WORKSHOPS & DEMONSTRATIONS
We are looking forward to some wonderful Workshops in 2024.
Most of these will be held at the stall holders areas, some will be ticketed and others will be paid on the day to the stall holder.
Keep an eye open closer to the event.
If you would like to offer up a workshop sharing your skills and knowledge – please contact Dee White on 0434 630 510.
To view the Exhibitors CLICK HERE
2024 WORKSHOPS
Herbal Salve Making
Earthed Out- Herbal Fun Workshops – Salve Making
Learn: What is a Salve? Discover tips for beginners making blends at home. And the benefits of using Mugwort, Comfrey and Calendula using in a Salve.
Discover some secret Essential Oil Blends for making great Salves.
Discover samples of Salves made with different ratios of ingredients.
Learn how to steep Herbs in Oil to Extract medicinal qualities.
Make a 50gram Herbal Salve off grid style for you to take home.
10 people max
Saturday: 10am – 1pm
Sunday: 10am – 1pm
Look for the Marquee with the Pink Flag
BOOK HERE
Smudge Stick and Clearing Mist
Earthed Out – Herbal Fun Workshop – Smudge stick and Clearing Mist.
Come along and make a ceremonial smudge stick bundle.
Learn what plants to use that are easy to find or grow.
Make as many as you can to take home within the session of the Workshop.
2 or 3 Sticks.
Learn how I create a Clearing Herbal Mist.
Make your own to take home.
10 people max
Saturday: 2pm – 4pm
$55 per person
Look for the Marquee with the Pink Flag
Herbal Tea and Tincture
Come to experience the BLISS of nature’s medicine in Herbal Teas and Tinctures. Rosella, Mugwort, Butterfly Pea, Mother of Herb, Holy Basil. Tea tastings plus your own supplies to take home.
Learn about the Health Benefits of these Herbs and how to use them as a Tea or create a Tincture for other benefits. Take home some Dried Herbs to be used however you like.
Take home some seeds to add to or start creating your own medicine garden at home.
Take home a pre made Tincture to try for yourself.
Enjoy sitting and experiencing the Bliss while journeying with an Intentional Card pulled just for you.
Sunday 2pm – 4pm
Look for the Marquee with the Pink Flag
Children's Book Reading & Workshop
Children’s book reading ‘Rainbow Tree’ with colour meditation and eco crafts.
9.30am Saturday and Sunday
Please join Jade for her story book reading including a colour protection meditation, eco creative art and craft activities and eco bubbles.
Rainbow Tree is a children’s story written with the intention to help the reader connect to the earth, themselves and others. To become more relaxed, centred and grounded.
Within the story, you will learn about the four seasons, four directions, colours of the rainbow, plus a guided meditation to connect the sky and earth. Along with basic life lessons like patience, purpose, strength, courage, compassion, kindness, guidance and intuition.
Look for the Marquee with the Light Green Flag
Cost $18.00 – BOOK HERE
Tanning Workshop
$95 per person including all materials
Bookings essential – BOOK HERE
Sunday: 9:30am – approximately 3 hours
Look for the Marquee with the White Flag
Introduction to Natural and Traditional Leather Tanning Workshop
Learn about the fundamentals of tanning your own leather for clothing, accessories and homewares.
Get started with readily available materials and techniques that you can do in your own backyard. Get the most out of your small to medium sized animal hides that you come across in your life. Whether you aim to retain or remove the hair or fur, these techniques are applicable to rabbits, kangaroos, goat, deer, sheep and even fish.
During this 3-hour workshop the instructor will demonstrate the steps required to tan your own skins with this technique with opportunity for students to have a go.
Upcycle Workshops
Rolling workshops Saturday and Sunday 9am to 4pm
All Materials Supplied.
Run at New 2 U Marquee – Look for the Yellow Flag
Workshop 1 – Upcycle coat hangers
Make a hair accessory, jewellery holder or whatever your mind comes up with. Using metal hangers with scrap fabric & broken jewellery.
$8.00 per person
Workshop 2 – Hair Ties
Make your own hair ties from your favourite old clothing, lace, ribbons and sundries.
$4.00 per person
Workshop 3 – Braclet
Making a bracelet from scrap fabric and chain from broken jewellery.
$8.50 per person
Wrapped Crystal Pendant
Learn how to wrap your own Crystal pendant under the fantastic tutoring of Louise. Join Louise at the Earth Girl Seven site at your selected time. Look for the Marquee with the Purple Flag
Saturday and Sunday: 10am and 1pm
$40 per pendant
Limited to 6 people
DEMONSTRATIONS
Cooking with Matt
Matt will be doing cooking demonstrations
@ the Slow Food Noosa Marquee
Matt has extensive knowledge and skills cooking with seasonal local produce, bush tucker and game meats.
There will be 3 demonstrations on Saturday
10:30am – Cooking with bush foods you can easily grow at home
12:30pm – Game on – dishes using duck, goat and venison
2:30pm – Seasonal cooking – working with what’s in my kitchen garden in Winter
CC from Petersons Farm
CC will demonstrate how to cook with Rosellas and other locally sourced ingredients, most of which are grown on her family farm.
Rosella, chilli, tomato, butter bean, okra, eggplant, zucchini, tomatillos, cape gooseberry, ginger, turmeric and beetroot.
Her love of Rosellas, cooking and sharing her knowledge long with her happy, friendly nature make her a delight to watch.
Taste testing after demonstrations.
Demonstrations Sunday 11:30am and 1:30pm
@ the Slow Food Noosa Marquee
Andy from Amrita
Mead educational talk explaining history, types and techniques for making mead.
Andy and Nicola artfully blend flavours to create unique and exquisite meads – from classic honey meads to bold fruit-infused varieties, every sip is a journey through taste and aroma.
They also make seasonal and gourmet meads for local festivals, such as their pumkpin mead for the pumpkin festival.
Question and answer session will follow.
Sunday 9:30am
@ the Slow Food Noosa Marquee
Creative Cultures
Tim from Creative Cultures will be demonstrating how to make Viili Yoghurt. Viili Yoghurt is a dairy ferment from Finland, also called Stringy Yoghurt or Ropey Yoghurt.
It ferments in 4-6 hours, without the need for an incubator that I needed for making normal yoghurts.
Viili Yoghurt can be made by using some saved from a previous batch. It is simple to make and has a creamy flavour and thick texture – delicious by itself or mixed with fruit or anywhere else you would use yoghurt. It contains roughly 30 different strains of beneficial bacteria.
I will have tastings available, and the culture for purchase.
Sunday 10:30am
@ the Slow Food Noosa Marquee
Fraser Coast Lacemakers
Have you ever wondered how fine handmade lace is made?
Come along and watch the art of Bobbin Lace being made. It is an art that is centuries old and is made using surprisingly few moves of the bobbins that can be varied endlessly.
There will be a display of traditional lace and contemporary lace for you to compare and admire.
Event Organisers:
Dee White: dee@offgridexpo.com.au – 0434 630 510 | Di Woodstock: di@offgridexpo.com.au – 0419 224 628