Urban Farming

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Andrew Wallace - Glowpear through and through

Recipe 11: Sprouting broccoli and mushroom rice bowl

Neroli Henderson + Muppety Muffinson - Quilting green

Andrew Wallace - Glowpear through and through

Andrew Wallace's connection to the environment stems from his earliest memories spending holidays at his uncle's deer farm. Here they had an extensive garden, which was Andrew's first experience of a sustainable ecosystem. Waste from the farm would help cultivate the gardens with resultant produce grown to eat over dinner, a truly cyclical system.

Recipe 11: Sprouting broccoli and mushroom rice bowl

This recipe is a great way to use sprouting brassicas or other leafy greens from your Glowpear, in a delicate Japanese inspired dish.

Neroli Henderson + Muppety Muffinson - Quilting green

Neroli Henderson is an internationally award winning artist who uses fabric, stitch, photography, paint and other mixed media to create art quilts, and Muppety Muffinson her five year old Bichon Frisé. Both love gardening in the clouds!

Recipe 10: Zucchini and basil slice with roasted balsamic cherry tomatoes

Late summer harvests always need a yummy solution to make sure the produce you've grown doesn't go to waste. Lloyd has made sure he's got that sorted this year, so get your baking tins ready for this corker!

Darren Purchese - The sweetest creations

Darren Purchese is the owner and creator behind Melbourne’s Burch & Purchese Sweet Studio. He is one of most respected pastry chefs working in Australia today and is renowned for his exquisite and extravagant sweet creations.

Recipe 9: Fuzzy basil cheese sticks

Our friend Alice Zaslavsky has a range of new vegetable based recipes that Lloyd has been trying out this spring with the produce from his Glowpear Café Planters . Here's a super simple and yummy way to use up that excess basil from your Glowpear!

Alice Zaslavsky - Veg vocalist!

Following Masterchef, Alice Zaslavsky got vocal! Now she is a food literacy advocate; resident culinary correspondent for ABC News Breakfast; author of two books; and creator of a free digital toolbox helping teachers slip more serves of vegetables into the classroom. We sat down with Alice to see what makes her tick.

Claudia Jovanovski - Food for life

Claudia Jovanovski is going places. The internationally recognised fitness personality manages a busy schedule of well-known brand engagements, along with running a lifestyle business. Claudia has a bunch of Glowpear Urban Gardens and Minis at home, where she grows a range of fruits, veggies and herbs so she can prepare fresh salads, Sunday bruschetta, pesto, Mexican dishes, and curries.

Recipe 8: Curry roasted cauliflower and pumpkin with crispy kale chips

Spring is in the air, as winter fades like a distant memory. Winter produce beckons, so I've come up with this perfect dish to use up the final remants of the crops from colder months.

Recipe 7: Winter broccoli soup

As winter approaches, it'll be time to harvest some of those healthy greens from your veggie patch. Try making this awesome soup with your crop as Lloyd has done with produce from his Café Planters.

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