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| Welcome Back! | From the whole team at NECCHi, we hope you're having a lovely start to the year!
It's officially Biderap season, and the Ballam Ballam (Butterflies) are out making the most of the seasonal flowers and grasses.
As it heats up, remember that you're always welcome to drop into one of the Neighbourhood Houses to escape the heat.
Take a look at what's on offer between February and April at NECCHi, and take a peak behind the curtain of what we've been up to in the Newlands Kitchen! |
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| Necchi's 6th Annual Passata Party 🍅 | It's that time of the year again!
NECCHi's sixth (!!!) annual Passata Party is around the corner, and we're inviting you to a day of cooking and sharing delicious food in the Newlands Community Garden.
Nonna Rita & Nonno Umberto will be taking us through the process of making homemade passata from cutting and washing through to bottling.
Join us in the beautiful Community Gardens afterwards for a long table lunch with your neighbours, and some cool summer treats!
Saturday 21st March, 9:30am - 2pm.
Wear something red (or something you don't mind turning red), and join us for a day of festivities, family activities, and delicious food 🍅
Click here to book your ticket and secure a spot at the table!
More details to come! |
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 | Baby Massage Workshop with Bibha Sharma
Starting next week, Wednesday Feb 25!
Join Nurse and Infant Massage Specialist Bibha Sharma for this three-week workshop on full body baby massage, held at the Newlands Neighbourhood House. In each one-hour session, parents will be guided through a number of specific strokes for baby massage, with the aim of practicing the methods at home. Sessions two and three will begin by addressing any questions or concerns parents had in their home practice, before introducing new techniques and strokes. The three-week course is designed to allow for an intuitive approach to baby massage, and one that prioritises confidence and comfort, where both parents and babies can gain the full benefits of this practice. | |
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 | Shapes & Vessels: Handbuilding Ceramics Class with Chris Ellis
Starting next week, Wednesday Feb 25!
Shapes and vessels is a 4-week course in hand building with clay. We will use a variety of hand building techniques to assemble a vase, a vessel, or a sculpture by stacking and joining spheres, cubes, triangles and cylinders we make. The class is a playful approach to hand building.
Join ceramics teacher and artist, Chris Ellis, on a Wednesday morning from 10am for this series of workshops covering hand building techniques, assembling and joining, the finer points of the firing (bisque) process, and decorating and glazing your pieces before final firing. Materials and tools will be provided, just bring yourself! | |
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 | Come help to build up our community seed library! Come for an hour of power or stay for a bit longer.
We’ll be collecting seed, sorting seeds, making the seed library welcoming for community to borrow and contribute and harvesting for community.
Seeds, Harvest Monthly Group
When: 10-11.30am, Last Friday of the month
Where: Newlands Neighbourhood House Garden, 20 Murray Rd, Coburg
What: Drop in anytime between 10-11.30am for a calming session of seed collection, winnowing, sorting, harvesting and more.
All abilities welcome. Please get in touch with garden@necchi.org if you have any questions. | |
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 | Little Seeds Playgroup - Tuesday Afternoons
Our New Afternoon Little Seeds Playgroup is a perfect way to socialse, play, and learn with your little one after their midday nap!
Join our wonderful facilitator, Rose, on Tuesday afternoons at the Newlands Neighbourhood House for a range of engaging activities, all set up and ready for you!
Little Seeds offers a fantastic opportunity to connect with other local families while building, engaging in sensory & imaginative play, doing fun craft activities and sharing snacks!
If you're interested in joining the group, we're offering pro rata passes for Term 1 (Feb - April). | |
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 | Rainbow Playgroup
Our LGBTIQA+ exclusive playgroup is a rainbow parents-led playgroup for rainbow families. Every week parents and kids come together to have fun and connect with each other. This is a space for LGBITQA+ families to connect with peers, build community and not just be accepted but celebrated. All ages are welcome! Newcomers are always welcome with open arms. Turn up anytime during the session and stay as long as you like. We all have kids and know too well how hard is to manage naps etc. This is a safe space for LGBTIQA+ families with babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers, primary school kids. If you are not part of the LGBTIQA+ community we ask you to please attend a different playgroup. | |
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 | From Seeds to Streets: Creative Writing about Local Places
Gardens are restorative and fertile places for writers. They are vital, dynamic and can teach us about life’s cycles. They are spaces of mystery and uncertainty where things change, emerge or stir under the surface beyond our control or understanding. The NECCHi Wayi garden sprawls out into a suburban landscape with an interesting history, which adds layers of sensory experiences and stories to this special place.
Come enjoy some slow time paying attention and writing with me in the beautiful Wayi Garden at NECCHi, Newlands. We will engage in meditative writing practices in the garden, write creative pieces in response to a range of exercises and prompts, and read and discuss evocative pieces of writing about gardens and the suburbs. We will also deepen our understanding of the Wayi Garden and the Newlands area. Depending on participants’ interest and capacity, some sessions may involve short walks from the garden into the suburban streets around it. | |
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You pick 'em, we'll churn 'em! 🍦
If you've got some excess fruits and you're not sure what to do with them, bring'm into Newlands and help us churn 'em into delicious local sorbets with our small community-run ice creamery!
So far, we've developed a few favourites:
Backyard nectarines, lemon, and rosewater (pictured)
Nature strip plums, purple basil, and birdseye chili (far out)
We're on the lookout for bold flavours and even bolder tasters!
Get in touch: programs@necchi.org
Don't let'm go to waste! |
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| Become a NECCHi Neighbour in 2026! | NECCHi is a member-based not-for-profit organisation, which means that as a member, you can play an active role in shaping the organisation.
As a NECCHi Neighbour, you get: - 10% discount on full-priced tickets
- 4 free brews from Brewlands (that includes coffee, tea, chai, and hot chocs!)
- 1 pkt seeds from the NECCHi garden (subject to seasonal availability)
- Attend any $5 per session programmed activities for free
- Free hotdesking at East Coburg
- Invitation and voting rights at our AGM
We now offer 'Membership only' option, too,
if you're keen to join come on as a voting member at our AGM. Become a NECCHi Neighbour! |
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 | | ILLUSTRATIONS BY CLAIRE MOSLEY |
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East Coburg
Neighbourhood House
32 Nicholson St
Coburg VIC 3058
Ph 03 9913 5472 |   |
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