A look back: Kitchen garden training in 2016

It's not just children who have lots of fun getting their hands dirty in the kitchen and garden. Educators also have a ball, especially when it comes to our face-to-face kitchen garden training sessions!

Before the Kitchen Garden Foundation Team heads off around Australia for our first round of 2017 face-to-face training, we thought we'd have a look back at some of our favourite photos from last year's training days.

Stephanie Alexander shares a laugh with participants at a Delivering Kitchen Garden Classes training day in Melbourne.

The vibrant harvest table at the Broome training session.

Stephanie and the smiling participants at training in Darwin take a group photo.

The golden deliciousness of a broccoli-and-leek tart fresh from the oven at a Gold Coast training day.

Participants at the Gold Coast training whip up a batch of Okonomiyaki (Japanese pancakes).

The amazing spread of dishes cooked over two days of training on the Gold Coast.

Collecting apples from the orchard during training at Geneva Christian College in Devonport, Tasmania.

The pretty salad created with those freshly harvested apples at the Tassie training.

Leaf rubbings are proudly displayed by participants at the Fresh Tastes training session in the ACT.

Tasty flatbreads, salad and pesto created by the participants at the ACT training day.

The finishing touches are put to a garden structure in an all-staff training session at Ajuga School in NSW.

 Happy cooks at a Delivering Kitchen Garden Classes training day in Sydney.

 Smiles all round at the Big Melbourne Professional Development Day.

Enjoying the lunch prepared by participants at The Big Melbourne Professional Development Day.

Having fun making a leaf rubbing at a training day in Sydney.

Smiling pasta rollers at a Melbourne Delivering Kitchen Garden Classes training session.

Digging into the Delivering Kitchen Garden Classes training day in Western Sydney.

 Garnishing a dish for the shared lunch at Networking and Skills training in Sydney.

• Feeling inspired to join one of our kitchen garden training sessions for 2017? Then head to our Face-to-face Professional Development page to find your closest training. If you can't get to a face-to-face session we also offer Online Professional Development.
• If you are in Victoria, check out the Victorian Pleasurable Food Education Package, which is supported by the Victorian Department of Education and includes a bundle of discounted professional development, educational resources, membership and support.

Any questions? Call our friendly Support Team on 13000 SAKGF (13000 72543).