Food gardening tips and stories

Creative Harvest returns 23 and 24 January 2027, opening food gardens across West Gippsland for our tenth year. Subscribe for program and ticket news.

At Creative Harvest, we believe that food is never just food. It is a story, a connection, a labor of love, and a community effort. Each dish is carried from paddock to plate by people who know the land and one another. That’s why we are deeply grateful to have Gippsland Jersey as a sponsor of our Creative Harvest Afternoon Tea. On the day of the event, Gippsland Jersey will supply the cream, milk, and butter used in the freshly baked scones, lovingly prepared by the CWA Drew

Style & Comfort: Just what we want from our Merry People gumboots If you’ve ever wandered through a paddock, garden or country market and ended the day with sore feet or blisters, you’ll know just how important good footwear really is. At Creative Harvest, we celebrate practical creativity, regional living and doing things well, and that’s exactly why we’re thrilled to have Merry People as the major sponsor of our Creative Harvest Afternoon Tea Party. Gone are the days when g

Next year, we’re embracing a new rhythm. Instead of our traditional open edible-garden weekend, Creative Harvest 2026 will feature a beautifully curated Creative Harvest Afternoon Tea Party on Sunday 25 January, paired with six hands-on workshops across the same weekend. 👉Take me to tickets! This new format allows us to keep the heart of Creative Harvest beating strong while making the event more sustainable for our volunteers, our gardens, and our community. You can read mo

Things are looking a little different for Creative Harvest 2026 Creative Harvest has grown into a cherished event on the Gippsland calendar, and we are so grateful to everyone who has supported us since 2018. This event has thrived thanks to the dedication of our incredible gardeners, creatives, stallholders, workshop presenters and of course, our 100+ volunteer base, who have generously shared their time, gardens, and knowledge with the community. Over the years, we've heard

5 ways to style your Creative Harvest outfit with a pair of Merry People boots. Get a 10% off code to order yours before Jan 26 2025!

Buying a ticket to Creative Harvest does more than get you through nine garden gates. Creative Harvest is the main fundraiser for the Baw Baw Sustainability Network, a volunteer-run not-for-profit that's been working on sustainable living in West Gippsland since 2007. Here's exactly what your contribution pays for, from home energy assessments and climate talks to the weekly gardening group at Yarragon.

At the core of Creative Harvest's success are our generous sponsors. Read about how they help make our event bloom!

Wendy Savage in her garden 'Eurabbie' With heartfelt sadness, we share with our Creative Harvest community that our beloved founder, Wendy Savage, passed away on 3rd November 2024 after a long and valiant battle with Hodgkins Lymphoma. Wendy was a passionate gardener and a visionary. When the Gardivalia open garden event didn’t run in 2018, Wendy, as a foundation member of the Baw Baw Sustainability Network, gathered a group of veggie enthusiasts and launched the very first

What do a gumboot maker, a garden hire company, an art gallery, a network of green-fingered, sustainability supporters, a community bank and a local shire have in common? They’ve joined forces with us. Meet our generous sponsors. Marvel at their business nous, community cred and rock-solid commitment to doing good for people and the planet. We invite you to support and celebrate them in every way you can. Drum roll please …. And a huge hooray for… Merry People, Town and Coun

How can you resist? We’re thrilled to bits to welcome Merry People, makers of (OK, we may be just a tiny bit biased) the planet’s most...

New Creative Harvest wristbands have arrived Got your tickets for Creative Harvest 2024? Go you! This year, a flick of your wrist will get you into our gardens. Thanks to a super suggestion from one of our Creative Harvest 2023 visitors, we’ve devised an earth-friendly way to streamline our entry system. Sourcing sustainable wristbands Traditional wristbands favoured by events everywhere are mostly single-use and made with polluting plastics. And even the ones labelled ‘recyc