Beautiful day at a Mt Martha farm / Lucy's world

After two hours of pressing "snooze" on my IPhone, I finally realized I needed to get up, get going and find a nursery at which to buy an organic lemon tree.  I wanted to find this for Lucy Stegley (aka SmoothieGirl), who kindly invited me to lunch at her family farm in Mt Martha, Victoria.  After geting lost numerous times along the way and having to ask multiple strangers for directions, I finally made it!!  Albeit with potted carnations instead of the desired lemon tree, and with one last wrong turn where I got lost once more on her driveway - the farm is so big!!!   Ohh well, it could only go up from here! I was really looking forward to meeting Lucy.  I didn`t know that much about her, but the moment I got out of the car, I felt I had been at her place before -  the smell of the farm, the beautiful white clouds, the barn, the rustic fences and the smiling girl who came to meet me in a cute white apron with cherries on it!  So, I'd finally met Lucy and proceeded to have a wonderful day with her.

It went by so fast!  I met her vibrant friends, sipped on watermelon juice and had fantastic stimulating conversations.  I took myself outside with my camera and I had the pleasure of meeting Lucy`s mother Ann, who zipped in on her pistachio green Vespa piled high with last minute shopping. We introduced ourselves and it wasn`t long before I was chatting with a beautiful, articulate woman with whom every moment seemed filled with joy and compassion.  I think I deserved a day like this, a day in which I was surrounded by friends and their family, around a table full of simple, delicious farm food made with love and honesty.  I took pictures to capture all the exquisitely prepared dishes.  

Now I have the pleasure of working with Lucy and her friend Donna`s 'Raw Events' management team where I will present my Al fresco Summer Raw Classes right here in Mt Martha at Lucy's farm.  In fact, never mind coming by for my classes alone... give yourself a treat and come purely to spend a few hours here on this gorgeous rural property and meet Lucy and her mom - the trip itself will be an unforgettable experience...

 
Here’s a little bio about Lucy: 

 

Lucy Stegley is a self-confessed organic-produce-loving, fair-trade-supporting, raw-lifestyle-living, world-travel-addicted, super-SMOOTHIE-making GIRL! Phew! Her interest in all things eco and healthful was forged through growing up on a farm on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. Though she's ventured far from her home turf at times -- undertaking such endeavours as representing Australia at the World Expo in Germany, working with disadvantaged youth in numerous Australian indigenous communities and volunteering on an organic macadamia plantation in Guatemala -- it was when she was working at a raw vegan restaurant in San Francisco that her passion for living-food cuisine solidified. Lucy is in the process of setting up a raw smoothie business and looks forward to sharing her SmoothieGirl creations with you soon!