MOUNTAIN ROAD ESTATE

5881 Mountain Rd, Normanby

Owner: Kylie and Dan Zinsli

Size: 3 acres with 240 truffle-inoculated trees, 500 lavender, 100 white sage and 100 hazelnut trees.

Key features:

• Co-planting, truffles, hazelnut, as well as lavender and white sage fields.

• On-site distillation for hydrosols and essentials oils.

• Soon to be selling truffle and hazelnuts nationally.

Mountain Road Estate is also on the Sustainable Backyards Trail (1-10 Nov) showcasing their property.

Distillation experience - Tour, Talk & Tasting

Guided tour of the lavender and white sage fields then watch as Dan distills to learn about the process and healing properties of oils and hydrosol. Product testing and purchase available.

• 2.30pm-4pm 16 Nov (Sat)

Admission: $5 cash including sampling

Spaces limited, please register here.

Understanding Truffles - Tour & Talk

Guided tour of the inoculated trees then learn how mycorrhizal fungi creates a symbiotic relationships with its host tree and forms a network under the ground, eventually fruiting truffle in winter.

• 2.30pm-4pm 17 Nov (Sun)

Admission: $10 cash

Spaces limited, please register here.

Herbal tea discovery - Tour, Talk & Tasting

Learn to make herbal tea from the garden, traditional uses of common herbs and how you can benefit from them.

• 1pm-2.30pm 16 Nov (Sat)

• 1pm-2.30pm 17 Nov (Sun)

Admission: $5 including tasting, take home herbal teas

Spaces limited, please register here.