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Purau Harvest Festival 2007

Saturday, March 10, 2007 - Saturday, March 10, 2007

Talks, displays, workshops, stalls, demonstrations, competitions

olive growing
chicken keeping
compost making
organic gardening
harvest baskets
big pumpkins
small scale sustainable energy systems
harvest wreath making
scarecrow making
jade carving
flax weaving
drumming
coppice crafts
herbal health
native plants
fresh fruit and veges
home preserves
living sustainably

PLUS
guided tours of organic properties
nature walks
live music

AND
glorious food!

Adults $12
Children (5-15, pre-schoolers free) $6
Harvest Lunch: $8

Order tickets (limited to 300)
from purauharvestfestival@gmail.com
or 03 329 4067

PURAU HARVEST FESTIVAL 2007 Programme

Morning (9:00 – 12:30)

Scheduled Ongoing

9:30 Start with a bang – craft workers
a drumming welcome jade carving
coppice crafts
flax weaving
10:00 Guided tour 1 – Kereru
Scarecrow making workshop, Marquee stalls and displays
heirloom apples
11:00 Guided tour 2 – Blue Gums Purau Valley Produce
Drumming workshop, Marquee native plants
coffee and muffins herbal health
12:00 Nature walk 1 alternative energy systems
Chicken-keeping workshop sustainable living
Herbal health workshop, Marquee harvest baskets**
Compost making botanical art & craft

1:00
LUNCHTIME
Gather round 'The Heart of the Festival'; enjoy the live music

Afternoon (2: 00 – 4:30)

2:00 Nature walk 2
Sustainable energy systems, Marquee
Olive growing

3:00 Introduction to organics, Marquee
Wreath-making workshop, Yurt

4:00 Big Sing, Marquee

Rain check day: If it is raining heavily on March 10 the Festival will be held on Sunday March 11.
Please call 329 4067 for rain check information.
** Harvest basket competition. Bring a basket of your home-grown produce, well displayed, and be in to win a 'best basket' prize. Produce will be donated to Cholmondoley Children's Home.

Entry and lunch tickets must be pre-paid and collected at the gate on March 10

By road:

From Diamond Harbour, go down the hill to Purau Beach. Go past the motor camp (on the right) and turn right into the Purau-Port Levy road. The Harvest Festival site is 100 metres on the left up the Purau-Port Levy road. Look for the big fruit and veges sign.

By boat:

The Diamond Harbour Ferry leaves Lyttelton at 60 minute intervals from 7:50 a.m. From the Diamond Harbour wharf it is 10-15 minutes by cycle and 30-40 minutes by foot to the Festival.
Phone 366 8855 for exact sailing times, and connecting bus times.

Bring the programme and these directions with you.

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