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Want to meet Vasili?
Check out his appearance schedule for a location near you!

Date / Time: 16 March 2010, (1.30pm-2.30pm)
Event / Location: Boeing Wellbeing Group afternoon, Boeing Reserve Community Hall, Strathmore Heights

Join Vasili and learn about product gardening, and courtyard gardens.
Discuss ways on establishing community gardens to help those who are not so fortunate.
Get together and help support organic/traditional gardening for everyone

Date / Time: 14 March 2010, (12.30pm-2.00pm)
Event / Location: Darebin Kite Festival, All Nations Park Northcote

Join Vasili and fly a kite in harmony of diverse cultures in our wonderful country.
Learn all things organic and gardening too with Vasili and join in on a great Zorba doance too.
Sustainable living is what it’s all about.
Maresi!

Date / Time: 13 March 2010, (3.30pm-5.00pm)
Event / Location: Brimbank Festival, Hampshire Road Sunshine

Come along to the annual festival at Brimbank and be entertained by Vasili’s crzy and wacky gardening presentations, lots of great gardening tips and for everyone to enjoy.

Date / Time: 13 March 2010, (11.00am-2.00pm)
Event / Location: Pepper Green Farm Community festival, 40 - 44 Thunder Street, North Bendigo

Learn more about gardeing the traditional way, view some great photos of gardens and the people who practice the basics in gardning, producing wonderful produce and flowers.Get inspired by this great presentation to get out into the garden and do the same yourself, and don’t forget the dancing shoes too.
Join Vasili for a great day out in the garden.

Date / Time: 07 March 2010, (2.45pm-3.45pm)
Event / Location: Melbourne Water Festival , Melbourne Water Backyard at Birrarung Marr, near the ArtPlay building

All things organice at this festival folks, Join Vasili for a fun time gardening and all things organic.
Learn about practical gardening practices along with a lot of great preserving recipes too.
But most importantly learn how to be water efficient during today’s water restrictions.

Date / Time: 06 March 2010, (11.00am-12.00pm)
Event / Location: Sustainable Home and Garden Expo, Steampacket Gardens on the Geelong Waterfront

Come down to Geelong and meet Vasili, bring along your gardening question ready and your dancing shoes on too.
Learn how organic recycling works and the benefits of using it in your own garden.
Vasili will be presenting a slide show of Real People and Real Gardens.
Lot’s of fun and dancing too.;

Date / Time: 28 February 2010, (12.00pm-3.00pm)
Event / Location: Moonee Valley Festival , Queens Park Mount Alexander Rd Moonee Ponds

Come along for a great day of celebration, meet Vasili and learn all about composting and recycling the traditional way,
Find out where all our waste products go and how much of them really get recycled and how much ends up into land fill.

Date / Time: 25 February 2010, (6.00pm-9.00pm)
Event / Location: Bunnings Ladies Day D.I.Y. Workshops, Bunnings 290-298 Millers Rd Altona North

Ladies Day
D.I.Y. workshop or similar activity
Vasili will be there engaging with customers and Team Members from Bunnings Altona North, Come down and get your shooping done and meet Vasili too.
Join us for a great night of gardening.

Date / Time: 22 February 2010, (11.00am-12.00pm)
Event / Location: Vasili's 101ways to grow it and eat it Book Launch, Munro Street Nursery 21-25 Munro street Coburg

Vasili will be launching his new book 101 ways to grow it and eat at his own Garden Centre in Coburg.
Victorian Multicultural Commissioner George Lekakis will be joining us as guest speaker to launch the book.
So join us in celebration with lots of food, dancing and fun times

Date / Time: 21 February 2010, (11.00am-12.30pm)
Event / Location: Brimbank Festival Westvale Community Centre, , Kings Rd in St Albans

Vasili will be appearing at the Festival so bring your dancing shoes and all your gardening problems; he’ll solve them with a quick Zorba dance.
Learn all about recycling Green Organics and the benefits of using it in your garden.

Date / Time: 21 February 2010, (9.00am-10.00am)
Event / Location: 3AW live interview with Jane and Steve, 693 on your radio dial

Vasili will be promoting his new book 101 Ways to grow it and eat it, out now in all good book stores.
packed full of great gardening tips, that are down to earth, simple to do and very organic.

