Dairy Flat Farm by Lake House
Dairy Flat Farm by Lake House is a regenerative growing facility originally established to provide much of the raw ingredients needed for the 2 chef hat kitchen at Lake House, Daylesford. Since opening in 2019 it has expended to include not only the productive farm gardens but also olive grove, orchard, medicinal herb and flower garden, rejuvenated vineyard of chardonnay and pinot grapes, bee hives, ornamental gardens, a sourdough bake house which focuses on slw fermentation and associated viennoiserie and a serviced 6 suite Lodge.
The Fruits of Life
Inspiring our community to live healthier, happier lives by delivering locally grown and sustainably farmed fresh produce, direct to their door.
Heritage Fruit Trees
Heritage Fruit Trees is run by Rob Pelletier with a small permanent team and casual helpers during the winter pick, pack and post. Glenview Park Farm, 145 acres of paradise, is near Beaufort in Victoria. Around 40 acres is farmed with the balance reasonably high quality and endangered Grassy Woodland and Heathy Dry Forest complex, including some trees the ecologists have suggested might be old growth. This section of the property is important for the ecosystem services it provides for us and the local area.
The property has included a nursery for at least three decades, first growing perennials for the nursery trade and then local provenance native plants for re-vegetation projects. It is now used to produce heirloom variety fruit trees, especially pomme fruits, blueberries, raspberries and ornamentals. The property includes a collection of over 500 varieties of heritage and some modern fruit tree varieties.
As well as quite a large mob of kangaroos, the farm includes our Maremmas Badger and Pippin, a small flock of alpacas and sheep, and the occasional marauding deer. All need to be fed regularly, except the deer.
Village Dreaming
I am a grower and cooking teacher. I teach rare trade skills through my farm ORTO. Wild yeasted bread making skills, pasta making skills, salami, fermenting, food preserving, foraging and wild edible fungi identification skills. I run chestnut and garlic harvesting sagras and tours of our farm. We are an agritourism property with a farm stay and run private and public cooking classes
Meredith Farm Produce
Meredith Farm Produce has been created to promote and sell produce from the Meredith Dairy Farm. A shop & cafe "Meredith Farm Produce", has been purchased to showcase and retail the farm produce. The venue can seat 30 indoors and 30 outdoor (not under cover). A kitchen garden and commercial kitchen compliment the theme for a Paddock to Plate experience.
Bloomin Fresh
Organic fruit and vegetables and pantry items, local fruit and vegetables, local preserves, local and regeneratively farmed meat, free range eggs, plants, seeds.