Discover your hidden forager and reconnect with the natural world with the help of Diego Bonetto. His new, beautifully designed book, Eat Weeds, will teach you how to open your ‘plant eyes’ and help you identify, harvest, eat and use wild plants.

Join him on Wednesday 22 June in conversation with Costa Georgiadis, the much-loved host of Gardening Australia and author of his most recent book, Costa's World.

When you buy a ticket, you automatically go in the draw to win a Foraging Skills Gift Voucher valued at $120. Gift Vouchers can be used for any workshops, masterclass or event run by Bonetto, with approximately 100 workshops per year in Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains and Illawarra regions, ranging from wild mushroom foraging, seaside foraging, to identifying wild food and medicine. Learn more here.

The winner of the competition will be drawn and announced on the night of the event.

Attendees are asked to arrive at 6.30pm or earlier for a 7pm start at White Bay Beer Co. Seating is unallocated – another reason to arrive early to secure an optimal spot! The bar opens 6pm and closes at 9.30pm on the night of the event, making for an opportune time to settle in and grab a drink before or after, with an incredible range of locally brewed beers and other beverages to enjoy.

There'll be plenty of delicious food available too thanks to special event caterer Agape Organic, so why not make a full evening of it and come for dinner too? You can order before or after the event.

Eat Weeds will be available for purchase at the venue through Roaring Stories, with book signings from Bonetto following the discussion.

If you miss out on a ticket, you can still watch the event as it is livestreamed from the Roaring Stories Facebook page (accessible on the Home page and from the Live tab). A recording will also be available to view later as an upload on the Roaring Stories YouTube channel.

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ABOUT EAT WEEDS

There is food within 3 metres of your front door.

Three generations ago it was common practice all over the world to collect this wild food; knowledge of what, where and when to forage was a necessary part of daily life. We still had lived experience of harvesting wild food with our own hands. But with the advent of supermarket culture the knowledge associated with foraging has mostly been lost.

Today, we want this knowledge back. From forest to seaside, riverbank to city street – even your own yard – there is wild food and medicine available to those who know where to look. In the face of global challenges such as climate change, food insecurity and pandemics, we seek to empower ourselves with the information and skills that enable self-reliance and equip us to care for our families and communities.

Eat Weeds shows you how to engage with wild food sources, transforming your neighbourhood into an edible adventure.

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ABOUT DIEGO BONETTO

Diego Bonetto grew up on a dairy farm in northern Italy when it was still common practice to collect the wild produce of the land. He moved to Australia in the mid-90s and spent years working in orchards and garden centres, where he realised how rare his foraging knowledge was - and how much the people around him longed to rekindle their untapped connection to nature. He now runs foraging workshops that teach participants how to engage with delicious wild food while starting conversations around belonging, sustainability and agency. He has collaborated with chefs, herbalists, environmentalists and cultural workers; he is also an artist passionate about using his practice to restore botanical literacy to communities. Diego has been featured by Marie Claire, GQ Australia, Lonely Planet, The Sydney Morning Herald, ABC and SBS, among other media outlets.

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ABOUT COSTA GEORGIADIS

Costa Georgiadis is a landscape architect, environmental educator and television presenter who has an all-consuming passion for plants and people. As co-creator and host of Costa’s Garden Odyssey for SBS, he caught the attention of a nation. Since 2013, Costa has continued his journey as the much-loved host of one of the ABC’s most iconic and Logie award-winning programs, Gardening Australia. Beyond the screen, Costa is deeply involved with the importance of biodiversity and habitat, regenerative agriculture, permaculture and holistic land practices that deal with the issues arising from a rapidly urbanising world. He lives and breathes gardening, relishing the natural world and our connection to it.

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TERMS & CONDITIONS

a) COVID Safety

This is a COVID Safe event. Attendance is conditional on compliance with current and relevant NSW Heath COVID Safe guidelines.

b) Refunds

Please note that tickets are non-refundable unless the event is cancelled or postponed due to extenuating circumstances. Refunds cannot be issued 48 hours before the event.

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This event is presented by Roaring Stories Bookshop Balmain and Thames & Hudson

With thanks to our venue partner White Bay Beer Co.

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