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Permaculture Hawkesbury Valley Inc., Buttsworth Lane, Wilberforce (2026)

10/06/2026

🫙 Happening this Saturday!!!

Introduction to Home Canning & Preserving Workshop

When: Saturday 13th June

Time: 1pm- 3pm

Where: Held in our outdoor classroom and bush kitchen on our Permaculture Farm. Located inside the Australiana Pioneer Village. 10 Rose st, Wilberforce.

Tired of wondering what’s really in your food? Want to take control of your pantry and enjoy homemade, preservative-free preserves all year round? Or preserve your seasonal produce to last throughout the year? Join us for a hands-on Canning & Food Preservation Workshop where you’ll gain the confidence and skills to safely preserve your own food at home!

What You’ll Experience
• Engaging Presentation & Hands-On Learning: We’ll start with an informative session on safe food preservation, followed by a guided, hands-on canning experience
• Make Your Own Preserves: Using fresh, local, and seasonal ingredients, you’ll learn how to pressure can and waterbath can. In this session you will pressure can your own jar carrots to take home.
• Master Safe Canning Techniques: Learn how to preserve high-acid foods using the boiling water bath method and safely can low-acid foods, like vegetables, meats, and soups, with a pressure canner
• Expert Guidance & Take-Home Resources: You’ll leave with the knowledge, confidence, and tools to continue canning at home, plus an information-packed booklet with everything covered in class, including delicious recipes!

Why Join This Workshop
• Learn a Lifelong Skill: Canning isn’t just about food storage—it’s about self-sufficiency, reducing food waste, and making the most of seasonal produce
• Hands-On & Interactive: This is more than just a class—you’ll actively participate in the process and take home a preserved jar of carrots
• All Supplies Included: Just bring yourself! Everything you need to can successfully will be provided.
Spaces are limited, so reserve your spot today and start your journey to homemade, shelf-stable, and delicious preserves!

🎟️ Book your tickets here 👇🏻

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1988886613400?aff=oddtdtcreator

03/06/2026

Only a few tickets left to this Saturday’s Sourdough Masterclass workshop!

🥖✨ Ever dreamed of baking beautiful artisan sourdough bread at home? ✨🥖

On Saturday 6th June, step away from the rush of life and immerse yourself in the peaceful surrounds of our permaculture farm and bush kitchen located inside the Australiana Pioneer Village, Wilberforce.

In this hands-on Sourdough Masterclass, you’ll unlock the secrets of baking authentic sourdough bread from scratch. Imagine the smell of fresh bread wafting through your home, nourishing your family with wholesome loaves made by YOU. Store bought sourdough can cost around $12 a loaf! We will show you how to bake your own for just $0.50c a loaf 🍞

🍞 What you’ll experience:
✅ Learn how to create and care for your own sourdough starter
✅ Mix, stretch and fold your own dough to take home and bake
✅ Watch and participate as we shape, score and bake a loaf together in class – then enjoy a warm slice straight from the oven
✅ Take home a full workbook with recipes and instructions
✅ Gain the confidence and practical skills to continue your sourdough journey at home

🌿 Why join us?
Because baking sourdough is so much more than making bread – it’s a calming practice that connects you to timeless traditions, nourishes your body, and saves you money along the way.

🎟️ Limited spots available to ensure a personal, interactive learning experience.

👉 Book your ticket now and start your sourdough journey:

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1988886678595?aff=oddtdtcreator

Come and spend a beautiful day learning, baking, and connecting on the farm. We can’t wait to welcome you. 💛

28/05/2026

🌧️ FRIDAY HOMESCHOOL CLASS 🌨️

Due to the extreme weather conditions and ongoing heavy rainfall, tomorrow’s class has unfortunately been cancelled in line with our Extreme Weather Policy.

With the significant rainfall over the past few days, continued rain today, and further heavy rain forecast tomorrow, the grounds throughout the Village and garden are extremely soaked, muddy, slippery, and unsafe to traverse.

