CERES Workshops and Courses
At CERES, we offer more than 70 learning programs for all ages. Take a weekend workshop to learn a new skill, or embark on a long-term course that might just change the course of your life.
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Therapeutic Horticulture Program
Learn to design garden-based activities that support the physical, mental and social health of individuals.
The Herbal Apprentice
An in-depth learning experience exploring ecosystem health through herbal practice.
Organic Vegetable Growing
Learn how to get the most from your garden and enjoy an abundance of organic vegetables, fruits and herbs.
Sustainable Gardening
Improve your skills and get your hands dirty with our practical sustainable gardening course.
Growing & Cooking with Bushfoods
Delve into the intriguing and delicious world of learning to grow and cook Australian bush foods.
Healthy Indoor Plants
Learn everything you need to know to keep a thriving indoor garden.
Plants and Permaculture
Learn to live a permaculture lifestyle and how to take care of plants in the kitchen and garden.
Mushroom Growing
Learn the secrets to successful oyster mushroom growing at home.
Complete Urban Farmer
An introduction to the world of urban farming – a perfect portal to your own patch.
Landscape Restoration and Indigenous Ecology
Develop an understanding of ecology and conservation in urban environments and benefit from a real connection to place.
Introduction to Horticulture and Permaculture
This course is comprised of Selected units from Certificate II in Horticulture (AHC20422) & Certificate II in Permaculture (AHC21722).
Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Learn how to incorporate Indigenous plants into your own garden through simple, highly effective design methods
Beginners Backyard Beekeeping
Beginners Backyard Beekeeping takes you through the A-Z of keeping a healthy, productive hive at home.
Backyard Beekeeping Basics
Build your knowledge of managing a backyard beehive with our Backyard Beekeeping Basics workshop.
Edible Weeds
Learn about the seasonal edible weeds that thrive in Melbourne and explore these plants’ culinary, medicinal and ecological uses.
Design Your Own Garden
Develop the skills to conceive, design and build your own edible garden oasis.
Soils and Composting
Deepen your understanding of soils and composting in this workshop and ensure you never see the ground in the same way again!
Intro to Working in Therapeutic Horticulture
Learn to design garden-based activities that support the physical, mental and social health of individuals.
Natural Plant Dyeing
Discover nature’s hidden sources of colour using millennia-old eco dyeing techniques.
Therapeutic Horticulture Program
Gardening and spending time in nature are proven activities to promote physical, mental and social wellbeing.
Pruning and Care of Fruit Trees
Discover how to grow, maintain, prune and care for fruit and nut trees to ensure bountiful harvests.