Day Event! HOMEMADE & HEALTHY HOMESTEADING DAY
Registration essential for this ticketed day.
Bonus ticket price of $40.00 or on the day $50.00 per person. rotoruahoneybeeclub@gmail.com
Full program below with Program one & two running concurrently.
*CASH ONLY - NO EFTPOS
To be held at Ngongotaha Community Hall, School Road, Ngongotaha, Rotorua
Parking available. Sales tables & so much more.
Doors open 8.30am for registration & commencing promptly at 9am - finishing 4pm.
Refer to poster & full program below.
🌿 Homemade and Healthy 🌿
A Hands-On Day of Traditional Skills, Food & Sustainability
🕣 Doors Open: 8:30 AM (Registration)
📌 Format: Two programs run concurrently throughout the day.
👉 Feel free to move between sessions at any time.
🧺 What to Bring
A notebook or device for taking notes
Your own snacks and lunch
Some cash (items may be available for purchase)
Containers/jars (for samples and starters to take home)
🌼 PROGRAM ONE
9:00 AM – Soft Cheese Making (Part 1)
10:15 – 10:45 AM – Morning Tea (tea & coffee provided – bring snacks)
10:45 AM – Steam Distillation (Part 1)
Using a copper alembic column still to create hydrosols for cleaning products, sprays, drinks & more
11:45 AM – Soft Cheese Making (Part 2)
12:00 – 1:00 PM – Lunch Break (BYO lunch)
1:00 PM – Fibre Journey: From Animal to Garment
Selecting fleece and spinning demonstration
1:30 PM – Felting Workshop
Create colourful children’s play mats using dyeing and wet felting techniques
2:00 PM – Beeswax & Its Many Uses
2:30 – 3:00 PM – Afternoon Tea (tea & coffee provided – bring snacks)
3:00 PM – Homemade Natural Cleaners
Learn benefits + take-home recipes
3:30 PM – Distillation Results (Part 2)
4:00 PM – Close of Day
🍃 PROGRAM TWO
9:00 AM – Fermented Drinks
Kombucha & Kefir – benefits, how-to & tastings
👉 Bring a bottle to take home a ‘mother’
9:45 AM – Tibicos (Water Kefir)
The “soda pop” of fermented drinks – great for all ages
10:00 AM – Sauerkraut Making
Demonstration + samples
10:15 – 10:45 AM – Morning Tea (tea & coffee provided – bring snacks)
10:45 AM – Wholemeal Sourdough Bread
Easy method using a tin – includes starter (subject to availability)
👉 Bring a ~500ml container
11:45 AM – Sourdough Crackers
12:00 – 1:00 PM – Lunch Break (BYO lunch)
1:00 PM – Apple Cider Vinegar
Benefits, uses & how to make your own
1:15 PM – Bokashi Composting Made Simple
1:30 PM – Worm Farming
Benefits and practical uses
2:00 PM – Soil & Garden Health
Homemade liquid fertiliser, reading weeds & planting in guilds
2:30 – 3:00 PM – Afternoon Tea (tea & coffee provided – bring snacks)
3:00 PM – Food Preservation Discussion
3:30 PM – Dehydrating Food
Meals, fruit & tips using a home dehydrator
4:00 PM – Close of Day 😊