With the safety and wellbeing of the children in mind, we feel it is in the best interest of all to cancel tomorrow’s class.

We will continue with this week’s topic of Natural Pest Control next week after we finish making our winter sauerkraut!

Thank you for your understanding and stay safe and dry, see you next week for sauerkraut making!

06/05/2026

Our last Wild Mushroom Foraging Workshop for 2026 is happening this Saturday!!

Great gift idea for Mum this Mothers Day Weekend 💐

🍄‍🟫Wild Mushroom Foraging Workshops – Hampton NSW 🍄
7 Dates Available | Autumn 2026

Autumn in Hampton means one thing… mushrooms! 🍂🍄‍🟫
Join us for a guided wild mushroom foraging experience through the magnificent conifer pine forests of Hampton, NSW, and learn how to confidently and safely forage for Saffron Milk Cap mushrooms (Lactarius deliciosus) and Slippery Jacks.

This is a hands-on, in-the-field workshop designed for beginners and curious food lovers alike. You’ll learn how to correctly identify edible species, where to find them, and how to harvest sustainably — skills you can return to year after year.

Saffron Milk Caps have been prized for centuries, appearing in ancient Roman frescoes in Pompeii and Herculaneum, gathered widely across Europe and China, and today sought after by top Sydney restaurants. Found growing beneath pine trees and often hidden under needles, these beautiful orange mushrooms are a true seasonal treasure — once you know how to identify them safely.

👣 Why forage with us?
If you’re new to mushroom foraging, it’s strongly recommended to learn alongside experienced mushroomers. This workshop provides real-time guidance in the forest so you can build confidence and knowledge the right way.

🔥 What you’ll learn & enjoy on the day:
• Guided foraging walk with hands-on identification and harvesting
• How to confidently identify wild Saffron Milk Cap mushrooms
• Cooking and preserving demonstration so you go home with the skills to cook and preserve your foraged bounty
• Take home all the mushrooms you forage on the day
• A relaxed picnic lunch break by the campfire (bring your own lunch)
• A take-home information handout with step-by-step instructions and recipes
• Boiling water provided for tea, coffee, or noodles

🧺 What to bring:
• Small sharp knife
• Basket or box for collecting mushrooms
• Picnic lunch
• Fully enclosed shoes (gumboots recommended)
• Long pants (leeches can be present)
• Warm layers — it can get chilly in the forest

🍄 Professional mushroom foraging knives will also be available to purchase on the day for $30 (subject to availability).

📅 Workshop Dates (11:30am start):
• 1 March 2026
• 14 March 2026
• 29 March 2026
• 6 April 2026
• 19 April 2026
• 25 April 2026
•9 May 2026

📍 Location: Hampton NSW (conifer pine forest)

Spaces are limited and these workshops fill quickly during peak mushroom season. If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to forage safely, cook confidently, and reconnect with the forest — this is your chance.

👉 Tickets available here-

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/wild-mushroom-foraging-workshop-tickets-1981085314505?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios

Grab your spot and come forage with us this autumn 🍄

16/04/2026

🌻 Term 2 classes start back on Monday!! 🌻

🌿✨ TERM 2 CLASSES – NOW OPEN FOR BOOKING! ✨🌿

At Permaculture Hawkesbury Valley, we’re so proud to offer a truly unique farm learning experience for children — right here in our purpose-built outdoor classroom and bush kitchen, set within our beautiful permaculture gardens. 🌸

Children learn surrounded by nature — under shady trees, beside veggie beds buzzing with bees, and among friendly farm animals. Our outdoor classroom provides a comfortable, all-weather space for group activities, while our bush kitchen lets kids mix, create, and cook using fresh produce straight from the garden. It’s hands-on, wholesome learning — where memories (and muddy boots!) are made. 🐐🌱🍞

Now’s the perfect time to join us as Term 2 enrolments are officially open!

