In this garden to glass session you will learn how to transform your garden—no matter how compact—into a vibrant source of culinary inspiration.
Join Corinne Mossati, a passionate gardener who cultivates a diverse array of flavoursome ingredients in her townhouse courtyard, as she demonstrates how limited space can be maximised for both gardening and culinary pursuits. She'll share practical tips on integrating gardening with cooking to enhance flavours and foster a sense of achievement in sustainable living.
Key Topics Include:
- What is a cocktail garden & what to grow in it, looking at the popular & less common botanicals for your cocktail garden (includes herbs, flowers, fruit, vegetables and Australian natives)
- Examples and tips for using garden grown botanicals in cocktails and botanical beverages. Craft drinks like mint juleps, herbal gin fizzes, and lavender lemon drops.
- What are shrubs; Shrubs & sustainability; Overview of shrub making; Shrubs in cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages
- Garden cocktail inspiration
In this engaging one-hour Master Class, we delve into intentional flavour cultivation, showcasing how to utilise fruits and flowers that are past their prime, thereby promoting sustainable living.
Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out, this session will equip you with the knowledge to elevate your gardening and culinary practices, making the most of every plant and every space.
This session is part of a three part series called “Grow More Flavour”. Other topics include ‘Grow Spices – Ginger Turmeric an more.’, ‘Edible Flowers’ and ‘Plants for Vinegars Sodas and Cocktails’. Book the Series Package for discount. Friends of SGA receive a 15% discount on Master Class full price tickets. You can become a Friend of SGA here. Green Garden Professional (GGPs) receive a 30% discount.
Sessions are recorded and sent out to participants to view for a month after the session.
You will learn
- How to grow more botanicals in your garden
You will get
- Free access to recording for 2 weeks
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Corinne Mossati is a drinks writer, author, cocktail gardener and founder/editor of Cocktails & Bars, The Gourmantic Garden and Gourmantic websites. With comprehensive experience in hospitality media since 2009, she has written extensively about cocktails, spirits, bars, food, restaurants, travel, and in more recent years, edible and cocktail gardening.
She’s a cocktail developer and grows a wide range of botanicals including Australian natives that naturally end up in her cocktails. In 2023, she published her first book ‘GROW YOUR OWN COCKTAIL GARDEN, 1 Part Grow Guides, 1 Part Cocktails & a Dash of Flavour Pairing’ followed by ‘SHRUBS & BOTANICAL SODAS, Drinking Vinegars from the Garden’ in 2024 and ‘AUSTRALIAN NATIVE EDIBLES – GROW IT EAT IT DRINK IT‘ in 2025.
Corinne’s cocktail garden was featured on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia in a segment on ‘Botanical Beverages’ with host Costa Georgiadis. She’s a contributor to Real World Gardener radio program and featured in several local and international publications including Pip Magazine, Organic Gardener, Australian Bartender, Bars & Clubs, Distiller (USA) and Breathe (UK) magazines as well as interviewed on Practical Permaculture Podcast and Sydney Chic.
She was guest speaker on International Permaculture Day 2024 with Permaculture Northern Beaches where she presented a live demonstration and tasting of drinking shrubs and botanical sodas. In 2022, she presented a live webinar on ‘How to Use Your Edible Garden Botanicals in Cocktails’ for Grow It Local members followed by a live Q&A session. She is a contributor to Diageo Bar Academy, a training platform for bartenders.
Her garden has won several awards including Randwick Council Garden Awards for Best Edible Garden and Eco Champion. She was first place winner in the Grow It Local Awards 2022 in the Best Veggie Patch Name category and runner up in Sustainable Gardener award in 2023.
Corinne lives with her partner on Bidjigal and Gadigal land in Sydney, Australia. She can be contacted on [email protected]. Imagery is available upon request. For more information, visit corinnemossati.com.
Organized by
Sustainable Gardening Australia
603 reviewsSustainable Gardening Australia (SGA) is a not-for-profit non-government organiation dedicated to achieving a healthy biodiverse planet.
Its driving purpose is to:
- Encourage, educate and enable home and professional gardeners to adopt sustainable gardening practices to protect or enhance the natural environment;
- Provide information, education and undertake research about the natural environment;
- Reconnect people to the natural world through gardening; and
- Ensure an understanding of the impacts that gardening decisions about chemical and resource use have on the natural environment well beyond their neighbourhood.
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SGA’s Booking Conditions
- Bookings are considered final once payment is made and no refunds will be given for non-attendance.
- If there are insufficient numbers for an event it may be cancelled or postponed by SGA. If this is the case, you will be notified and given the option of either a full refund or a transfer to a different SGA event of equivalent value.
- Please arrive 10 minutes before the scheduled starting time for registration and seating
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