Perth City Farm

The Farmer's Market is moving indoors again this Saturday, so you'll be able to stay dry while you shop!

Come along and get some fresh produce for the week ahead, direct from local growers. Treat yourself to some pastries from , delight your tastebuds with tastings from and warm yourself with a hot brekky from . A great way to spend a slow and scrumptious Saturday morning!

Did you know we usually have some free community events on during the Farmer's Market? This week Crobb's Coffee & Chess are meeting to sharpen their chess skills while connecting with friends, and the Yarn & Yarning group are meeting for some knitting and good chats. All are welcome to both groups.

𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞:
🌞 Regans Ridge
🌞 Eddie's Local Honey
🌞 The Mushroom Guys
🌞 The Woodfired Baker
🌞 Kombination Seafoods
🌞 Toutikian Biodinamyc
🌞 Valley View Orchard
🌞 M&M Trovato
🌞 ROAM Distillery
🌞 Perth City Farm Nursery and Organic Stall

𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘:
🚗 free parking in the TAFE carpark (Fielder St & Kensington St intersection)
🚆 jump off the train at Claisebrook station
🚌 take a CAT bus & arrive at our front door.

Sneak peek of Sara and Mark's vibrant jungle wedding setup inside The Art Room. We cannot get over this! Our highlight feature is the very enticing pillow aisle which allowed the couple and their guests to sit down and cosy up for an intimate ceremony.

Featuring a tonne of DIY decor and lovely furniture from

Planning a wedding? We're taking bookings for 2025 and 2026. The Art Room is just one of our gorgeous hire spaces. Check out the others by heading to perthcityfarm.org.au/weddings

Rain is forecast but you can shop with us in comfort! We're moving tomorrow's market inside to our Barn space for the comfort of our hardworking farmers and you.

Please come out and support them so they can keep feeding us the best produce in Perth.

Be Free cafe will be open with an expanded hot breakfast menu too.

Our Farmer's Market is open from 8am - 12pm
Be Free cafe is open from 7am - 12.30pm

𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞:
🌞 Regans Ridge
🌞 The Mushroom Guys
🌞 The Woodfired Baker
🌞 Kombination Seafoods
🌞 Toutikian Biodinamyc
🌞 Valley View Orchard
🌞 M&M Trovato
🌞 ROAM Distillery
🌞 PCF Nursery and Organic stall

𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘:
🚗 free parking in the TAFE carpark (Fielder St & Kensington St intersection)
🚆 jump off the train at Claisebrook station
🚌 take a CAT bus & arrive at our front door.

If you'd like to learn how to make beautiful, fragrant posies from freshly cut flowers, this workshop is for you!

Under the guidance of Master Florist Iris Pich, you will cover the theory of flower arranging, care and conditioning, and make your own creations to take home with you. Hmm... sounds like a great date night or birthday gift! 🌸🌼

When: Sunday 29th September 2024
Time: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Where: Perth City Farm
Price: $85 + booking fee

Irish Pich, also known as the Barefoot Florist, is a German Master Florist with 30+ years of experience. Passionate about making the industry more sustainable, Iris has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to using locally grown foliage and natural materials in arrangements.

Book Tickets today: https://events.humanitix.com/garden-posies-with-iris

Winter weddings are a vibe! Throwback to Aaron and Megan's wedding at the farm, beautifully captured by . All this cloud cover is making the greens in the garden pop!

If you're looking for a BYO wedding venue that allows you to craft the day of your dreams, whatever your style or vision, we could be a good fit! To find out more about our spaces or to make an enquiry, head to our website: perthcityfarm.org.au/weddings

Our phone lines are temporarily down. If you need to contact us in the meantime, please send an email to [email protected]

Thank you, and sorry for any inconvenience!

Bright and happy fruit from Valley View Orchard at our weekly Farmer's Market. Grown and picked fresh in Roleystone.

This Saturday we have a lovely range of organic produce, baked goods, handmade products, mushrooms, seafood and more. We hope you'll spend the morning with us!