💚 Classes start soon!
📅 Monday classes begin Monday 20th April
📅 Friday classes begin Friday 24th April

Autumn into winter is the season to slow down, nurture, grow, and connect — and our farm is the perfect place for it. 🌿

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🌻 Homeschool Kids Gardening School (Ages 4-17)
📅 Mondays 1–3pm OR Fridays 10am–12pm
💰 $180 (first child) | $130 (siblings)

This term, children will immerse themselves in seasonal garden and farm life — growing winter crops, learning food preservation, working with herbs, and caring for animals. Each session blends practical life skills, food growing, and hands-on experiences in a supportive outdoor learning environment where confidence and connection can grow.

📲 Book now via Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1985496560661?aff=oddtdtcreator

Or pay via EFT:
Permaculture Hawkesbury Valley Inc
BSB: 633 000 | ACC: 167140045
Reference: Child’s Name + “HS Monday” or “HS Friday”

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🐥 Pre-K Kids in the Garden (Ages 2–5)
📅 Mondays 10–11am | 20th April – 29th June 2026
💰 $140 (first child) | $120 (siblings)

A gentle, play-based farm and garden class for our littlest learners. Each week includes animal visits, planting, harvesting, simple food making, and sensory nature play — perfect for curious minds and little hands. 🌸

📲 Book now via Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1985496770288?aff=oddtdtcreator

Or pay via EFT:
Permaculture Hawkesbury Valley Inc
BSB: 633 000 | ACC: 167140045
Reference: Child’s Name + “Pre-K Monday”

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🐾 Animal Care Club (Ages 4+)
📅 Mondays, 4:00–5:30pm | 20th April – 29th June 2026
💰 $160 (first child) | $120 (siblings)

Each week, children experience the rhythm of real farm life through the cooler months — feeding and grooming animals, preparing warm shelters, creating enrichment treats, and taking part in hands-on seasonal activities like goat care, bunny nesting, chicken care, and goat milking. 🐓🐇🐐

👉 📲 Book now via Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1985497111308?aff=oddtdtcreator

Or pay via EFT:
Permaculture Hawkesbury Valley Inc
BSB: 633 000 | ACC: 167140045
Reference: Child’s Name + “Animal Care Club”
📩 Email us to confirm booking.

⸻

🌻 Led by an experienced permaculture educator with qualifications in Permaculture, Disability Support, and Inclusive Teaching. Lessons are thoughtfully designed to suit a wide range of learning styles and abilities.
Classes take place on our farm, located within the Australiana Pioneer Village, Wilberforce.
🌱 NDIS supported – invoices available for self- and plan-managed participants.

📩 Enquiries: [email protected]
📸 Limited spots – enrol today and grow with us this season! 🌿

29/03/2026

🌿 What are you getting up to this glorious Sunday?

It’s been a productive one here — a real “fill the pantry” kind of day.

Made a batch of spaghetti meat sauce which is now now safely pressure canned, with jars lined up ready for the shelf. 🥫
On the bench, three sourdough loaves are resting:

🍞 Cranberry, blueberry & cinnamon
🧄 Herb, cheese & garlic
🥖 Plain white

Days like this are a good reminder of how much you can actually produce at home with simple skills.

Each loaf of sourdough costs under $1.50 to make (the white plain loaf only cost $0.50c).
Each jar of sauce feeds a family of 5 for around $2 per person when served with homemade pasta or zucchini zoodles. 🍝🌱

That’s real, nourishing food — for a fraction of what it costs to buy ready made.

The jars are fully shelf-stable, so they don’t need refrigeration and can be stored safely in the pantry for up to 2 years (and even longer if canned correctly, though best used within that time for quality). It means meals are there when you need them, without relying on the fridge, the freezer, or a last-minute trip to the shops.

