Gaia's Table - Sydney Raw Food Support Group

Welcome!

 

Welcome to GAIA’s Table: 

The support group for practicing vegan raw foodists in Sydney, established in July of 2005. 

 

 We welcome all people who are interested in the pursuit of a raw vegan lifestyle. Regular vegan raw feast gatherings happen each month around the Sydney metropolitan area, we look forward to seeing you at one of them. Please click the register link above if you would like your name added to our group email list as a member to receive news updates.

 Kindest thoughts, Gay & Joy

Joy Mozzi, Facilitator   Gay Campbell, Founder   Tony Young, Site Manager

 

Kids in a Candy (Fruit) Store

Raw Retreat July, 2009 - Point Wolstoncroft
by Joy Mozzi

As a child visiting grandparents in England, we used to visit the lolly shop on the corner…….a paradise of glass jars filled with rainbows, all shapes and sizes. Sticky, sugary, syrupy, gummy, rock hard inorganic substances, artificial colours, toffee that glued itself to teeth, peppermints that eroded the enamel, sugars that left you thirsty, fake sickly sweet smells, tummies that ended up nauseous. Hmmm, I think my tastes have changed somewhat.

Kitchen elves -some of the fresh produce - Nicole, Sienna & Sarah

Standing next to the boxes and boxes of fresh organic fruits and vegetables at our retreat created waves of pleasure and anticipation. Dragon fruit! Oh my, what a treat! Tons of them just for us and lemonades, juicy sweet lemons cross between a lemon and a mandarin. Pineapples, tropical delights, plump juicy tomatoes and sweet oranges, shiny green zucchini, a box of kiwi fruit, avocadoes, salad greens, baby capsicums, bananas, medjool dates, fresh macadamia nuts still in their outer shell. Sigh, such bliss - Raw Food Heaven.

Reflections in an Enchanted Garden

- Permaculture Raw Feast July 14th, 2009

Once upon a time, there was an ordinary patch of ground surrounding an ordinary townhouse and then Lucinda moved in.

Mirror mirror on the hedge who is the fairest veg of all? Hanging pots, trailing vines, mandalas, flags, trickling water features, ponds of shiny new water ready for frogs and lizards – all flowing together in an enchanted garden.

Hanging pots, trellis, vines	Mirror mirror on the wall…

Mirrors reflect the sun, radiating warmth into shady corners where plants bask in the glow. While not necessarily a permaculture principle the plants seem to thrive on the reflected warmth. A dozen or more mirrors placed in specific positions around the garden create a fairytale effect like Alice in Wonderland through the looking glass. Our own reflections looked back at us from a hedge, ‘windows’ into another dimension.