Petty's Orchard Antique Apple Tasting Festival (forum)

Violet_Cactus starts with ...
It's on this Sunday in Melbourne!

Date and Time:
Sun, 28/03/2010 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
Pettys Orchard, Cnr Monckton & Homestead Roads, Templestowe (on the Yarra Trail bike path) (4km from Templestowe station) melways ref 22 A12
Contact Name:
Meggs Hannes-Paterson
Contact Phone:
0407860320
Contact Email:
meggshp@gmail.com
Website:
www.heritagefruitssociety.org

The annual Petty's Orchard Antique Apple Festival is on again! Set on the beautiful banks of the Yarra River in Templestowe, this event promises to bring delights to the senses with many of the 200+ varieties of apples growing on site to taste, heritage orchard tours, local produce stalls, great organic food and cider, Rare Breeds BBQ, educational presentations from Vasili (Vasili's Garden - SBS), Peter Allen (Heritage Fruits Society, Mountain Districts Permaculture Group), David Holmgren (Permaculture author and activist) and Susan MacKinnon (producer of SBS documentary "Honeybee Blues").
Special performance by Australian icon Peter Combe will thrill children and adults alike. Tim Tim the clown will MC the day as well as performing feats to amaze!
Learn about rare breeds and heritage fruits from the experts.
Apple readings, cider tastings, permaculture information and advice, children
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Time: 26th March 2010 12:35pm

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Jantina says...
Hi Violet, trust you are going to this, look forward to your report.

Time: 27th March 2010 8:07am

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Jimmy says...
Me too, I dropped out when the cheap airfares were advertised but not available for the dates I needed.

Time: 30th March 2010 2:05pm

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Violet_Cactus says...
Violet's report:
They expected a few hundred people to turn up but it looked as though there were a few thousand. I arrived at around 10.15 and there was already a queue but at least I got a parking spot on the orchard grounds. By the time I left, at around 3 pm, the orchard car park had overflowed and cars were parked beside the road for a a good two kilometres. Seriously.
The place was buzzing. Families everywhere. I did the 'Orchard Tour' and meandered around the numerous interesting stalls, where I picked up a Free Organic Codling Moth Trap. In case anyone is interested, this consists of a couple of strips of corrugated cardboard and a couple of lengths of twine. You tie the cardboard around the trunk of your apple tree and when the moth grubs climb up they think they've found bark crevices, and burrow into the cardboard. Later you peel off the cardboard and find all these grubs, which you feed to your chickens and later eat as eggs.
There were organic food stalls, plant stalls, permaculture stalls, Tarot reading stalls etc. And constant lively music from an excellent folk band on stage, followed by Peter Coombe with his songs for kids.
Around 11.30 I started to help with cutting up heritage apples for the Apple Tasting Queue, which stretched for miles. There were twenty or more different varieties for people to sample, after which the tasters voted on their favourite apple. I do not know which apple won the day, because I had to leave before the votes were counted.
But all the ones I tasted were delicious.
An interesting day, enjoyed by all.
Signing off:
Violet Cactus,
Heritage Fruit News,
Melbourne.

Time: 30th March 2010 7:15pm

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Jimmy says...
I wonder if the heritage website will tell us?

Time: 31st March 2010 11:18am

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