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Wednesday September 29th

Village Valley Centre - centennial room

7-9:30pm

Free entry, but koha is appreciated. 

Supper provided. 

Please wear and mask and make sure you sign in. 

Please register HERE

 

Sauerkraut Workshop - NEW DATE

Facilitators Kushla Mercer & Toni Bragg will be presenting two hands on, practical workshops on fermentation in September/October at the Village Valley Centre kitchen.  This is a great opportunity to learn more about how to use fermentation in your home kitchen to make delicious and nutritionally beneficial food. 

Sauerkraut: A practical introduction to making sauerkraut. Together we'll make sauerkraut, discuss it's benefits and nutritional properties, and taste different samples.

Please bring a large clean jar to take home your sauerkraut. 

 

 

Register HERE

Sourdough Workshop - postponed

This workshop has been postponed due to the continuation of alert level 2.

Facilitators Kushla Mercer & Toni Bragg will be presenting two hands on, practical workshops on fermentation in September/October at the Village Valley Centre kitchen.  This is a great opportunity to learn more about how to use fermentation in your home kitchen to make delicious and nutritionally beneficial food. 

Sourdough: Saturday September 25th 1pm-4pm  

In this hands-on workshop you will prepare your own artisan sourdough loaf to bake on the day. Participants will also receive their own sourdough starter to take home, learn how to take care of it, and discover different ways to use it.

Please note: this workshop will only proceed at level 1.

Register HERE

 

October Crop Swap

We're back in the community garden for this crop swap. Bring your excess produce, seeds, seedlings, preserves, baking or anything else gardening related. This is more of a sharing event than a swap, where you do not need to give in order to take (and visa versa) and everything is free.

Winter Pruning Workshop - NEW DATE

Unfortunately we have made the call to POSTPONE the Winter Pruning Workshop which was due to be held this Saturday (July 17th) at the Olsson Community Orchard due to forecasted heavy rain.

The NEW DATE is now SATURDAY JULY 24th, same time (1pm-3pm) same place.

If you can no longer make it please contact Chris on 021755314, or at chris@recap.org.nz.

You can still register HERE for the new date

Apologies for the inconvenience.

Ashhurst Emergency Preparedness - POSTPONED

With the country in alert level 4 from 11:59pm Tuesday 17th, the Ashhurst Emergency Preparedness seminar on Wednesday August 18th has been postponed.

We will be in touch with another date when we are able to reschedule. 

Stay safe and well.

 

 

 

 

When: Wednesday August 18th 2021 6:30-8:30 Where: Village Valley Centre - centennial room Cost: FREE

This is a civil defense preparation course led by the PNCC emergency management team. Tailored to our area to help whānau, individuals & businesses be best prepared for a range of location specific scenarios. 

Have you made a plan for how you will manage in an emergency? Do you have your emergency kit ready? Where will you go in Ashhurst? What if you are cut off from Palmerston North? How will your response change during the day compared to at night? The PNCC emergency managment office wants to assist us with our community emergency response plan.

This plan will help guide residents on what to do in a range of situations and how best we can ‘Get Thru’.

All ages are welcome, with a quick intermission midway. Supper will be provided afterwards with time to talk with staff.

Please make sure you register HERE. 

Matariki Crop Swap

Our next Crop Swap is July 10th. As always you do not need to give in order to take (and visa versa) & everything is free. There will be some spring/summer seeds, winter produce & hot soup. All welcome.

June Crop Swap

Our fourth Crop Swap. In the nice warm community library, this time featuring hot soup! Bring your excess produce, seeds, seedlings, preserves, baking or anything else gardening related. This is more of a sharing event than a swap, where you do not need to give in order to take (and visa versa) and everything is free.

RECAP AGM 2021

Please join us for the RECAP AGM on Wednesday June 9th, 7pm at the Village Valley Centre. We invite all members of the Ashhurst/Pohangina communities to help us elect our board and celebrate the year that's been. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to chris@recap.org.nz

Microplastic Madness film screening

A special documentary screening for kids (and their grown ups!) on Friday June 25th (a teacher only day at Ashhurst School) from 11am-1pm at the Ashhurst Community Library.

“​Microplastic Madness - Brooklyn kids take on plastic pollution” is an inspirational and optimistic take on the local and global plastic pollution crisis as told through a refreshing urban youth point of view with a powerful take action message.

This will be followed by a poster making session on easy ways to reduce plastic consumption at home and school & a chance to repurpose some items (not able to be recycled with the PNCCs recent changes) for planting seeds.

To read more about Microplastic Madness: cafeteriaculture.org/microplastic-madness
And watch the trailer: youtube/MICROPLASTIC MADNESS - Official trailer

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