Learning how to do things like this isn’t just a “homesteading hobby” — it’s a practical way to:

• Save money
• Reduce reliance on supermarkets
• Build a more secure, resilient food supply at home

With rising fuel costs and ongoing supply chain disruptions, these skills are becoming more relevant again — not out of fear, but out of practicality.

Start small. One loaf of bread. One batch of preserved food. It adds up quickly.

Yesterday’s sourdough workshop was a great example of that — a group of people who now have the knowledge to bake their own bread at home, simply and affordably. 🍞

And next up:

🥫 Home Canning & Preserving Workshop – 18th April
A practical, hands-on session focused on safely preserving your own food and building a pantry full of delicious homemade food.

👉 https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1982103188995?aff=oddtdtcreator

If it’s something you’ve been thinking about, now’s a good time to start.

What’s everyone else up to today? 🌿

20/03/2026

🌻 ✨OUR SEED MIX JUST GOT EVEN BETTER ✨🌻

We’ve made a significant update to our 1 Million Seed Packet Initiative 🌼

Our Pollinator Friendly Seed Mix now includes a selection of Australian native, pollinator-attracting plants — chosen to support our local bees, butterflies and beneficial insects 🐝🦋

And something we really love…

Every single plant in our mix supports both pollinators and people.

Each plant is:

🌼 Edible
🌿 Medicinal
🌻 Pollinator-friendly

Just as it should be in a permaculture garden!

They are beautiful, edible, and useful — perfect for salads, cakes, teas, and homemade balms and salves

At a time when our bees are under real pressure — from varroa mite, climate change and increasing pesticide use — planting the right flowers in the right places really does matter.

This is one small, practical way we can all help.

When you plant these seeds, you’re not just growing flowers…
you’re creating food, medicine, habitat and life — all in one small space 🌱

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💛 For just $4.50, you can help create real change

Each packet helps us:

🐝Support pollinators across Australia
🌱 Keep teaching children and adults hands-on, real life skills
🐥Keep supporting communities to be self reliant and resilient
🏡 Keep working toward a permanent, flood-free home for our farm

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We’re working toward 1 million seed packets planted out into Australia — little pockets of food, flowers and habitat everywhere 🌏

If you’ve supported us already, thank you, we truly appreciate your support.
If you’ve been thinking about it… this is a wonderful place to start 🌿

🐝 Purchase your seed packets here: https://square.link/u/dLHCcSv0

Let’s keep growing, together 💛

You can also purchase your seed packets directly from us if you’re local to the Hawkesbury. Simply email us at [email protected] to arrange collection.

(There are 25 seeds in each packet. Seed varieties may vary depending on seasonal availability and may include a mix of the listed seeds)

19/03/2026

🌿✨ TERM 2 CLASSES – NOW OPEN FOR BOOKING! ✨🌿

At Permaculture Hawkesbury Valley, we’re so proud to offer a truly unique farm learning experience for children — right here in our purpose-built outdoor classroom and bush kitchen, set within our beautiful permaculture gardens. 🌸

Children learn surrounded by nature — under shady trees, beside veggie beds buzzing with bees, and among friendly farm animals. Our outdoor classroom provides a comfortable, all-weather space for group activities, while our bush kitchen lets kids mix, create, and cook using fresh produce straight from the garden. It’s hands-on, wholesome learning — where memories (and muddy boots!) are made. 🐐🌱🍞

Now’s the perfect time to join us as Term 2 enrolments are officially open!

💚 Classes start soon!
📅 Monday classes begin Monday 20th April
📅 Friday classes begin Friday 24th April

Autumn into winter is the season to slow down, nurture, grow, and connect — and our farm is the perfect place for it. 🌿

⸻

🌻 Homeschool Kids Gardening School (Ages 4-17)
📅 Mondays 1–3pm OR Fridays 10am–12pm
💰 $180 (first child) | $130 (siblings)

This term, children will immerse themselves in seasonal garden and farm life — growing winter crops, learning food preservation, working with herbs, and caring for animals. Each session blends practical life skills, food growing, and hands-on experiences in a supportive outdoor learning environment where confidence and connection can grow.

