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Founders of Melbourne City Rooftop Honey, Vanessa Kwiatkowski and Mat Lumalasi are inspired to raise awareness around the importance of bees to sustainable living and food production, as well as in creating excellent honey and reducing food miles. We will briefly discuss the ancient and modern history of keeping bees, as well as their habits and role in pollination. We’ll look at equipment, regulations and pollen sources, what’s available in the local area to help you start your own hive and the all-important harvesting and extraction.
 

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Please wear covered shoes suitable for working in the garden, and bring appropriate outdoor gear such as garden gloves, hats or coats. If weather is inclement the workshop will move indoors.

Tea and coffee and biscuits only are provided, but you are welcome to bring your own lunch if you would like something more substantial.

Enter the College via the main reception area, which is located near the end of Cromwell Street, and follow the signs to the garden.

Public transport is often a good way to get to Collingwood College, with Collingwood train station only minutes away. However, on Saturdays there is usually parking available in the immediate vicinity of the College. Other parking options are generally the north and south sides of Hoddle Street, in Gipps Street and in the parking zone at the end of Islington Street.

Please note, the Foundation endeavours to proceed with each Public Workshop as planned, however in the instance of very low numbers of registrants or other unfortunate events we reserve the right to cancel a workshop up to 48 hours before scheduled. In all cases we will do our utmost to inform registrants a week in advance of any cancellation, and a 100% refund will be made