Date / Time: 24 October 2009, (1.00pm-2.30pm)
Event / Location: Park Orchards Garden & Building Supplies, 2-16 Hopetoun Rd. Park Orchards.

Vasili will be at Park Orchards Garden & Building Supplies, so come down to meet Vasili and bring along all your gardening questions and problems.
He is sure to solve them and have you dancing the Zorba too.

Date / Time: 22 October 2009, ((7.00pm-8.30pm))
Event / Location: Coburg Library, Cnr Victoria mall & Louisa st Coburg

Vasili will promoting his new book “From the Graden to the Kitchen”
answering all your gardening and cooking questions too.
will lots of stories about the characters and recipes in the book and lots of prizes to be won too!

Date / Time: 19 October 2009, ((1.00pm-3.00pm))
Event / Location: Werribee Garden Club, Wyndham Civic Centre 45 Princess Hwy Werribee

Come along and enjoy a Power Point presentation on traditional gardening with lots of photos of gardens and familiar faces too.
Bring along your dancing shoes ‘cause by the end of the presentation, Vasili will have you dancing till you drop.

Date / Time: 18 October 2009, ((11.30am-2.30pm))
Event / Location: Whitehorse Sring in to Festival, 379-397 Whitehorse Rd

Learn all about composting and recycling the traditional way,
Find out where all our waste products go and how much of them really get recycled and how much ends up into land fill.

Date / Time: 15 October 2009, ((6.00pm-9.00pm))
Event / Location: Bunnings Port Melbourne, 501 Williamstown Rd Port Melbourne

Come down and have all your gardening fears resolved.
Now that it’s spring time, learn to graft and bud your fruit and citrus trees.
Learn about the great new products now available and roadtest them to see how good they really are.

Date / Time: 26 September 2009, ((2.30pm-3.30pm))
Event / Location: Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, Victorian Government Pavilion

Learn how to survive in your garden leading into summer during water restrictions.
Become more waterwise by learning and practicing some of the great tips Vasili will be sharing with you on the day.

Date / Time: 23 September 2009, ((7.30pm-8.30pm))
Event / Location: Monash Seminar and Training Centre, 1A Atherton Rd, Oakleigh

Learn more about gardeing the traditional way, view some great photos of gardens and the people who practice the basics in gardning, producing wonderful produce and flowers.Get inspired by this great presentation to get out into the garden and do the same.

Date / Time: 19 September 2009, ((2.30pm-3.30pm))
Event / Location: Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, Victorian Government Pavilion

Learn how to survive in your garden leading into summer during water restrictions.
Become more waterwise by learning and practicing some of the great tips Vasili will be sharing with you on the day.

Date / Time: 16 September 2009, ((11am-2pm))
Event / Location: Bunnings Scoresby store,

Come down and have all your gardening fears resolved.
Being a ladies day at Bunnings you might want to join the club too and receive the great benefits that Bunnings has to offer.

Date / Time: 24 May 2009, (All day)
Event / Location: Brisbane Greek Festival, Brisbane

Vasili’s doing Greek in Brisbane, so for all of you who are looking for a great weekend away with lot’s organic Mediterranean style cooking, come to Brisbane Paniyiri Greek Festival on the 24th and 25th of April.
Vasili will be demonstrating all things organic in Mediterranean style cooking and lot’s of dancing too!
See you there!

Date / Time: 03 May 2009, (10am-11.30am)
Event / Location: MWMG Stonnington Festival, To Confirm

Vasili will be appearing at Brimbank Festival between 10am-11.30am on Sunday 3rd May,
Bring your dancing shoes and all your gardening problems; he’ll solve them with a quick Zorba dance.
Learn all about recycling Green Organics and the benefits of using it in your garden.
And don’t forget the Seasol!

Date / Time: 26 April 2009, (12pm-3pm)
Event / Location: MWMG Moreland Festival, Mott Reserve Cromwell st Glenroy

Vasili will be appearing at Hobson Bay Festival in Moreland between 12-3pm on Sunday 26th April,
So have your gardening question ready and your dancing shoes on too.
Learn how organic recycling works and the benefits of using it in your own garden.