We're open from 8am til 12pm, but early birds can come down for breakfast at Be Free who are open from 7am.

𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞:
🌞 Regans Ridge
🌞 The Mushroom Guys
🌞 The Woodfired Baker
🌞 Kombination Seafoods
🌞 Toutikian Biodinamyc
🌞 Valley View Orchard
🌞 M&M Trovato
🌞 ROAM Distillery
🌞 Mia's Candles
🌞 PCF Nursery and Organic stall

𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘:
🚗 free parking in the TAFE carpark (Fielder St & Kengsington St intersection)
🚆 jump off the train at Claisebrook station
🚌 take a CAT bus & arrive at our front door.

Our Nature Playgroup is open in Term 4! Join us and the wonderful educator Erin for ten fun-filled Saturdays of nature craft, stories, and unstructured play out in the wilder parts of our urban farm. Switch on your imagination, meet the animals, and learn about plants and nature by immersion.

We are so excited to bring this playgroup to you thanks to support from the Rotary Club of Subiaco.

Suitable for children aged 2-5 with an accompanying parent or caregiver.

You can buy a term pass to attend all 10 sessions at a special discount. And you can save even more if you buy a pass for two children.

Get Tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/nature-playgroup-term-4-2024

Early bird deadline extended for our Permaculture Living Course until Sunday 11th August! Only two early bird tickets left!

The Permaculture Living Course is a hands-on course exclusive to Perth City Farm. It was really popular with last year's participants, and we're excited to be running it again this year.

“Everyone in the world needs this course. It’s practical and feel good and provides knowledge and tools to help you create the life you want.” So we reckon you'll like it too!

What to expect: over five days in October you'll learn practical skills and gather inspiration to live a more sustainable and connected life. Topics cover everything from productive food growing, composting and water use in urban settings to foraging, fermenting, alternative energy use and so much more.

Lead by Martina of Perth City Farm and Rod of Leafcutter Permaculture, the Permaculture Living Course will support you on a journey of life long learning and connect you with a like-minded community. Plus, we'll have plenty of fun along the way.

“I loved how Rod and Martina made every area of learning interesting, even the subject areas I thought I wasn’t going to be interested in.”

We hope you'll join us! Find out more and get tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/perth-city-farm-permaculture-living-course-2024

In case you haven't heard, our cafe doors are open again (woohoo!). We've loved welcoming Caillan, Alessia and the Be Free team into the Perth City Farm community, and we're proud to have a cafe on site who share a lot of our own values around earth-care and people-care.

We just published a little blog post about Be Free and all the great things they do. Read it on our website at perthcityfarm.org.au/news

Currently the cafe is open every Saturday from 7am til 12.30pm, but in a few months it'll open mid-week too. If you want to be notified when that happens, you can sign up to our newsletter (sent out once a month).

Until then, hope to see you at Be Free for some delicious eats soon!

Plenty of vibrant winter greens at the market tomorrow morning…. and looks like we’ll get some sunshine too.

We specialise in organic, biodynamic and spray-free produce as well as locally made artisan goods. Come on down and support small, local growers and makers. We’d love to see you.

Farmer's Market open from 8am til 12pm.

will be serving coffee and delicious organic plates from 7am til 12.30pm.

If you’re keen for a bit of chess, join Crobs Coffee and Chess from 8am til 11.30am outside the cafe.

𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞:
🌞 The Mushroom Guys
🌞 Regans Ridge
🌞 The Woodfired Baker
🌞 Kombination Seafood
🌞 Toutikian Biodinamyc
🌞 Valley View Orchard
🌞 M&M Trovato
🌞 Handmade by Rocio
🌞 Wilderness Society
🌞 PCF Nursery and Organic stall

𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘:
🚗 free parking in the TAFE carpark (Fielder St & Kensington St intersection)
🚆 jump off the train at Claisebrook station
🚌 take a CAT bus & arrive at our front door.

