Dinner Book here - Location: Fleck's Hall

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Sunday 24th March

9.30am Workshop session begin Book here - Location: Aparima College

10am - 4pm Festival Hall open - Location: Riverton Primary School

2pm - 3pm Tree treading- Location: Aparima College Tree Project

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Want to get in touch? Email us at sceseducation@gmail.com, or call us on 03 2348 717

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Here are some videos from our online 2020 Festival!
Heritage Apple Crumble
with Christine Fraser
Urban Composting with Dave Kennedy
Introduction to Biodynamics with Su Hoskin
Sourdough Bread with
Julia Middleton
Propagating plants with Robert Guyton
No-dig gardening with
Hortus vitae Gardens for Life
How to prune an apple tree
with Robyn Guyton
Stovetop Sourdough Bread
with Trish Burton
Hugelkultur with
Hortus vitae Gardens for Life
Important info. on earth care with Peter Bacchus
Hugelkultur with
Hortus vitae Gardens for Life
Importance of Nutrition with Jill Bacchus
Hugelkultur with
Hortus vitae Gardens for Life
Apple Pigs, by Ruth Orbach, read by Peat Kiddey
Forest Garden tour with Robert Guyton

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