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Growing herbs for the kitchen: Everything you need to become confident growing a range of culinary herbs at home. Learn the best herbs for sunny or shady spots, which grow well pots and what to grow when. Discover rules of thumb to know which herbs you can take cuttings from and which grow best from seed, and enjoy tasting herbal tea made with fresh leaves from the Buda garden.

Gardening in small spaces: Create an abundance of vegetables, fruit and herbs in even the smallest of patches. This hands on workshop covers everything you need to get your garden pumping, including growing in pots. Suitable for beginner gardeners or those who are new to growing food.

Mastering cuttings: Make new plants from old ones in this hands on workshop. Learn the theory and put it into practice by propagating some of Buda’s historic plants to take home. Suitable for beginners as well as those who want to take their propagation skills to the next level.

In this workshop, participants will learn how to make the perfect strudel with our resident expert Peter Lukaitis

Cyanotype workshop for kids with Lorena Carrington. Kids explore their local surroundings and use found objects, and the cyanotype process (one of the earliest forms of photographic printing), to create their own montaged creatures and landscapes

Cyanotype workshop for adults with Lorena Carrington. Lorena's cyanotype workshops are much loved by artists and writers, children and adults. using found objects, and the cyanotype process, participants will create their own montaged creatures and landscapes.

Christine Lloyd will bring to life the story of the remarkable Leviny family and their relationship with the Arts and Crafts movement and Buda's Australian Arts collection.

Embossed Foil for kids and families. Learn the simple techniques of repousse and chasing used by Dorothy Leviny to create some of her wonderful metalwork creations. You will create your own embossed decorations, ready to hang or give as gifts.

Cuttings for kids: Learn how to make new plants for free from plants in the Buda garden.

The art of Furoshiki; the Japanese art of no waste wrapping

The Traditional Arts Fair committee has made the difficult decision to once again reimagine this year's fair into a series of several smaller events. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 difficulties, we have decided that smaller events that are able to be managed with Covid safe requirements will be more rewarding for all.