Following the Government requirements for Indoor gatherings we are very sorry that we are unable to host our planned workshops in the Blue House until further notice.
The gardens will remain open for our Volunteers and Visitors, but we kindly ask that everyone follows the social distancing principles of 1.5 m.
Lets look after ourselves and each other through these difficult times
YCG Committee, 20th March 2020
Welcome to our inaugural School Holiday program: Environmental Engineers, designed for children 9 years old, and over.
In this 2-hour workshop, your child will design and build their very own ancient Egyptian tool that is used to find the invisible contours of the landscape, and learn how to then measure and record those lines so that they can see how the landscape flows. A very useful tool, and life-long skill, conducted in a small group with a maximum of 12 students. Parent attendance is welcome, but not mandatory.
With a restriction on numbers, reserve your child’s place quickly. Book here
About the Presenters
Living Classrooms – Aaron, Veronica or Dan
The Living Classroom Project is a permaculture school that has been teaching kids about sustainability for over 15 years. They have turned pavement plots, toxic playgrounds and barren patches of lawn into fun, dynamic and nutritious outdoor learning environments that students thrive in.
With their young Garden Ambassadors, the Living Classroom Project teaches the next generation of kids about Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share to usher in a greener and brighter future!
This month we’ve found lots of Easter surprises for kids to create. 
We’ll have painting adventures & wonderful things to make from nature. Weather permitting we’ll be doing a Nature based Easter Hunt in the gardens with lots of surprises.
Suitable for ages 5 and above and all children to be accompanied by an adult.
Gayle & Sharni our wonderful volunteers will be running the Easter surprises & Painting adventures for Kids
Come along and watch, learn and participate as Elisabeth Fekonia prepares and cooks a fully fermented pizza. The pizza will be made by volunteers from the group to make a sourdough pizza base, fermented toppings and of course the Mozzarella cheese! Taste testing of the baked pizzas will be available at the end of the session.
A limited number of take-home recipe sheets, showing recipes for the fermented dough, tomato paste, bean pate, mozzarella and any other ingredients added at the time, will be available for sale on the day for an additional cost of $5 [cash please], or can be purchased and downloaded from the Yandina Community Gardens website for the same price of $5, after the workshop.
About the Presenter:
It all began 26 years ago when Elisabeth and her late husband Frank decided to become food self sufficient from their 6 acre farm at Black Mountain. After a steady diet of pumpkins and chokos, Elisabeth knew there needed to be more diversity in their diet if they were to remain healthy. Many trips to the library taught how to ferment food such as cheese, sourdough, wine, kimchi, miso and many other fermented foods. Consequently these many fermented foods were grouped into short workshops to teach others how to create their own ferments and this has resulted in a business 15 years ago. Elisabeth travels all over Queensland and beyond to teach these fermenting classes and she has just had an inspiration to make pizzas from fermented foods- with home mozzarella of course!
Cover all this with equal parts of Apple Cider Vinegar & Honey. I mix mine in a jug or jar & pour in to cover all ingredients well. Allow to sit for at least a week to allow all the goodness of each to seep into the vinegar mix.
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