Join us for a feast of food and cultural activities as we celebrate the Food for Thought project with tastings and displays of art, food and history.
Beginning in February, Food for Thought has seen community members come together to share food, skills and conversations about food culture through art.
Sat 5 Jun | 10:30am - 3:30pm | Suitable for all ages
FREE
Mundaring Arts Centre and Mundaring Adult Creative & Learning Centre
KUNG-FU TEA CEREMONY WITH CAROL NATALOTTO
Take part in a traditional Taiwanese Kung-Fu Tea Ceremony with Carol Natalotto. Open Day.
Slow down and join Carol in one of two 30 minute sessions as she shares her tea making skills and knowledge of tea houses and ceramic tea wares.
1:30pm - 2pm OR 2:20pm - 2:50pm
Suitable for 12+ yrs
$5 | $4.50 members
Mundaring Arts Centre
Elements Chocolate
Sample locally handmade chocolate combined with Australian bushfoods from Elements Chocolate Co. who are proud to be one of the few authentic Bean To Bar Chocolate Makers in Australia.
11:15am - 1pm and 1:30pm - 3:30pm
FREE
Mundaring Arts Centre
Mundaring Adult Creative & Learning Centre Open Day
Visit the creative and charming setting of the Mundaring Adult Creative and Learning Centre and wander through as they open their studios to showcase the courses on offer and what participants have been creating during the Food for Thought project.
Come and see the delightful Uthando dolls and upholstery display. There will be a picnic display, featuring works from the quilting, mosaic, and botanical art classes, and a cooking-themed display from the sewing, creative writing, eco-art, and family history groups. The yoga group will share their special Ashram recipes for you to take home.
View recent works created by members of the painting, leadlight, and photography groups. Participate in ceramic, woodwork and wood turning, upholstery, oil painting, yoga and meditation, and eco-art demonstrations.
Take a break in the Gallery Café or on the veranda, where you can enjoy a delicious Devonshire tea. Pop into the op shop and peruse the wonderful array of preloved goods, vessels, and china. The bookstore will have a terrific range of cookbooks available, and the plant nursery is bound to have some treasures that will lure you back into the garden.
10:30am - 3:30pm
FREE
Mundaring Adult Creative & Learning Centre, 3 Craigie Place
BUSH TUCKER TALK AND TASTING WITH DALE TILBROOK
Join Wardandi Bibbulmun woman Dale Tilbrook on a cultural journey that will ignite all the senses.
Sniff, touch and taste native Australian bush foods, herbs, spices and peppers, discover their medicinal properties.
Talk & Tasting 12pm - 12:45pm
Suitable for 18+ yrs
$15 | $13.50 members
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Meet Dale Tilbrook 12:45pm - 1:30pm
FREE
Mundaring Arts Centre
Cake Decorating Demonstration
Visit talented pastry artisan Natasha Brownfield as she shares her tips for creating beautiful and memorable cakes. Natasha will share a range of decorating techniques, from making beautiful natural colours to embellishing with fresh flowers and fruit, along with butter cream piping tips that will ensure your next creation steals the show!
10:30am - 2:30pm
FREE
Mundaring Adult Creative & Learning Centre, 3 Craigie Place
Bongers Bees: The Story of Honey
Do you want to know how honey is made, why there are so many different flavours of honey, or what is required when keeping bees? You can find the answers to all these questions and more at the Food for Thought Open Day, where Bongers Bees will be selling and doing tastings of their delicious locally made honey products. They will also be doing a bee keeping demonstration and showcasing all their beekeeping equipment.
10:30am - 3:30pm
FREE
Mundaring Adult Creative & Learning Centre, 3 Craigie Place
THE GREAT BAKE OFF
Pay homage to the historic tradition of showing off your culinary skills by creating a cake to a set recipe, entering your delicious creation to be judged by the knowledgeable and highly esteemed Country Women’s Association (CWA), then eagerly awaiting the announcement of ‘best cake’ with fellow community cooks.
Winners will be announced at 12:30pm
FREE
Mundaring Adult Creative & Learning Centre, 3 Craigie Place
Food for Thought exhibition
Discover the result of skill sharing workshops between master artists and the local community.
11am - 3pm
FREE
Mundaring Arts Centre
Shopping in the Hills: The History of General Stores & Supermarkets
Discover the Lost Mundaring Travelling Museum, home to permanent and temporary exhibitions celebrating the history of the Perth Hills. Curated for the Food for Thought Open Day, Lost Mundaring presents Shopping in the Hills, a history of the shops in the Shire of Mundaring from Glen Forrest to Wooroloo.
10:30am - 3:30pm
FREE
Mundaring Adult Creative & Learning Centre, 3 Craigie Place