See you at the Farmer's Market this Saturday for some goodness. It's the perfect weather for hearty and healthy mushroom dishes, check out some of the beauties available right now.

are expanding their menu with new breakfast delights to try yippee and we have a NEW STALLHOLDER! Please welcome Soul Alignment Vibrational Healing into the fold.

Farmer's Market opens from 8am - 12pm
Be Free cafe opens from 7am - 12.30pm
Crobs Chess group on 8am - 11.30am

𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞:
🌞 Soul Alignment Vibrational Healing
🌞 The Mushroom Guys
🌞 Regans Ridge
🌞 The Woodfired Baker
🌞 Kombination Seafood
🌞 Toutikian Biodinamyc
🌞 Valley View Orchard
🌞 M&M Trovato
🌞 Mika Soap
🌞 Mika Soap
🌞 PCF Nursery and Organic stall

𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘:
🚗 free parking in the TAFE carpark (Fielder St & Kensington St intersection)
🚆 jump off the train at Claisebrook station
🚌 take a CAT bus & arrive at our front door.

Have you made any changes this ?

We’ve been busy out in Perth sharing the message and teaching some cool skills with sessions on low waste living, gift giving and deodorants at QV1 and Central Park Perth . Carrot top pesto with seedy crackers was a particular hit and sparked some interesting conversations.

Back at the Farm we made a few simple changes like moving from teabags to loose leaf tea and brainstorming a container exchange program for our wholesale produce customers like to cut out plastic bags. This is how we approach sustainable living- steady change in manageable ways, not aiming for absolute perfection.

Let us know how you've gone with - wins and challenges!

Hope to see you at the Farmer's Market this Saturday for some seasonal shopping, and maybe a bite to eat at Be Free who create delicious plates using local, organic and seasonal ingredients.

Eating produce that's in season is more nutritious, yummier and kinder to Earth. Do your seasonal shopping with a local farmer or grower and you're helping support local businesses while choosing produce that hasn't travelled far to be on your plate.

Farmer's Market opens from 8am - 12pm
Be Free cafe opens from 7am - 12.30pm
Crobs Chess group on 8am - 11.30am
Sourdough Workshop with Evi (sold out) 9am- 11.30am

𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞:
🌞 The Mushroom Guys
🌞 Regans Ridge
🌞 The Woodfired Baker
🌞 Kombination Seafood
🌞 Toutikian Biodinamyc
🌞 Valley View Orchard
🌞 M&M Trovato
🌞 ROAM Distillery
🌞 Mika Soap
🌞 PCF Nursery and Organic stall

𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘:
🚗 free parking in the TAFE carpark (Fielder St & Kensington St intersection)
🚆 jump off the train at Claisebrook station
🚌 take a CAT bus & arrive at our front door.

We have just harvested some Aztec glass gem corn in the market garden. Isn't it the prettiest thing ever?

Glass gem is a variety of flint corn, meaning it has harder kernels and less sugar content than sweet corn. It is usually not eaten fresh but made into flour for polenta, tortillas, and similar dishes. It is also perfect for popcorn, so after saving enough seeds for next year, that is what we might make!

Flint corn was staple food for many North American Indigenous people, usually prepared as a mash called hominy.

While sweet corn varieties are mostly F1 cultivars, we can't save seeds from, glass gem is a stable heritage variety, so we will definitely keep enough for next year's planting.

Have you grown flint corn before, and what have you made from it?

Some plastic-free tips from the team at Perth City Farm. Anyone else doing ? Share your swaps with us in the comments!

1. Use bar soap, like these gorgeous ones from Mika Soaps (find them every Saturday at our Farmer's Market).

2. Buy loose produce and bulk goods (bring your own reusable bags and jars).

3. Opt for nature-based toys and play with what you can find (these cute nests from Storytime with Grandma Rosie at the farm yesterday).

4. Dine-in or bring your own cup.

5. Make snacks from scratch like these quesadillas Kate and Jackson made for us yesterday.

Keen to hear what plastic-free efforts you've been making. Our accounts manager Kate has been on a journey to reduce plastic consumption since 2017. She recommends making one simple swap at a time.

