10am - 10:30 Elen Mundy

Djiringan Country Talk (Welcome to Country in Sam’s Caravan)

10:30- 12pm Alexandra Seddon

The Myth & Magic of Snakes:

Snakes are fascinating creatures, deeply sensitive to all that goes on around them. In many cultures they are revered in myths which explore the origins of the world. The Rainbow Serpent appears in Arnhem Land rock art which is extremely ancient.

12pm - 1:45pm Josh Whitworth

Home-grown Mushrooms:

Josh from Collective Cultures and the upcoming Fungi Festival, will teach you the basics of growing mushrooms, both in buckets with mulch and mushroom spawn, and out in your garden - which will improve the quality of your soil! It’s also a little bit of an experiment - he is trying to see how long he can keep the mushrooms growing….

2pm - 4pm Kara Boutler

Folklore of Plants as Food & Medicine (NOTE: this talk will include a printed zine):

Join Kara to learn about the local, edible weeds around Candelo Creek - how to identify them, harvest them, and prepare them. During this workshop, you will take a walk in and around the creek to spot the weeds and their look-alikes while Kara shares stories, folklore, and the traditional uses of our local flora.

11am - 1pm Andrew Gibbs

Rocket-powered Oven Demo:

Learn how to make your own super-efficient rocket-powered oven. In this workshop you will learn the fundamentals of a rocket stove design that powers the oven. The materials required are cheap and can easily be found. This oven uses only small bits of wood as fuel, heats up quickly and is so economical.

1pm - 2:30 Bruce Davison

The Wonders of Soil:

Bruce Davison will reveal all the Wonders of Soil - the history of soil, what soil is, how it’s created and how to maintain fertile soil for food production. Bruce is part of our Flow system at CVF, moving towards a no waste event; he will be composting all the food scraps from the festival on his farm! So, if you have questions around composting or worm farms, Bruce is the person to ask.

2:30 - 4pm Adrian Iodice

The Reverence of Bees:

Adrian is committed to promoting and practicing natural, sustainable, biodynamic beekeeping in Australia. In this talk he will discuss the folklore of bees, their beautiful nature and how we can change the culture of beekeeping to a more holistic and harmonious one.

2 pm Skye Etherington

Earthartcreate… ephermeral art along the creek

In this ephemeral art workshop with Skye you will wander in the natural world of the Candelo Creek, notice small things, gather and create earth art together. Your art installations will stay in place for everyone at the Festival to enjoy.

Under the evergreen tree, near the picnic table

ALL DAY Trish Castello

Reclaim the Void: weaving rugs for Country

Reclaim the Void was born from Ngalia elders in Leonora, Western Australia, expressing their pain and grief at ‘those gaping mining holes left all over our country’.

The vision is to cover a mining pit with a large-scale ‘dot’ artwork made up of thousands of handmade circular rag-rugs woven from discarded fabric.

The CVF wants to support this beautiful idea! Trish Castello, a local weaver, will facilitate this day-long workshop.

Under the Plane Tree

12 - 4pm Sharon Mason

Weaving Stories (weaving a community canoe):

Join Sharon Mason, a Walbunja woman from Narooma and the Artistic Director at Djaadjawan dancers, for Weaving Stories - a workshop to create a woven Candelo community canoe. Sit under the trees in the park, next to the creek and listen to Sharon share her knowledge and stories.

Near the creek on the Park side of the bridge.