How fabulous!

Alphington Food Hub is delighted to welcome local legends Northcote Bakeshop to the neighbourhood. It’s been a long time coming!  

Northcote Bakeshop are an institution on High Street in Northcote, recently notching up 10 years of deliciousness and leadership in community initiatives. Peter and Hiruni have initiated many sustainability networks and projects, including produce swaps and pay it forward programs through COVID19. Recently Hiruni was recognised as Citizen of the Year by Darebin City Council, particularly for her work establishing the Wangim Cup project across Darebin reducing coffee cups going to landfill.

And now they are opening a cafe just up the road at the Melbourne Farmers Market site.

The café will offer fabulous coffee, fresh loaves of sourdough and pastries daily plus a range of sandwiches. All handmade, with local ingredients.

Alphington Bakeshop opens Friday and Saturday 8am-2pm and is accessible through the pedestrian gate on the corner of Yarana Road.

On Sundays it will open from 9am-2pm as part of the market offering - with access through the main gates.

And … we look forward to seeing them open more often towards summer when the garden café really blooms! The space will unfold as they settle in and the weather improves.

In the meantime, you can rug up and embrace the covered, outdoor space with something nourishing to keep you warm.

We hosted another great workshop with Gordon Carr on the weekend.

Our Sewing Machine Maintenance workshop was fully booked and our largest room was filled with sewing machines and their owners - wanting to learn how to avoid costly repairs and how best to maintain their own machines.

Gordon’s long history in this field of work makes him a gem of a teacher.

He has props that explain all the parts of a machine - like the clear-cased sewing machine pictured above! He is very honest about the common things that users often do wrong and he shares simple tips that can help you avoid making the same mistakes with your own machine.

There is a second workshop coming up - this time for overlockers - on Saturday 10th of September from 10am-12:30pm here at the Alphington Community Centre. The cost is $45 and there are still a few spots left if you are interested. You can book in here.

Darebin City Council warmly invites you to GANBU GULIN: Imagining.

This is the opening event for the Darebin Fuse Festival, Spring 2022, featuring powerful live music, workshops and a marketplace.

To find out more about this event and what else is on as part of the festival click here.

Thanks Elaine for these gorgeous teeny tiny fingerless mittens! They’re super cute. We’ve always got wonderful volunteers like Elaine and Sandra (and Frank who knits hats) who repurpose donated wool … turning it into blankets and scarves and all sorts of wonderful things that we sell for fundraising (to support our programs) at our makers markets etc.

If you ever have wool (8ply or fatter is ideal) that needs a new home think of us … we love ❤️ donations!

A CREATIVE EXPERIMENT

Inspired by David Whyte's Three Illusions, local artist Luke Edwards is hosting Warm August Nights for two nights in August at the Alphington Bowls Club (Wednesday 17 & 24). These evenings will explore the illusions through music and word, dive deep into heartbreak and consider the way of wholehearted living. Tickets available here.

It sounds pretty interesting right? Isn’t it fabulous that ABC supports local artists to create these opportunities in our local area.