We had a blast at the soft opening of Be Free at Perth City Farm last Saturday. Thanks everyone who came along and supported our new venture with !

We hope to see you this coming farmer's market, Sat 13 July, for more coffee and organic eats before or after your weekly shop. Our stallholders have an abundance of winter produce including organic and spray-free fruit and veg, mushrooms, honey, seafood, baked goods, soaps and organic spirits.

Farmer's Market open 8am - 12pm
Be Free cafe open 7am - 12.30pm

𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞:
🌞 The Mushroom Guys
🌞 Regans Ridge
🌞 The Woodfired Baker
🌞 Kombination Seafood
🌞 Toutikian Biodinamyc
🌞 Valley View Orchard
🌞 M&M Trovato
🌞 ROAM Distillery
🌞 Mika Soap
🌞 Handmade by Rocio
🌞 PCF Nursery and Organic stall

𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘:
🚗 free parking in the TAFE carpark (Fielder St & Kensington St intersection)
🚆 jump off the train at Claisebrook station
🚌 take a CAT bus & arrive at our front door.

We had a fun day on the farm with our corporate volunteers today!

We made the most of the sunshine today and seeded out a new market garden bed with French breakfast radishes, planted more brassica seedlings and flowers around the farm, did some seed saving and attempted to create hoops for a wreath making workshop from mulberry cuttings.

The lovely volunteers from Fortescue helped us with these tasks and learned a lot about gardening, permaculture, native plants and animals, and more. We even discovered a few new insects in the garden that we hadn't encountered yet before - always exciting!

If you are interested in coming to volunteer in the garden with us, head to https://perthcityfarm.org.au/volunteer/corporate-volunteering/ and fill in the enquiry form.

A special school holiday edition of Storytime with Grandma Rosie and friends at the farm this morning. We sang songs, read stories, potted plants and got creative making nests and nature-inspired costumes. We even had some yummy soup to warm us up.

Storytime with Grandma Rosie and friends happens on the second Wednesday of every month at Perth City Farm from 9.30-10.30am. Rosie will read a story, share her wisdom and we’ll go on an adventure together; to meet the chickens, smell some herbs & flowers or explore this beautiful oasis.

We hope you will join us next time. Find more info on our website: https://perthcityfarm.org.au/event/storytime-with-grandma-rosie/all/

Cafe opening at the markets tomorrow! We're super excited to have Be Free with us, specialising in coffee and delicious plates made with organic and local ingredients– some of which are supplied by our Farmer's Market stallholders.

We hope you'll join us for a coffee and breakfast before shopping for your weekly produce. Can't wait to see you there.

Be Free are open from 7am-12.30pm
Farmer's Market is open from 8am-12pm

𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞:
🌞 The Mushroom Guys
🌞 Regans Ridge
🌞 The Woodfired Baker
🌞 Kombination Seafood
🌞 Toutikian Biodinamyc
🌞 Valley View Orchard
🌞 M&M Trovato
🌞 ROAM Distillery
🌞 Mika Soap
🌞 PCF Nursery and Organic stall

𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘:
🚗 free parking in the TAFE carpark (Fielder St & Kengsington St intersection)
🚆 jump off the train at Claisebrook station
🚌 take a CAT bus & arrive at our front door.

Huge news! We are thrilled to announce that is coming to to create a wonderful new look cafe.

Join us for the soft opening this Saturday 6th July during the Farmer’s Market.

Be Free @ City Farm will be open from 7.00am til 12.30pm every Saturday for the next few months as they work on their interior fit out. Stay tuned for the announcement of the cafe doors opening mid-week!

This will be a second location for Be Free who specialise in creating beautifully crafted meals using only the best local and organic ingredients, with a strong commitment to enhance our environment. A perfect addition for Perth City Farm, a community urban farm that has been focusing on bringing people together to learn about sustainable living for 30 years. Be Free will bring the best elements of their existing Subiaco café and give it a City Farm twist, making the most of this unique location and utilising lots of the produce grown right on site.