📲 Book now via Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1985496560661?aff=oddtdtcreator

Or pay via EFT:
Permaculture Hawkesbury Valley Inc
BSB: 633 000 | ACC: 167140045
Reference: Child’s Name + “HS Monday” or “HS Friday”

⸻

🐥 Pre-K Kids in the Garden (Ages 2–5)
📅 Mondays 10–11am | 20th April – 29th June 2026
💰 $140 (first child) | $120 (siblings)

A gentle, play-based farm and garden class for our littlest learners. Each week includes animal visits, planting, harvesting, simple food making, and sensory nature play — perfect for curious minds and little hands. 🌸

📲 Book now via Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1985496770288?aff=oddtdtcreator

Or pay via EFT:
Permaculture Hawkesbury Valley Inc
BSB: 633 000 | ACC: 167140045
Reference: Child’s Name + “Pre-K Monday”

⸻

🐾 Animal Care Club (Ages 4+)
📅 Mondays, 4:00–5:30pm | 20th April – 29th June 2026
💰 $160 (first child) | $120 (siblings)

Each week, children experience the rhythm of real farm life through the cooler months — feeding and grooming animals, preparing warm shelters, creating enrichment treats, and taking part in hands-on seasonal activities like goat care, bunny nesting, chicken care, and goat milking. 🐓🐇🐐

👉 📲 Book now via Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1985497111308?aff=oddtdtcreator

Or pay via EFT:
Permaculture Hawkesbury Valley Inc
BSB: 633 000 | ACC: 167140045
Reference: Child’s Name + “Animal Care Club”
📩 Email us to confirm booking.

⸻

🌻 Led by an experienced permaculture educator with qualifications in Permaculture, Disability Support, and Inclusive Teaching. Lessons are thoughtfully designed to suit a wide range of learning styles and abilities.
Classes take place on our farm, located within the Australiana Pioneer Village, Wilberforce.
🌱 NDIS supported – invoices available for self- and plan-managed participants.

📩 Enquiries: [email protected]
📸 Limited spots – enrol today and grow with us this season! 🌿

14/03/2026

One of the many joys of running our programs and workshops is the incredible people we get to meet — people we likely never would have crossed paths with otherwise.

Yesterday, during our Wild Mushroom Foraging Workshop, we took a wonderful group of eager foragers through the conifer pine forest, teaching them how to safely identify the delicious Saffron Milkcap and Slippery Jack mushrooms.

Among the group was our youngest forager of the day, Lolly, who had just turned 9 years old and joined the workshop with her mum. It turned out that the mushroom foraging adventure was actually Lolly’s 9th birthday present — which we thought was pretty special.

Lolly is a passionate mushroom lover, junior herbalist, and nature enthusiast — and incredibly talented too! She arrived wearing the most amazing mushroom hat you’ve ever seen 😍🍄. Even more impressive, she made it herself when she was just 7 years old!

It was an absolute pleasure spending time with Lolly and her mum, sharing knowledge and helping further Lolly’s curiosity and skills in the traditional, age-old practices of self-reliance and learning from nature’s abundance. In a world often dominated by screens and instant gratification, hearing about Lolly’s interests and achievements was truly refreshing ❤️

We feel incredibly lucky that so many of the children in our children’s classes share Lolly’s curiosity and love of nature. Being surrounded by young people eager to learn about growing food, caring for animals, and working with nature gives us so much hope for the future. 🌱

At Permaculture Hawkesbury Valley, it’s never lost on us that the little humans we teach today will become the leaders of tomorrow. We feel incredibly grateful to play even a small role in passing on knowledge about working with nature, caring for the earth, building self-reliance, and strengthening resilient communities.

In an ever-changing world, these skills matter more than ever.

