Get Fresh With The Experts!

Get Fresh with the Experts!

Queensland Conservation has teamed up with Brisbane gardening celebrities
Annette McFarlane and Jerry Coleby-Williams and two of Brisbane's leading
restaurants to make your mouth water and your thumbs greener.

Whether you're a lover of fine dining, a gardening enthusiast or just love the idea of preparing food that you've grown yourself these Grow Local events are for you.

"The ingredients we've brought together here will engage and stimulate diners into taking delicious action! Annette and Jerry are experts in sustainable living and organic gardening. The chefs from Ecco Bistro and the Manly Fish Cafe are talented and highly experienced. Mix them well and diners will enjoy a wonderful meal, and be served valuable information on developing their own food garden, what to grow when, and how to prepare seasonal produce." Samantha Morris, Chair, Queensland Conservation

Sunday 7th March, 12pm-3pm,
ECCO BISTRO, 100 Boundary Street, Brisbane

Special guest presenter: Jerry Coleby-Williams Jerry is a Queensland based freelance curator, writer and presenter for ABC Gardening Australia. A passionate promoter of sustainable gardening practices in 2003 he established .Bellis' a sustainable house and garden which is now part of Australia's Open Garden Scheme and winner of the 2009 National Save Water Award. Jerry is a director of The Seed Savers' Foundation, a community organisation which conserves rare and heritage plants, a member of the Australian Institute of Horticulture, the horticultural editor of The Organic Gardener Magazine, a patron of H.O.P.E. (Householders' Options to Protect the Environment Inc.), and an executive member of the Queensland Conservation Council. $90.00 per person, including champagne on arrival and three course set menu. Bookings essential by 26th February. Phone: 3831 8344

Queensland Conservation 166 Ann St, Brisbane, QLD 4000 #
ABN: 89 717 887 219
Ph: 07 3221 0188
Fax: 07 3229 7992
[email protected]
www.qccqld.org.au

Wednesday 10th March, 6pm-9pm,
THE FISH CAF FOOD AND WINE BAR, 461 The Esplanade, Manly

Special guest presenter: Annette McFarlane
Annette is a senior lecturer in Horticulture at the Brisbane North Institute of TAFE. Annette has presented Gardening Talkback on 612 ABC Radio each Saturday morning between 6.00am and 7.00am for over 20 years. A weekly gardening columnist for the Sunday Mail and garden feature writer for Burke's Backyard, Your Garden and the ABC's Organic Gardener Magazine, Annette is also the author of three books including Organic Vegetable Gardening (close to 100,000) copies sold). Her most recent title, Successful Gardening in Warm Climates is published by Harper Collins. $90.00 per person, 3 course set menu with selected wines accompanying each course. Bookings essential by 26th February. Phone: 3893 0195
Seats are limited for both events, so early bookings are essential. More information on Queensland Conservations "Grow Local" campaign can be found on www.qccqld.org.au.

For more information:
Wendy Dell, Manager, QCC -
(07) 3221 0188

Full sized Images of the presenters are available for download from the following addresses. More available on request.

Jerry at Ecco
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Annette McFarlane
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SOURCE: Queensland Conservation