A local leading light of olive growers will be guest speaker at Kyneton Horticultural Society’s last speaker night for 2022.<\/p>\n
On Monday November 21, Rob Pearse will enlighten the audience about, you guessed it, growing olives.<\/p>\n
His talk is about the journey from virtually knowing zilch about horticulture, to becoming an olive grower. This happened almost by accident, and today, 14 years later, the self-described ‘Accidental Olivist’ has a successful olive business.<\/p>\n
Olive\u2019s Olives was established in 2008 and is a family run, 300-tree grove in the heart of the Macedon Ranges just north of Kyneton.<\/p>\n
Rob now also mentors the owners of several other groves in the region who love olives but have no knowledge regarding the harvesting\/pruning\/maintenance involved in successfully operating an olive grove.<\/p>\n
The business proudly sells directly to the local community, providores, restaurants, accommodation businesses, and vineyard cellar doors in the Macedon Ranges.<\/p>\n
The talk starts a little later than usual, due to the planting of a commemorative tree in the uniting church grounds at 6.30pm, so it will be about 8pm at Kyneton Football Club Rooms, Showgrounds, Mollison Street, Kyneton.<\/p>\n
Everyone is welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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