Guided Tours of Brae Farm Start Autumn 2025
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A sustainable guest accommodation at Brae, featuring red brick walls, solar panels, and lush native landscaping under a bright blue sky.
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Chef in a white uniform walking through a greenhouse, inspecting fresh organic produce for farm-to-table dining at Brae
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Chef strolling through a field of blooming crops under a clear blue sky at Brae’s sustainable farm.
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Visitors to Brae now have the rare opportunity to tour Brae Farm, a regenerative agriculture project, with Brae Head Gardener, Jo Lawson.
For the first time, starting autumn 2025, Brae guests are invited to join an in-depth, one-hour guided tour of our 20-acre organic farm, every Friday morning at 11am.
Brae Head Gardener, Jo Lawson, will guide guests through the entire property. Together, they’ll visit Brae Farm’s vegetable production areas, fruit orchards, olive grove and polytunnel. Guests will see where and how organic fruit, vegetables, citrus, nuts, berries, honey and grain crops are grown for use in the restaurant menus. They’ll get a first-hand look at seasonal production, taste some of the varieties being harvested and see which crops are being planted.
Participants will learn about the regenerative agriculture project, which contributed to Brae gaining three-star accreditation from the Sustainable Restaurant Association in 2024. Jo will cover composting, waste management systems, cover cropping, soil health, organic pest management and biodynamics.
Jo Lawson joined Brae in November, 2022. She has a wealth of experience in biodynamic and organic market gardening around Australia, the USA, and Italy. Prior to Brae, Jo ran her own commercial organic market garden – growing and selling organic herbs, fruits and vegetables as The Green Acre, in Apollo Bay. She knows The Otways well and has a deep understanding of its mild climate and the challenges of growing heritage and unusual varieties in the region, adding to their ability to sustain consistently high quality and quantity of a wide range of specialty organic produce year-round.
Advance bookings are required.
- Farm tours can be booked online together with a Friday lunch reservation, or with a Thursday dine and stay reservation.
- Brae Farm Tour participants meet every Friday at 10.45am for an 11am departure, beginning March 7th, 2025.
- Cost: $30 per person, including a house-made, non-alcoholic beverage, made from Brae Farm produce.
For more information, visit braerestaurant.com
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