What's on at CERES
Find events, community festivals and seasonal celebrations happening at CERES.
Please note: CERES has multiple locations along the Merri Merri Creek.
Join us at CERES Joe’s Market Garden in Coburg for a unique experience picking your own flowers at Melbourne’s oldest continuing market garden.
Your ticket includes an introduction from our Farmer, use of our flower snips, and a beautiful bunch of the freshest flowers you’ll find (8-10 stems depending on the varieties you choose).
Location: Coburg
Join us at CERES Joe’s Market Garden in Coburg for a unique experience picking your own flowers at Melbourne’s oldest continuing market garden.
Your ticket includes an introduction from our Farmer, use of our flower snips, and a beautiful bunch of the freshest flowers you’ll find (8-10 stems depending on the varieties you choose).
Location: Coburg
Wednesday 26th March, 7pm - 8:15pm
In this FREE two-part session, Damien Norris will introduce you to natural movement with a mix of theory and hands-on practice.
When exercise isn’t constrained to the gym, we become free to do it more regularly, creating a daily movement practice that supports fitness and long-term health.
Location: Brunswick East
Our awesome pals over at Molly Rose Brewing have created a one-of-a-kind local beer and a liqueur as part of their Not Wasted series, turning CERES food waste and produce into something delicious!
Join us for a night of delicious eats, tasty brews and a yarn. Nic Sandery (Founder & Brewer of Molly Rose) and Hemi Reidy (Merri Head Chef) will be there to talk about this unique project and their passion for transforming food waste.
Location: Brunswick East
Saturday 29th March, 10am to 1pm
Harvest Festival: Home Harvest Awards
Bake, bottle and grow your way into the winner’s circle at our Home Harvest Awards 🏆
Baking – Best Cake, Best slice
Bottling – Best jam, best chutney or relish
Gardening – Longest vegetable, Biggest vegetable, Most unusual vegetable (check out our guide to growing giant vegetables).
Location: Brunswick East
Saturday 29th March, 10am to 3pm
Soak up the end of the summer season at CERES Harvest Festival. The annual festival celebrates the most abundant time of year for growing food, showcases local farmers, and shares the food and music of different cultures.
Location: Brunswick East
Sat 5th April, 10:30am
You’ve heard of Speed Dating, but have you heard of Weed Dating?
Log off the apps and pick up the gardening tools this Spring at Joe’s Market Garden in Coburg. Daters get their hands dirty on the picturesque urban farm while getting to know each other through facilitated conversations and activities.
This session is specifically for people who identify as queer.
Location: Coburg
Fri 11th April, 10am - 11am
Design your own eco-print tote to take home.
- Using organic seasonal blooms and foliage harvested fresh from CERES Joe’s Market Garden, you will learn the art of basic eco-dyeing by transferring flower pigments to fabric.
- Take home your finished tote bag
- Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian
Suitable for: 6-12 year olds
Location: Coburg
Learn how to harvest, design, and wrap your own fresh bouquet of blooms at CERES Joe’s Market Garden. Farmer Thanisa knows her blooms and bouquets… so if you want to learn the tricks of the trade from this flower master book in for this unique workshop.
Location: Coburg
Turning Ground, CERES and Nature’s Apprentice invite you to an evening of:
- Gathering, learning and connecting with the seasonal changes of place.
- Exploring the inner seasonality of our own lives.
- Engaging in conversation and story about shifting towards a life-giving culture with Claire Dunn.
- Eating together around the fire.
- Enjoying the beautiful songs of Rat Child.
Location: Brunswick East
Sat 3rd May, 10:30am
You’ve heard of Speed Dating, but have you heard of Weed Dating?
Log off the apps and pick up the gardening tools this Spring at Joe’s Market Garden in Coburg. Daters get their hands dirty on the picturesque urban farm while getting to know each other through facilitated conversations and activities.
This session is specifically for people in their 20s and 30s.
Location: Coburg
Coming Soon
Olives to Oil is an annual event run by CERES and local councils around Melbourne, bringing people together to harvest olives and have them pressed communally into delicious, local olive oil.
Olive drop off dates to be announced soon. Sign up to our newsletter to be the first to know.
Less than half of Aussie kids play outdoors most days, and in our urban environment it can be difficult to find spaces for kids to really let loose in nature. That’s where CERES Nature Play comes in.
Activities change with the seasons but involve exploring our urban farms, wetlands, native bush, cultural spaces and the beautiful Merri Creek.
Designed for 2-5YOs accompanied by a guardian.
Sat 3rd May, 10:30am
You’ve heard of Speed Dating, but have you heard of Weed Dating?
Log off the apps and pick up the gardening tools this Spring at Joe’s Market Garden in Coburg. Daters get their hands dirty on the picturesque urban farm while getting to know each other through facilitated conversations and activities.
This session is specifically for people in their 20s and 30s.
Location: Coburg
CERES SCHOOL OF NATURE
Workshops & COURSES
Keep learning with our one-day workshops or long term courses. Get in the garden, kitchen, workshop, bush and beyond today.
WEEKLY AT CERES
Friday and Saturdays 9am-1pm
Farm-fresh veg and live jazz.
Edna Grove, Coburg.