Can’t wait to see you for a cuppa and organic bites at the farm. Look out for regular updates as this exciting collaboration blossoms.

Start your Saturday morning with us tomorrow— we’d love to see you!

We’ll have high quality seasonal produce as well as local honey, soaps, sourdough, seafood + more.

Plus Chess Group… and a cheese making workshop with Tim (if you missed out on the cheese making workshop this time, we have another one on the 13th July!)

See you there 👋🏻

𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞:
🌞 Kafe-a-gogo
🌞 The Mushroom Guys
🌞 Dean’s Bees
🌞 Regan’s Ridge
🌞 The Woodfired Baker
🌞 Kombination Seafood
🌞 Toutikian Biodynamic
🌞 Valley View Orchard
🌞 M&M Trovato
🌞 ROAM Distillery
🌞 Mika Soap
🌞 PCF Nursery and Organic stall

𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘:
🚗 free parking in the TAFE carpark (Fielder St & Kengsington St intersection)
🚆 jump off the train at Claisebrook station
🚌 take a CAT bus & arrive at our front door.

Are you interested in learning how to make your own Persian fetta cheese?

Our workshop 'Cheesemaking with Tim' will teach you fetta, Greek yoghurt and labneh - what a wonderful skill to have. Not only do you get to control the ingredients in your food, you will can tailor the taste, produce less waste and feel more independent with every new skill you learn. Absolutely no prior experience is needed for this workshop.

Tim will amaze you with his knowledge and skill on all things fermenting - he has been a chef for 24 years and runs a hot sauce business called 'Foraged Fire'. His workshops are known for the wonderful tastings.

You can book your spot here: https://events.humanitix.com/cheesemaking-2-with-tim

Our garden team is going off to TAFE! Delia, Jackson, and Anneke have all been accepted to do a Certificate III in Horticulture. We will miss them at the farm, but luckily, Jackson and Anneke will stay on in a part-time position.

We can't wait to learn from your new skills and knowledge.

Congratulations to the garden team!

There may be rain coming this Saturday, but our Farmer's Market will still be there, supplying you will all your fresh food needs for the week.

Yarn and Yarning will be there from 10am to 12noon under the eaves of the art room verandah and our local chess group is meeting at the side of the café.

Don't let all these wonderful people be lonely. Put on your gumboots and pack the umbrella, and come on down to the farm to do your shopping.

𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞:
🌞 Kafe-a-gogo
🌞 The Mushroom Guys
🌞 Eddie's Local Honey
🌞 Regan's Ridge
🌞 The Woodfired Baker
🌞 Kombination Seafood
🌞 Toutikian Biodynamic
🌞 Valley View Orchard
🌞 M&M Trovato
🌞 Mika Soap
🌞 PCF Nursery and Organic stall

𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘:
🚗 free parking in the TAFE carpark (Fielder St & Kengsington St intersection)
🚆 jump off the train at Claisebrook station
🚌 take a CAT bus & arrive at our front door.

Have you heard of Wild Brewing? It is the art of capturing naturally occurring, wild yeasts to create fizzy sodas with or without alcohol. Our instructor Tim Greaves will lead you on a journey to discover the delightful drinks you can make with foraged and local ingredients such as raw honey, native blossoms, green pine cones, and various botanicals.

Once you have understood this simple but fascinating process, there is no limit to your creativity. You will have endless possibilities for creating new flavour combinations.

There will be plenty of tastings during the workshop and you will go home with a ferment to get you started.

You can book this workshop through the link in our bio.

Everyone like getting a nice bouquet of flowers. But the cut-flower industry has a dark side, with unsustainable practices causing soil degradation, carbon emissions, and labour exploitation.

Why not grow your own flowers and learn how to make beautiful garden posies to cheer up your home or to give away? We have just released a new workshop to offer you just that. Garden Posies with Iris will teach you to get the best out of your homegrown flowers and greens.

You can book the workshop at https://events.humanitix.com/garden-posies-with-iris