Name: Harvest Festival
Start: 2025-04-27T11:00:00+12:00
Location: The Valley Project

You’re invited to the Community Fruit Harvest Harvest Festival! Come help us celebrate the success of another season, recognising our fruit owners, volunteers and recipients.
We’ve got a fun day planned and we hope you will come join us with the whole whanau. Free to attend, all are welcome.
Apple + Pear Pressing ($2p/litre)
Preserves Competition ($2 entry to taste/judge!)
Coffee Cart / Food trucks
Live Music
Community Information Tables / Market Stalls
Seed Swap
Free workshops
Kids entertainment (in addition to the school playground!)
(This is a zero waste event, please BYO coffee cups and empty bottles for freshly pressed juice)
Want to Volunteer: https://forms.gle/Je97AiTwMLPAkGek7
Want to be a vendor or stall holder?
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQ1CYdLk0eKSgNgfIw-QNLFb0O-1miydL8YJLhfjqD-YoWaQ/viewform
Schedule of Events:
11-14:30 Kids activities, Sausage sizzle, market stalls, information tables and food trucks, Apple + Pear Pressing all day
Music Lineup:
10:50-11:30 Rohana Weaver
11:40-12:20 George Warren
12:20-12:30 Announcements/Preserve Awards
12:35-13:15 Paul Allen and Bella
13:30-14:30 James Dignan
Workshops/Events:(NEV School Hall)
11-12pm Preserves Competition and Tasting, School Hall For a $2 entry, anyone is welcome to come taste and pick your favourite jam, chutney or pickle. Winner will be awarded Dunedin’s Preserve Champ! Register Now: https://forms.gle/qZXjFgokGGtXxuB37
13:00-13:30 Official seed swap event (table open until 14:30) *Anyone is welcome to bring seeds for sharing. Free
(Workshops held in TVP Fred Hollows Room)
11:30-11:30 Workshop 1 TBA
11:45-12:15 Workshop 2 TBA
12:30-12:45 Tour of NEV Community Garden
12:24-13:15 Bees and Pollination Workshop
13:30-14:00 Workshop 4 TBA
15:00-16:00 Community Crop Swap at The Valley Project. Bring your excess produce from home and swap it for some treats from other locals! Free, anyone welcome.