The Edible Forest Yarra Valley is a permaculture inspired garden with over 850 plants carefully selected with the purpose of being medicinal or edible. Weave your way through the 6 different areas including tea, wetlands, bush tucker, sensory, berry & woodlands.
Tours run daily Tuesday - Saturday at 10am and 12pm Saturdays. Bookings are essential - please see our website for more details.
Guided Edible Forest tours operate Monday-Saturday at 10am. Garden Tours are $15 pp while our more detailed Tour Taste & Educate experience is $25pp
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Warning: Water in the garden, Uneven surfaces, Not accessible for wheel chairs |
Note: Parking is available onsite and you will be directed by staff on arrival.
| Summer avg. Max: | 25°C | Winter avg. Min: | 5°C | |
| Avg Frost Days: | 12 | |||
| Annual Rainfall avg: | 916mm. | Summer avg. | 183mm. | |
| No. of rainy days: | 59 | Winter avg. | 266mm. | |
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Food is medicine at the Edible Forest Open Day
We are always told to eat healthy, but now we are making it easier for you as your whole garden can be edible or medicinal. The Edible Forest Yarra Valley are opening their forest to everyone - food l ...
Our Edible Forest is nothing like you would have experienced before-over 850 plants that are grown either for edible or medicinal purposes, planted within a one acre forest garden that supplies edible produce every day of the year.
Be guided by one of the team at Yarra Valley Estate who lovingly created the space, learn the health benefits and reasons why individual plants were selected as you meander through the 6 different areas including tea, wetlands, bush tucker, sensory, berry & woodlands.
A hosted 'Tour & Taste' offers you the experience to learn as you taste the harvest, ask questions along the way and an opportunity to find out what you can grow in your own home garden.
Tours run daily Tuesday - Saturday at 10am and 12pm Saturdays. Bookings are essential.
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Our team also propagate a large selection of rare and unusual plants found in the Edible Forest to purchase in our plant nursery.
Come and learn what you can easily grow in your own home garden to assist in a healthier lifestyle; purchase the plants and take them home to plant in your own garden!
The HARVEST HUB is a little space where you can find shelves filled with jams, relishes and marinated goods; all made from items harvested from the Edible Forest.
Stop in and stock up on house made supplies to enjoy at home including inspirational books, sustainable items and delicious room sprays.
The Harvest Hub is open for guests to enjoy and purchase goods.
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A place where you will find unique plants, listen to the hum of the bees, watch the chooks as they scratch in their run, learn about health and wellbeing and have fun!
With something to see, smell and taste all year round, we find that the forest is at its peak October to April.
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