My Services
Throughout Western Australia, I deliver professional, informative and friendly services that include Workshops, Community Events coordination, and offer Consulting Services for helping you establish a Community Garden.
Go to the section below to find out more
Workshops
I offer gardening, nutrition and cooking workshops.
I travel to your location to deliver workshops that cater for youth, adults and children.
I offer school incursions for Year 3 to Year 10, and also have workshops designed for parents and a child to attend together.
Available during the week, weekends, and after hours. Contact Me for availability and pricing.
To find out how to book a workshop, go further down this page to here
Learn what is provided with a workshop here
Workshops designed for all ages: Kids Youth Adults
Workshops for Youth and Adults
Workshops for Kids
How does it work?
We are available to travel to your chosen venue and deliver workshops for your residents, clients, or community groups in your area.
Our fee is per workshop and the exact cost depends upon required travel time, packages for multiple workshops are available.
You need to choose and book the venue, promote the workshop through your networks and manage the registration of participants. You may offer these workshops for each person free of charge, or charge a fee per person which you collect and retain, as determined by you.
We can travel anywhere in West Australia to deliver a series of workshops. I have experience in coordinating the delivery of my workshop services in regional and remote areas such as Esperance, Newman, Kununurra and numerous places in between.
What Services Are Provided?
We provide:
- Trained, professional, friendly facilitator.
- Our facilitators have current first aid certificates, public liability insurance and the relevant clearances and checks for working with children.
- Learning resources, handouts and recipes to all participants.
- Gardening materials and equipment (1)
- Cooking equipment and utensils – no oven or stove is necessary (2)
- Ingredients for cooking a selection of recipes.
- A clean and tidy venue after the workshop.
(1) Depending on the workshop: large items e.g. wheelbarrow and compost bin may need to be provided onsite.
(2) Depending on the workshop: BBQ may need to be provided onsite
What do I need to do?
- Select a venue, book (and pay hire if applicable). Suitable venues include halls, community centres, community gardens, undercover area.
- Provide tables and chairs, access to minimum 2 power points and 1 tap.
- Advertise the workshops to your residents, clients, groups.
- Take bookings and payments (if you are charging participants).
- Meet the facilitator onsite prior to the workshop to discuss access and best layout.
- Staff member/ community development officer is very welcome and encouraged to attend each session (but not mandatory except for school incursions – see school incursion page for details).
- Provide a feedback form for participants (if required by your organisation) the facilitator will ask participants to complete feedback form.
Events & Activities
From local festivals and school holiday programs to corporate gatherings, we offer interactive Event Experiences that bring your spaces to life.
Use our Event Activities to engage and connect your community through hands-on cooking, tasting, and gardening for events of all sizes.
Cooking Demonstrations
A qualified Nutritionist will prepare a range of healthy recipes using seasonal, local produce in a wide variety of dishes.
Using an induction cooktop, we chat and engage the crowd, showing the attendees different cooking techniques.
Free samples of each recipe prepared will
be given away.
Family Kitchen
Kids (age 5+) work in teams with their parents, siblings or carers to prepare a quick, delicious and healthy recipe, that they can share and enjoy!
This free-flow activity can run for the duration of your event, with 5 cooking stations available on a come first basis, accommodating up to 30 people at any one time.
Captivating Faces
A quick ongoing activity for the duration of the event, kids can use a selection of fruit and vegetables to create an edible
face.
Up to 30 kids can participate at one time.
Suitable for ages 3+ (with supervision).
Activity takes approximately 5 minutes per child, with a healthy snack to takeaway and eat.
Apple Slinky
Ongoing activity for the duration of the event, kids are assisted to create their own Apple Slinky.
Suitable for ages 2+ (with supervision).
Activity takes approximately
1 minute per child.
Sustainability Presentations
We offer a range of presentations on ways to reduce food waste and live more sustainably.
Often with quick demonstrations, such as the popular Pickling and Preserving demonstration at CrabFest 2026.
Other topics include Cooking Using Induction Cooktops, How To Grow Vigorous Vegetables and Saving And Storing Seeds.
Junior Gardening
Ongoing activity for the duration of the event, kids are able to plant their own seed or seedling to take home to grow.
Suitable for ages 3+(with supervision).
Activity takes approximately 5 minutes per child.
Community Garden Bus Trips
Since 2016 I have coordinated annual community garden bus trips with resounding success. Visiting a selection of different gardens, participants can meet volunteers and hear about the development of their garden, their stories of successes and challenges.
These days outings are a fabulous way to re-invigorate and reward a group of volunteers from an established community garden, or inspire a group of locals advocating to start their own community garden.
I can organise a day out visiting a selection of community gardens for groups up to 25 people.
The day out includes:
- Bus hire and driver
- Facilitator on board to coordinate the trip
- Morning tea & lunch
- Feedback form
- Report on the activity and feedback from participants.
Team Building Cooking Activity
Enhance the cohesion amongst your team by having your staff try their hand at working together to cook and share a meal together.
Suitable for all adults, regardless of cooking ability, this 3 hour team building session involves a 1 hour workshop followed by team members working in groups of 2 or 3 to create a range of quick healthy delicious dishes to be shared for lunch or dinner.
Location: any inside or outside undercover area with access to tables, chairs and running water (preferably a sink)
All resources, recipes, cooking equipment and ingredients are provided.
Ready to activate your next event?
We tailor activations for local governments, community groups, shopping centres, and festivals.
Consulting
Establish a community garden
In 2010, I worked with 7 different community garden groups in the South West of W.A, to help establish or grow their community garden. Using the knowledge gained from this role, and also my experience as a member of the Mandurah Community Garden, I have been engaged as a consultant to assist with the establishment of the Lakelands Community Gardens Inc and the Golden Bay Community Garden.
To do this, I can facilitate community engagement sessions, brainstorming workshops, strategic planning for community groups, and organise a bus trip to other community gardens to learn from and be inspired by their stories and progress.
I also have experience working with groups in the early stages of development to form an action group or working group to guide them to become an incorporated body or association
Nutrition Consulting
I have consulted on health and wellbeing policies in local government, undertaken a review of the City of Mandurah’s catering facilities and provided input into the development of the City of Mandurah’s Public Health Plan.
I have experience working with the various departments in local government, e.g Environmental Health, Community Development and Sport and Recreation to implement healthier workplace initiatives.