Date / Time: 04 April 2009, (2:00pm - 3:30pm)
Event / Location: Collins Books, Northland Shopping Centre

Vasili will be appearing at Collins Book store for a book signing in launching his new book, “From the Garden to the Kitchen”
Come along and meet Vasili and have your book personally autographed by the man himself.
Don’t forget your dancing shoes.

Date / Time: 04 April 2009, (11.30AM - 1.00PM)
Event / Location: Garden Trade, 282-284 Boundary Road, Braeside.

Vasili will be appearing at Garden Trade to talk with the public and customers of Garden Trade, answer their gardening queries and talk about how to use recycled compost, mulch and also gardening in general.
Tel: 9587 2001

Date / Time: 29 March 2009, (12.30pm-3pm)
Event / Location: Banyule Festival,

Vasili will be appearing at Banyule Festival between 12.30-3pm on Sunday 29th March,
He’ll be talking about all things sustainable and of coarse recycling green organics.
Don’t be shy to come along and test his knowledge in organic gardening.

Date / Time: 28 March 2009, (11.30am-1pm)
Event / Location: MWMG Brimbank Festival, 80 Harvester Rd Sunshine

Vasili will be appearing at Brimbank Festival between 11.30am-1pm on Saturday 28th March,
Bring your dancing shoes and all your gardening problems; he’ll solve them with a quick Zorba dance.
Learn all about recycling Green Organics and the benefits of using it in your garden.

Date / Time: 28 March 2009, (2pm-3.30pm)
Event / Location: MWMG Hobsons Bay Festival, To Confirm

Vasili will be appearing at Hobsons Bay Festival between 2-3.30pm on Saturday 28th March,
If dancing at Brimbank wasn’t enough, come along with your dancing shoes and all your gardening problems to Hobsons Bay for more Zorba dancing.
Learn all about recycling Green Organics and the benefits of using it in your garden, now available are recycled mulch, soil and compost. Just ask Vasili to teach you more about them.

Date / Time: 25 March 2009, (9am-11am)
Event / Location: Kerri Anne Morning Show, Channel 9

Watch Vasili on Kerri Anne Morning show demonstrating traditional Mediterranean cooking and great organic Gardening tips.
Being Greek International Day, there’ll be lots of Greek singing dancing and plates breaking.
Watch Vasili teach Kerri Anne to dance the Zorba. Fun for all to Watch.

Date / Time: 21 March 2009, (3pm-10pm)
Event / Location: Greek Antipodes Festival, Lonsdale Street

Vasili will be appearing at the Antipodes Greek Festival in Lonsdale St Melbourne from 3pm till very late on Saturday 21st and 22nd March.
Filming for Vasili’s Garden TV show will also be going on at the festivals.
Lots of give away and prizes to be won too, so don’t miss out.
Your chance to win a trip to Greece by entering the Zorba till you drop competition in the biggest Zorba dance in the southern hemisphere.

Date / Time: 21 March 2009, (9.30am-11am)
Event / Location: Boroondara Festival,

Vasili will be appearing at Boroondara Bay Festival between 9-11am on Saturday 21st March, He’ll be talking about all things sustainable and of coarse recycling green organics. Don’t be shy to come along and test his knowledge. Don’t forget the Seasol!

Date / Time: 21 March 2009, (12.30-2pm)
Event / Location: MWMG Mitre 10 In store Promotion, Bayswater

Vasili will be appearing at Mitre 10 in Bayswater between 12.30-2pm on Saturday 21st March, Plenty of gardening solutions for all who turn up, lots of Zorba dancing too.

Date / Time: 12 March 2009, (2pm-3.45pm)
Event / Location: Hobson Bay Festival, Altona

Vasili will be appearing at Hobson Bay Festival in Altona between 2-4pm on Thursday 12th March, So have your gardening question ready and your dancing shoes on.

Date / Time: 08 March 2009, (1pm-2pm)
Event / Location: RRR Radio Promotion Talk, Brunswick

Listen to RRR radio 102.7 FM between 1pm-2pm on Sunday 8th March, Vasili will be getting dirty with the crew from Dirty Deeds.

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To find the answer, watch Vasili's Garden on C31 each week.

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Name 3 varieties of European plums

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Female flowers need pollen from Male flowers to set fruit.

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