Happy 9th Birthday, Lolly! 🌻

Wild Mushroom Foraging Workshops 2026 season:

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/wild-mushroom-foraging-2026-season-1441129?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

12/03/2026

🌻Autumn School Holiday Programs are now available for booking! We have a fantastic line up of imursive, farm and homestead inspired programs available.🌻

🌿🐐 Autumn School Holiday Programs at Permaculture Hawkesbury Valley 🐓🍂

Looking for meaningful, hands-on school holiday experiences where children can connect with nature, animals, food, and traditional skills?

These autumn holidays, we’re offering a series of farm-based workshops where children can learn real-life skills, explore where food comes from, and enjoy time outdoors with animals and gardens in a safe and nurturing farm environment 🌾✨

Here’s what’s coming up:

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🍓🫖 A Homestead Tea Party
📅 Friday 10th April | 10am - 1pm

Children will step into a charming homestead-style tea party where they’ll make homemade jam, bake fresh scones, whip cream, and prepare a fragrant herbal tea. Along the way they’ll enjoy hands-on farm experiences visiting and cuddling our friendly animals including goats, bunnies, and poultry while discovering the simple joys of homemade food and farm life.
Event Link-
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1985050474405?aff=oddtdtcreator

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🚜🐐 Farmer for a Day
📅 Friday 10th April | 2pm - 4pm

Children will experience what it’s like to care for animals on a real working farm. They’ll help feed, groom, clean, and enrich our animals, cuddle baby animals, collect eggs, and sow winter seedlings while learning responsibility, empathy, and practical farm skills.
Event Link-
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1985047676035?aff=oddtdtcreator

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🚜🐐 Farmer for a Day
📅 Monday 13th April | 10am - 12pm

A second opportunity for children to step into the boots of a farmer for the day. Kids will care for farm animals through feeding, grooming, cleaning, and enrichment, cuddle baby animals, collect eggs, and plant winter seedlings while learning important life skills and how farms work.
Event Link-
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1985048433300?aff=oddtdtcreator

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🍕🐐 The Farmer’s Table
📅 Monday 13th April | 1pm - 4pm

Children will milk a goat, make fresh ricotta cheese, harvest produce from the garden, cook and share pizza together, collect eggs, care for farm animals, and learn hands-on farm and kitchen skills in a fun outdoor setting.
Event Link-
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1985048691071?aff=oddtdtcreator

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🌱🥕 Kids Grow Food – Garden to Jar Adventure
📅 Friday 17th April | 10am - 1pm

Children will experience the full journey of food — from seed to jar. They’ll sow seeds, learn how healthy soil helps food grow, design and plant a seasonal garden bed, discover how to mulch and care for crops, and learn the traditional skill of preserving the harvest by making their own jar of pickled vegetables to take home. Each child will also take home seedlings to begin their own food-growing journey.
Event Link-
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1985049566690?aff=oddtdtcreator

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🐝🐛 The Secret Life of Bugs
📅 Friday 17th April | 2pm - 4pm

Children will explore the fascinating world of the tiny creatures that keep gardens healthy. They’ll build their own worm farm and bee hotel to take home, plant a pollinator garden for bees and butterflies, learn about the important role insects play in nature, and enjoy plenty of hands-on farm time visiting and cuddling our friendly animals.
Event Link-
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1985050811413?aff=oddtdtcreator

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🎟️ Bookings essential – spaces are limited
👉 View and book all our Autumn school holidays programs online here-

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/autumn-school-holiday-programs-4824690?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

Or

Book direct with us-

Permaculture Hawkesbury Valley Inc
BSB: 633 000 | Account: 167140045
(Use your child’s name and program day as reference)
📧 Email us to confirm: [email protected]

📍 Permaculture Hawkesbury Valley
Located inside Australiana Pioneer Village, Wilberforce

👨‍👩‍👧 Parents welcome to stay or drop off
🌿 Suitable for ages 4+

Give your child a school holiday experience filled with animals, nature, creativity, and real-life skills 🍂🐐🌿

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